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A review by kerrianne
Mountain Survival by Edward Packard
2.0
I bought this book for Matt for Christmas because the one Choose Your Own Adventure book I had as a kid was delightful and strange in all the right places. But apparently (and I suppose as is to be expected), not all CYOA books are created equal.
This one is supposed to center on "mountain survival" and when it does, it's amusing and fun. But there's a central storyline about some kid tied up in an off-grid cabin by a grown man with a shotgun and a knife (say whaaaat?), and that isn't so much "mountain survival" as it is "Deliverance."
I'd be willing to forgive the creepy cabin pages IF one of them didn't end with [SPOILER IF YOU CARE] a kid being straigh-up bludgeoned to death with the butt of the Creepy Kidnapper's shotgun (Which: What the actual f*ck, everyone who had anything to do with this book?).
I'd honestly say this book is 100% not for kids, which is utterly ridiculous, seeing as how kids are supposed to be this book's target audience.
[Two stars for making people think about what they'd do if they miraculously survived a plane crash in the snowy mountains. Keep dreaming, kids!]
This one is supposed to center on "mountain survival" and when it does, it's amusing and fun. But there's a central storyline about some kid tied up in an off-grid cabin by a grown man with a shotgun and a knife (say whaaaat?), and that isn't so much "mountain survival" as it is "Deliverance."
I'd be willing to forgive the creepy cabin pages IF one of them didn't end with [SPOILER IF YOU CARE] a kid being straigh-up bludgeoned to death with the butt of the Creepy Kidnapper's shotgun (Which: What the actual f*ck, everyone who had anything to do with this book?).
I'd honestly say this book is 100% not for kids, which is utterly ridiculous, seeing as how kids are supposed to be this book's target audience.
[Two stars for making people think about what they'd do if they miraculously survived a plane crash in the snowy mountains. Keep dreaming, kids!]