A review by sydmae
The God Game by Danny Tobey

2.0

This book was interesting. For how it was advertised, I honestly thought it would move a faster clip than what it did. Or maybe the pacing was solid, but the characters never felt so deep that I felt totally invested in their journeys. It was that weird kind of not-deep though-- one where all of the characters had all of these traits and hobbies yet still did not feel entirely human (if that makes sense).

There was also a weird disconnect between the style and the content of this novel. While the protagonists were high schoolers and the writing style was rather simplistic, the content itself could be very graphic. Like, there were moments where I got caught up in the words because there were so many simple sentences back-to-back, yet there didn't seem to be any overarching moral message here. In fact, the message of this book was downright bleak. I don't need an uplifting message, but I just wasn't sure what I was supposed to get out of it.

Finally, for the game supposedly being so fun, I never felt like anyone was having that much fun. All of the 'coolness' of the game was represented through the characters saying that it was cool rather than it actually seeming cool to me.