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A review by wisteriariaa
#NoEscape by Gretchen McNeil
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I don’t know, I’m not sure how I feel about this book. On the one hand, it’s ridiculous and campy in a way that I like. On the other hand, that final twist at the end…..it just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Like, I like parts of it but it just doesn’t completely add up. It makes the whole thing feel very tacked on. Because, there already was a twist, a pretty good one, two chapters before that FINAL twist, and it was pretty good! It made sense and the proper clues were laid out for me to figure it out on my own before it was revealed. I mean, I was also able to figure out the final twist before it happened, but I’m not really happy with some parts of the final twist, if that makes sense.
Also, so much of the writing in this book is so juvenile that I feel like it MUST be for the younger side of the YA spectrum, but then the characters are saying fuck every two pages and the last bit of the book with the wood chipper is too gruesome for any younger teens to be reading, which was confusing. I will say that despite everything I didn’t like the author did keep me hooked and reading so I guess that’s all that matters.
Also, so much of the writing in this book is so juvenile that I feel like it MUST be for the younger side of the YA spectrum, but then the characters are saying fuck every two pages and the last bit of the book with the wood chipper is too gruesome for any younger teens to be reading, which was confusing. I will say that despite everything I didn’t like the author did keep me hooked and reading so I guess that’s all that matters.