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A review by kadota
Escape from Asylum by Madeleine Roux
5.0
Did I just finish the series? HELL YEAH!!!
FIRST OF ALL I LOVED THIS SERIES, PLUS I LOVED THIS INSTALLMENT, it is the prequel of The Asylum series. And I have so many words for it, but at the same time they are not sufficient, get me? I know you do.
So basically, the plot is set to the time when the Brookline Asylum was still functional and was successfully catering aka butchering the people. The storyline follows a character named Ricky Desmond along with our infamous Warden Daniel Crawford.
Ricky Desmond for any of us is a normal teenager with a hope of leading a normal happy life, but his parents aren't of a big fan of that idea because to them Ricky is a deviant and is far from what they call "normal", so to have some kind of normality in their lives (as they aren't able to cope up with the thing that their son was caught with a boy) they admit him to the Brookline Asylum. But this isn't just the beginning of nightmare but also a new project for Warden Crawford. As the days go by, things start to appear more and more crazier and Ricky is now well aware of the fact that the Warden is nothing but a butcher; a monster. With the help of a nurse who has managed to hold somewhat sanity of her mind, Ricky is determined to escape the Asylum before the screams from the basement as well as memory gaps plus the games of The Warden make him go insane. With more and more secrets unveiling and walking the thin line between consciousness and insanity, Ricky must endure all of this to succeed in his goal.
Personally speaking, enjoyed the prequel very much. The character of Warden had always left me wondering on how he used to be and how he used to "treat" people. I was intrigued by him. This book shows the readers what an evil genius he was obsessed with the idea of perfection... It was sickening.
"No man is truly sane in his time. Was Galileo? Michelangelo? Darwin? No. Geniuses all, but their contemporaries would never admit as much. And if I must be called insane for what I accomplish in our time, dear boy, so be it."
To be honest he has some points but the way he was accomplishing what he branded as achievements was totally crazy. He was butchering people... Killing them alive. His obsession with perfection went out of hand. He was obsessed with the IDEA of perfection wanted to see it in people but he overlooked the part where humans were made with flaws no matter what. He was driven but in the most horrifyingly twisted way.
Moreover, this book also highlighted the fact that how people were treated in asylums... It might be true for now too, because the inhumane behavior of our species knows no bounds. It was devastating as well as heart wrenching to even picture that. In order to make people "normal", they lose themselves...
All in all this book was ahmazing, kept me hooked and also drove me a bit crazy because I jumped at every little noise at night while I was reading it, plus yet again Madeleine Roux had done a remarkable job, making it again more real and terrifying!!
It had all the spooky vibes that just makes you want to hide under your comforter, or sheets or blanket, or maybe your own shirt.
Loved it!!
FIRST OF ALL I LOVED THIS SERIES, PLUS I LOVED THIS INSTALLMENT, it is the prequel of The Asylum series. And I have so many words for it, but at the same time they are not sufficient, get me? I know you do.
So basically, the plot is set to the time when the Brookline Asylum was still functional and was successfully catering aka butchering the people. The storyline follows a character named Ricky Desmond along with our infamous Warden Daniel Crawford.
Ricky Desmond for any of us is a normal teenager with a hope of leading a normal happy life, but his parents aren't of a big fan of that idea because to them Ricky is a deviant and is far from what they call "normal", so to have some kind of normality in their lives (as they aren't able to cope up with the thing that their son was caught with a boy) they admit him to the Brookline Asylum. But this isn't just the beginning of nightmare but also a new project for Warden Crawford. As the days go by, things start to appear more and more crazier and Ricky is now well aware of the fact that the Warden is nothing but a butcher; a monster. With the help of a nurse who has managed to hold somewhat sanity of her mind, Ricky is determined to escape the Asylum before the screams from the basement as well as memory gaps plus the games of The Warden make him go insane. With more and more secrets unveiling and walking the thin line between consciousness and insanity, Ricky must endure all of this to succeed in his goal.
Personally speaking, enjoyed the prequel very much. The character of Warden had always left me wondering on how he used to be and how he used to "treat" people. I was intrigued by him. This book shows the readers what an evil genius he was obsessed with the idea of perfection... It was sickening.
"No man is truly sane in his time. Was Galileo? Michelangelo? Darwin? No. Geniuses all, but their contemporaries would never admit as much. And if I must be called insane for what I accomplish in our time, dear boy, so be it."
To be honest he has some points but the way he was accomplishing what he branded as achievements was totally crazy. He was butchering people... Killing them alive. His obsession with perfection went out of hand. He was obsessed with the IDEA of perfection wanted to see it in people but he overlooked the part where humans were made with flaws no matter what. He was driven but in the most horrifyingly twisted way.
Moreover, this book also highlighted the fact that how people were treated in asylums... It might be true for now too, because the inhumane behavior of our species knows no bounds. It was devastating as well as heart wrenching to even picture that. In order to make people "normal", they lose themselves...
All in all this book was ahmazing, kept me hooked and also drove me a bit crazy because I jumped at every little noise at night while I was reading it, plus yet again Madeleine Roux had done a remarkable job, making it again more real and terrifying!!
It had all the spooky vibes that just makes you want to hide under your comforter, or sheets or blanket, or maybe your own shirt.
Loved it!!