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A review by kittyg
Panic by Lauren Oliver
4.0
I really had no idea what this book truly was about but I now know that it's all focused around two characters, Dodge who is a young guy out for revenge and who's pretty good at magic, but not friends. And then also Heather, an older sister who has a drug addict for a mother and a hard life trying to find a way to keep her sister happy and safe.
Panic is a game. Every year the stakes get higher and every year people play for a huge sum of money. Heather and Dodge each have their own reasons for entering. They're both playing to win.
I must say that this was a very fast-paced book and the plot and challenges were very gripping to the point that I just had to keep on reading to find out what would happen. The idea of the game is a very cool, yet terrifying, one and I really felt like it could happen in a small town in the middle of nowhere. It was very tense to read and really got me hoping nothing bad would happen.
I didn't like Heather that much as a character to begin with as I found her to be a bit whiney and she thought that she was in love with a really rubbish guy which was irritating. She was hung up on him for a bit, but after she got over that she became a much more exciting and strong character and she has to deal with some tough stuff.
Dodge seemed like a fairly typical teenage guy except that he's desperate to make sure that he wins panic as he needs to get revenge on someone for something that happened in a previous version of panic to his sister. He plays the 'revenge' part very well and you can understand his reasoning even if you see from the outside where his plans are flawed. He's a character who I certainly sympathised with a lot.
On the whole a very good standalone in the YA category and I would certainly recommend it. My only complaint was that the end felt a little too chirpy and sudden but all in all I really enjoyed it and it kept me guessing.
Panic is a game. Every year the stakes get higher and every year people play for a huge sum of money. Heather and Dodge each have their own reasons for entering. They're both playing to win.
I must say that this was a very fast-paced book and the plot and challenges were very gripping to the point that I just had to keep on reading to find out what would happen. The idea of the game is a very cool, yet terrifying, one and I really felt like it could happen in a small town in the middle of nowhere. It was very tense to read and really got me hoping nothing bad would happen.
I didn't like Heather that much as a character to begin with as I found her to be a bit whiney and she thought that she was in love with a really rubbish guy which was irritating. She was hung up on him for a bit, but after she got over that she became a much more exciting and strong character and she has to deal with some tough stuff.
Dodge seemed like a fairly typical teenage guy except that he's desperate to make sure that he wins panic as he needs to get revenge on someone for something that happened in a previous version of panic to his sister. He plays the 'revenge' part very well and you can understand his reasoning even if you see from the outside where his plans are flawed. He's a character who I certainly sympathised with a lot.
On the whole a very good standalone in the YA category and I would certainly recommend it. My only complaint was that the end felt a little too chirpy and sudden but all in all I really enjoyed it and it kept me guessing.