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A review by ashkitty93
Game by Barry Lyga
5.0
Holy wow.
Loved the inclusion of
Connie seems to have gone off the rails a bit and that was rather irksome, but what exactly happened at the Dent house with Howie and Sam? That whole thing went so fast, I wasn't sure even after I backed it up a couple times. And then Jazz and Morales, I think I rewound that bit four times so it could process in my head.
It seemed a bit jarring in the beginning when I realized that the majority of this book was going to be set in New York, because after the first book I was coming to like Lobo's Nod and didn't necessarily want to be anywhere else but there, but reading this has been a nice nostalgia trip to when I visited NYC for a weekend a few years ago. We didn't make it to Brooklyn, we stayed in Manhattan and did all the touristy stuff, but we saw the Brooklyn Bridge and all of that. I love when NYC shows up in books or movies anymore because I can usually say "I WAS THERE!! :D" teehee.
Ended this and IMMEDIATELY started book 3. Lyga's writing is excellent, gripping and hilarious and terrifying all at once.
Loved the inclusion of
Spoiler
the Monopoly game.Connie seems to have gone off the rails a bit and that was rather irksome, but what exactly happened at the Dent house with Howie and Sam? That whole thing went so fast, I wasn't sure even after I backed it up a couple times.
Spoiler
Did Howie actually kill Grandma (accidentally of course) or did she just have a heart attack and collapse on the spot? I didn't think the gun was loaded.It seemed a bit jarring in the beginning when I realized that the majority of this book was going to be set in New York, because after the first book I was coming to like Lobo's Nod and didn't necessarily want to be anywhere else but there, but reading this has been a nice nostalgia trip to when I visited NYC for a weekend a few years ago. We didn't make it to Brooklyn, we stayed in Manhattan and did all the touristy stuff, but we saw the Brooklyn Bridge and all of that. I love when NYC shows up in books or movies anymore because I can usually say "I WAS THERE!! :D" teehee.
Ended this and IMMEDIATELY started book 3. Lyga's writing is excellent, gripping and hilarious and terrifying all at once.