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adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
3.00 stars
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TW; child death, gore, blood, death, stalking, isolation.
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Megan Forrester is haunted by her past, six months ago she witnessed the gruesome death of her husband and son. When a church retreat makes itself available to her, she figures what could go wrong? An eclectic group packs their way onto a bus to drive out to the middle of nowhere - what they don't realize is that this will be the fight for their lives. On the first night one of our unreliable characters "forgets" something on the bus, as he is accompanied by the tour guide back things go rogue very soon. The tour guide disappears and there's something in the woods hunting them.
We soon find out that there's a giant spider living in the woods and will hunt them down by their movements, the solution? They don't move. Realizing that this is not a real solution, the survivors of the group realize they need to move, and without disturbing the spider. It was really cool reading how the group progressed with escaping.
This made me feel as if I were watching a cheesy B-movie you'd watch on tv, the dialogue was okay, but it felt like every moment was peppered with as much drama as possible. The opening was probably the best part of the book, it was so graphic and was so descriptive, it has turned me off completely of amusement park rides. Other than that, it felt like the story moved too quickly, it seemed as if the moment they started to arrive they were getting killed off. We didn't really get to know any of them much - I think slowing down the pace would have really helped.
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TW; child death, gore, blood, death, stalking, isolation.
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Megan Forrester is haunted by her past, six months ago she witnessed the gruesome death of her husband and son. When a church retreat makes itself available to her, she figures what could go wrong? An eclectic group packs their way onto a bus to drive out to the middle of nowhere - what they don't realize is that this will be the fight for their lives. On the first night one of our unreliable characters "forgets" something on the bus, as he is accompanied by the tour guide back things go rogue very soon. The tour guide disappears and there's something in the woods hunting them.
We soon find out that there's a giant spider living in the woods and will hunt them down by their movements, the solution? They don't move. Realizing that this is not a real solution, the survivors of the group realize they need to move, and without disturbing the spider. It was really cool reading how the group progressed with escaping.
This made me feel as if I were watching a cheesy B-movie you'd watch on tv, the dialogue was okay, but it felt like every moment was peppered with as much drama as possible. The opening was probably the best part of the book, it was so graphic and was so descriptive, it has turned me off completely of amusement park rides. Other than that, it felt like the story moved too quickly, it seemed as if the moment they started to arrive they were getting killed off. We didn't really get to know any of them much - I think slowing down the pace would have really helped.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Stalking, Child death, and Death
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