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A review by geekwayne
Game by Barry Lyga
3.0
'Game' by Barry Lyga is the second book in the Jasper Dent series. It is not a standalone book and leaves things in a pretty big cliffhanger.
Jasper Dent, son of famous serial killer Billy Dent, is just trying to live a normal life. After helping the local cops stop a serial killer in his his hometown, he finds a New York detective on his doorstep asking for help. He doesn't want to help them because he just wants to get back to being a teenager, but this would be a short book if that were the case. Before long, he finds himself helping to try to find a killer named the Hatdog killer because of the clues left behind.
The cast of characters are back from the first book, but maybe not enough for me. Especially missing is Jasper's surrogate father figure, G. William, the gentle Sheriff of Lobo's Nod. He's here, just not enough. Secrets from Jasper's past figure in, but nothing gets explained this time around.
And then, as the action builds, it just ends. I'm okay with cliffhangers but this kind of felt like half of a book. I enjoyed it, but pretty much everything is left wide open. I felt a bit cheated.
It's pretty gruesome, especially for something purporting to be YA, so readers beware that it's pretty graphic in places. I have book 3 to read, and maybe the best advice is to read this one and book 3 back to back. I liked it, but not quite as much as the first one.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
Jasper Dent, son of famous serial killer Billy Dent, is just trying to live a normal life. After helping the local cops stop a serial killer in his his hometown, he finds a New York detective on his doorstep asking for help. He doesn't want to help them because he just wants to get back to being a teenager, but this would be a short book if that were the case. Before long, he finds himself helping to try to find a killer named the Hatdog killer because of the clues left behind.
The cast of characters are back from the first book, but maybe not enough for me. Especially missing is Jasper's surrogate father figure, G. William, the gentle Sheriff of Lobo's Nod. He's here, just not enough. Secrets from Jasper's past figure in, but nothing gets explained this time around.
And then, as the action builds, it just ends. I'm okay with cliffhangers but this kind of felt like half of a book. I enjoyed it, but pretty much everything is left wide open. I felt a bit cheated.
It's pretty gruesome, especially for something purporting to be YA, so readers beware that it's pretty graphic in places. I have book 3 to read, and maybe the best advice is to read this one and book 3 back to back. I liked it, but not quite as much as the first one.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.