frannowanno 's review for:

The God Game by Danny Tobey
3.0

Fun idea…and by fun I mean inTENSE. You can tell that the author did their research. In my book club we have a therapist and a hacker— both said that the descriptions of the trauma and actions due to mental stress and/or illness and the technical details of the game were well researched and accurate. In fact the thing that really bugged me about the book (and was the least believable and accurate) was the concentrated level of…crap. *Every* character had Trauma with a capital T and the drama (especially for all of the crappy parents) was dialed to 11 which just got ridiculous.
That, plus the dumb teenager choices throughout (cause…that’s what the whole book is) made it seem like one of those teenager slasher flicks. But, like those movies, once you accept the premise and ridiculous level of drama, it can be somewhat enjoyable.