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A review by magnoliabloomfield
Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith
4.0
I am definitely intrigued by this book, so much so that I just ordered the rest of the series on Thrift Books. Admittedly, I would have liked to know more about the world Alex lived in before we entered the world of Furnace. It seems crime filled but excessively so without much explanation as to why. Some characters are hard to make emotional connections with except for a few, Donovan and Monty being the ones my heart went out to. However, we are skillfully misdirected from the really interesting things by the focus being on the escape, but that makes some things all the more compelling. What goes on in the vault? “Don’t forget your name.” WHAT?! maybe it’s because the pandemic has numbed me somewhat, but, while I don’t feel a driving force of “I LOVE IT! I NEED ANSWERS!” I still wouldn’t mind getting answers. It didn’t scare me much as it was just detached enough from reality to really spook me, like an alternate universe type thing where things are obviously off right off the bat and not hiding beneath a veneer of normalcy that’s slowly chipped away to expose the horror you never expected. The Black Suits just reminded me of the villainous business man’s avatar in the movie Ready Player One and maybe that’s what skewed it just left of reality for me.
But for another thing, aside from “tall” or “well built” or a thin blond mustache” we don’t really get a description of what these boys look like. Maybe that’s why it was hard to connect with them, they were hard to picture. I mentally cast one of my favorite actors as Donovan only to find out later he had dark skin but by then it was too late. The rest, I have no idea what they look like, I don’t even know what I picture them as, I read a whole book without imagining them as being anyone visibly.
But for another thing, aside from “tall” or “well built” or a thin blond mustache” we don’t really get a description of what these boys look like. Maybe that’s why it was hard to connect with them, they were hard to picture. I mentally cast one of my favorite actors as Donovan only to find out later he had dark skin but by then it was too late. The rest, I have no idea what they look like, I don’t even know what I picture them as, I read a whole book without imagining them as being anyone visibly.