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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
A delightfully creepy, YA urban fantasy book that gave me Stranger Things, Pet and NK Jemisin vibes. When people start going missing in her Bronx neighborhood, Raquel begins to worry, especially when one of them turns out to be her crush Charlize's cousin.
Taking it upon themselves, the two girls decide to try to get to the bottom of the mysterious urban legend called the Echo Game, which involves a series of rules and leads to an alternate world under the city. Full of monsters, zombies and a deadly virus that has struck Raquel's own mother. A group of teens band together to restore their neighborhood and rescue their loved ones.
Great on audio narrated by Julienne Irons. I thoroughly enjoyed this debut and look forward to reading more by this author. Much thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance review copy!
Taking it upon themselves, the two girls decide to try to get to the bottom of the mysterious urban legend called the Echo Game, which involves a series of rules and leads to an alternate world under the city. Full of monsters, zombies and a deadly virus that has struck Raquel's own mother. A group of teens band together to restore their neighborhood and rescue their loved ones.
Great on audio narrated by Julienne Irons. I thoroughly enjoyed this debut and look forward to reading more by this author. Much thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance review copy!
I liked so many things about this book.
The fact that it was set in the Bronx. The Urban Legend aspect. The Afro Latina and queer representation. The sprinkling of facts about the Bronx during the 70's throughout. The creepy and sometimes scariness of it.
I don't get the comparison to Get Out. But it does remind me of another Jordan Peele movie. Us. In the sense that the Bronx has a tethered.
Raquel lives with her mom. Her parents are no longer together. Her best friends name is Aaron and they both have feelings for a girl named Charlize.
Raquel wasn't always a likable MC. Even before she changed, she was somewhat nasty to her best friend Aaron.
They learn after Charlize's cousin Cisco goes missing that he had been playing a game. But, Cisco also infected Raquels mom with something before he ran off. Something that has her in a coma. So Raquel and Charlize have to play the game as well. They have to take another version of the subway to a different dimension to find Cisco and hopefully cure Raquels mom.
This wasn't just a YA horror novel. It was about community, coming together and believing in something.
The fact that it was set in the Bronx. The Urban Legend aspect. The Afro Latina and queer representation. The sprinkling of facts about the Bronx during the 70's throughout. The creepy and sometimes scariness of it.
I don't get the comparison to Get Out. But it does remind me of another Jordan Peele movie. Us. In the sense that the Bronx has a tethered.
Raquel lives with her mom. Her parents are no longer together. Her best friends name is Aaron and they both have feelings for a girl named Charlize.
Raquel wasn't always a likable MC. Even before she changed, she was somewhat nasty to her best friend Aaron.
They learn after Charlize's cousin Cisco goes missing that he had been playing a game. But, Cisco also infected Raquels mom with something before he ran off. Something that has her in a coma. So Raquel and Charlize have to play the game as well. They have to take another version of the subway to a different dimension to find Cisco and hopefully cure Raquels mom.
This wasn't just a YA horror novel. It was about community, coming together and believing in something.
I don't like to read horror because I hate gore, but I was so drawn to the plot of this book. I've never known anything about New York history, so it was pretty interesting to learn something about it. And the trauma monster concept? I love it! Akwaeke Emezi did it well and I'm glad to see more of it. I probably won't reread this because gore makes my stomach hurt but great book!
This is probably perfectly fine for teens, but it just had too much training wheels for me, which is fair since I'm not the intended audience. No judgement against the book or the author, it's just not for me. A lot of the concepts are things that I find very basic as an adult, but I get that younger audiences might not know about redlining or slumlords. The mystery of the game seems like it was going to be interesting, I'm sure younger audiences would love this.