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Panic
by Lauren Oliver
Each year in Carp, recent high school graduates are able to compete in Panic, a high stakes, possibly deadly game to win the pot. This year, Heather surprises herself and decides to participate along with her friends Natalie and Dodge. Along with classmates the 3 compete to win the prize.
The book starts out a little slow and quickly picks up speed. I appreciated that Oliver doesn't glamorize small town life but instead depicts the sometimes seedier nature of it. Since the situations that the teens find themselves in are pretty unrealistic, it really isn't fair to call this book realistic fiction but it definitely isn't fantasy either. While the book was enjoyable, its ending was pretty predictable from the get go.
The book starts out a little slow and quickly picks up speed. I appreciated that Oliver doesn't glamorize small town life but instead depicts the sometimes seedier nature of it. Since the situations that the teens find themselves in are pretty unrealistic, it really isn't fair to call this book realistic fiction but it definitely isn't fantasy either. While the book was enjoyable, its ending was pretty predictable from the get go.