A review by taylorardoin
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin

4.0

I was super excited for this book! Then, I read a couple of reviews from some book friends of mine and they weren't super happy with it. Due to that, I put this book off for quite a while because I was nervous it wasn't going to live up to my expectations. However, I am glad I went ahead and trusted my gut enough to read it myself because I COULDN'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! I loved it!

I will say "The Escape Room" part of this book doesn't really go on for very long in the book. So much so that this makes me question the title being "The Escape Room". However, I believe this title really draws people in and will make them want to read it more than if it was just called "The Elevator" (because that's mainly what this book is centered around).

Sure, there were definitely some parts that were cheesy.

Spoiler

Sure, this was basically the concept of Gone Girl ripped off into The Escape Room storyline. But personally, I think this was done better than Gone Girl. I hated Gone Girl but I forced myself to read the book and watch the movie because of the hype around it. But, I loved the twist in Gone Girl.

Sure, the characters were very annoying and the book was super unrealistic and unattainable. But, I still loved it. I was immensely wrapped up in the storyline. I was sad when I was forcing myself to put this book down at midnight (because I had work the next day) when I was at 80% complete after reading it all day.

I definitely recommend! Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC version of this book in exchange for this review.