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A review by grimalkintoes
Hide by Kiersten White
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Special thanks to Libro.fm for a free, electronic ALC of this novel.
Expected publication date: May 24, 2022
The challenge: spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't get caught.
The prize: enough money to change everything.
Kiersten White's debut adult supernatural thriller, Hide is not a fun ride. Set in an abandoned amusement park, fourteen competitors are tasked with playing a high stakes game of hide and seek. The payout? $50,000 in cash. The complication? It might not just be people hunting them.
While this was certainly a suspenseful novel, I don't think that I can give it a higher rating than 2☆ in good faith. The character development was weak, the pacing slow as hell, the backstories too complicated, and the world-building drab. This novel had an opportunity to truly shine in the horrific genre-bending of innocent childhood games, but it didn't quite rise to the challenge.
If you're a fan of The Hunger Games and/or Squid Game, though, I do recommend it as a book to listen to in the background or pick up if you have nothing else queued up on your TBR.
Expected publication date: May 24, 2022
The challenge: spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't get caught.
The prize: enough money to change everything.
Kiersten White's debut adult supernatural thriller, Hide is not a fun ride. Set in an abandoned amusement park, fourteen competitors are tasked with playing a high stakes game of hide and seek. The payout? $50,000 in cash. The complication? It might not just be people hunting them.
While this was certainly a suspenseful novel, I don't think that I can give it a higher rating than 2☆ in good faith. The character development was weak, the pacing slow as hell, the backstories too complicated, and the world-building drab. This novel had an opportunity to truly shine in the horrific genre-bending of innocent childhood games, but it didn't quite rise to the challenge.
If you're a fan of The Hunger Games and/or Squid Game, though, I do recommend it as a book to listen to in the background or pick up if you have nothing else queued up on your TBR.