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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
Never in my life did I anticipate giving a thriller 5 stars. Now, was the prose particularly strong, or the characters particularly deep? No. But I don’t think that’s what most readers are expecting when opening a thriller.
The pace of this story kept me on my toes. I would sit down and easily devour 100 pages at a time. At no point did the story lag, or the intensity slow down. We are sucked in from the prologue and move full steam ahead through the entire book. My favorite part was how this book kept me second guessing. I pride myself on being able to easily spot the villain or plot twist early on, especially when foreshadowing is heavily used. Throughout this plot, I was constantly second guessing my conclusion and changing my mind - almost to a point of feeling like I was going a little crazy. Never have I had that experience in a thriller and it was, dare I say, thrilling?
A major theme in this story is the power of fear. And right when you think fear is defeated, the book ends in a way that leaves even the reader feeling uneasy. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I think more people should pick it up.
The pace of this story kept me on my toes. I would sit down and easily devour 100 pages at a time. At no point did the story lag, or the intensity slow down. We are sucked in from the prologue and move full steam ahead through the entire book. My favorite part was how this book kept me second guessing. I pride myself on being able to easily spot the villain or plot twist early on, especially when foreshadowing is heavily used. Throughout this plot, I was constantly second guessing my conclusion and changing my mind - almost to a point of feeling like I was going a little crazy. Never have I had that experience in a thriller and it was, dare I say, thrilling?
A major theme in this story is the power of fear. And right when you think fear is defeated, the book ends in a way that leaves even the reader feeling uneasy. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I think more people should pick it up.
based on a great idea. loved the plot and the characters but the writing was sludge. the author didn’t know what any of the teenage slang or what tiktok was or anything!!
i found out through an interview article that the characters were based on the five popular stereotypes, the funny guy, the nice guy, the popular jock, the freak, and the final girl. that kinda messed up my perception of the ending a. bit cuz i don’t like that kind of trope.
i liked the plot twist at the end. i loved all the characters (except for rachel
i found out through an interview article that the characters were based on the five popular stereotypes, the funny guy, the nice guy, the popular jock, the freak, and the final girl. that kinda messed up my perception of the ending a. bit cuz i don’t like that kind of trope.
i liked the plot twist at the end. i loved all the characters (except for rachel
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this book because it was $5 at Barnes and Noble for their book promotion gig at the cafe, and because the first few chapters intrigued me enough.
This story was somewhat alright in the sense that it really was a love letter to horror movies in parts, and in different ways, too. This also is definitely one of those books where (pretty much) Everybody Sucks, and the story weaves in different directions wildly to try and throw readers off of the twist villian, but all it did was make me annoyed and exasperated with this book for trying to be so much more than it was. The writing was mid, the characters were deeply unlikeable (but not in a very fun way), and topics like trauma, mental health, and numerous crimes are treated passingly at best and borderline mocked at worst. I wouldn’t say I regret reading this but this was not very good and I’ll definitely be unhauling it.
This story was somewhat alright in the sense that it really was a love letter to horror movies in parts, and in different ways, too. This also is definitely one of those books where (pretty much) Everybody Sucks, and the story weaves in different directions wildly to try and throw readers off of the twist villian, but all it did was make me annoyed and exasperated with this book for trying to be so much more than it was. The writing was mid, the characters were deeply unlikeable (but not in a very fun way), and topics like trauma, mental health, and numerous crimes are treated passingly at best and borderline mocked at worst. I wouldn’t say I regret reading this but this was not very good and I’ll definitely be unhauling it.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
it’s what the secret history wanted to be. I know I will get haters for this, but this just MADE sense.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes