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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I've been trying books outside my usual genre to see if I enjoy anything besides fantasy. This one sounded pretty good. It's kind of post apocalyptic/thriller.
There's been a deadly virus outbreak. Hannah is on a bus on her way to safety at the Retreat. It's a safe haven in the mountains away from the infected. The bus crashes.
Meg is on a cable car, also headed for the Retreat. The cable car stops.
Carter is at the Retreat already. Is it really a safe haven?
This was ok for me. I didn't love the characters. I did think it was pretty realistic as far as the rich getting preferential treatment if something like this happened. Overall, it's a decent story, but not one that will stick with me.
Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for an e-arc.
There's been a deadly virus outbreak. Hannah is on a bus on her way to safety at the Retreat. It's a safe haven in the mountains away from the infected. The bus crashes.
Meg is on a cable car, also headed for the Retreat. The cable car stops.
Carter is at the Retreat already. Is it really a safe haven?
This was ok for me. I didn't love the characters. I did think it was pretty realistic as far as the rich getting preferential treatment if something like this happened. Overall, it's a decent story, but not one that will stick with me.
Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for an e-arc.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am… conflicted.
Do I love this book solely for the tension and mystery build up, or do I love it because it’s written by a woman? lol, maybe both.
The creepiness and tension throughout the book was so well built up, the different character chapters was so fun to read and see 3 different places where people are being killed in all 3 places. Absolutely fun to read.
The only thing that cringed me out were some characters in each section that were just.. too much. I wished a lot of these mystery who dunnit books just got rid of their overly pretentious characters but it’s just not fun to read. It slightly becomes unbearable when they just won’t cooperate and be decent people in a life or death situation. Maybe like real life but come on it’s just too much in books.
Also, that ending was so obvious. I spotted it around the middle of this book. For one, these three places couldn’t have a killer all at the same time set in the same time and all going towards the same place lol, that was dodgy off the bat. But then a lot of mystery books have a “present” “past” “future” sections so that gave it away.
I’m glad the killer was who they were, definitely didn’t guess it was them until the author actually told us, but knew the timeline had to overlap at some point at weren’t in sync the way we were made to think they were.
Overall, loved this book for the beginning and middle, but definitely not the ending.
Do I love this book solely for the tension and mystery build up, or do I love it because it’s written by a woman? lol, maybe both.
The creepiness and tension throughout the book was so well built up, the different character chapters was so fun to read and see 3 different places where people are being killed in all 3 places. Absolutely fun to read.
The only thing that cringed me out were some characters in each section that were just.. too much. I wished a lot of these mystery who dunnit books just got rid of their overly pretentious characters but it’s just not fun to read. It slightly becomes unbearable when they just won’t cooperate and be decent people in a life or death situation. Maybe like real life but come on it’s just too much in books.
Also, that ending was so obvious. I spotted it around the middle of this book. For one, these three places couldn’t have a killer all at the same time set in the same time and all going towards the same place lol, that was dodgy off the bat. But then a lot of mystery books have a “present” “past” “future” sections so that gave it away.
I’m glad the killer was who they were, definitely didn’t guess it was them until the author actually told us, but knew the timeline had to overlap at some point at weren’t in sync the way we were made to think they were.
Overall, loved this book for the beginning and middle, but definitely not the ending.
Admiro muito a versatilidade desta autora. Sou grande fã da sua escrita e dos enredos, sempre com um toque de sobrenatural, já característico.
Mas fui completamente surpreendida com este livro, que é totalmente diferente dos anteriores. Uma narrativa arrojada, com imensas vibes de Resident Evil.
Existem três núcleos distintos, um acidente que envolve um autocarro de alunos de uma academia, um teleférico avariado a vários metros de altura e um retiro num local isolado, rodeado de neve.
O início é um bocadinho confuso, até apontei os nomes das personagens pertencentes a cada cenário para me situar. Mas, à medida que fui avançando na leitura, tudo se simplificou. Fui começando a estabelecer ligações entre os três enredos e a compreender como se encaixavam.
Gostei muito da atenção que a autora dá à natureza do ser humano, mostrando como reagem em casos de calamidade. No início, cada pequeno grupo se une em prol da sobrevivência, depois vão-se formando alianças e criando animosidades. No final, é cada um por si.
Existem também três personagens principais em cada um dos plotlines e adorei serem todos uma espécie de anti-heróis.
É um livro ambicioso, com bastante ação, uma atmosfera claustrofóbica, que soma uma boa pilha de corpos e bastante sangue.
A autora diz que o próximo livro não tem qualquer semelhança com nenhum dos anteriores e já está na minha lista.
Boas leituras!
MJ♥︎
Mas fui completamente surpreendida com este livro, que é totalmente diferente dos anteriores. Uma narrativa arrojada, com imensas vibes de Resident Evil.
Existem três núcleos distintos, um acidente que envolve um autocarro de alunos de uma academia, um teleférico avariado a vários metros de altura e um retiro num local isolado, rodeado de neve.
O início é um bocadinho confuso, até apontei os nomes das personagens pertencentes a cada cenário para me situar. Mas, à medida que fui avançando na leitura, tudo se simplificou. Fui começando a estabelecer ligações entre os três enredos e a compreender como se encaixavam.
Gostei muito da atenção que a autora dá à natureza do ser humano, mostrando como reagem em casos de calamidade. No início, cada pequeno grupo se une em prol da sobrevivência, depois vão-se formando alianças e criando animosidades. No final, é cada um por si.
Existem também três personagens principais em cada um dos plotlines e adorei serem todos uma espécie de anti-heróis.
É um livro ambicioso, com bastante ação, uma atmosfera claustrofóbica, que soma uma boa pilha de corpos e bastante sangue.
A autora diz que o próximo livro não tem qualquer semelhança com nenhum dos anteriores e já está na minha lista.
Boas leituras!
MJ♥︎
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Decent story and pace, but found it hard to connect to most of the characters. A little too many for my taste. Also, not nearly as much “zombie” action as I was expecting, frankly the story might have been more interesting without them, they didn’t really add too much to the story.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No