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A review by hastings91
Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
4.0
3.65/5
I quite enjoyed this book! The writing was excellent and I found the different themes it explored to be really great as well. This is the second thing I've read by Neil Shusterman (the first was Darkness Creeping,which I also really liked), and it's cemented the fact that I really need to read more of his stuff. I absolutely adore how hauning, yet achingly strange and beautiful his writing style is! I also just love the concept of a magical amusement park where all the rides are based on a persons fears, like, that's pretty cool! I also really like the family dynamics in here. It's been a while since I've read about a sibling relationship as entertaining and interesting as that of Blake and Quinn! And the antagonist Cassandra is one of the most interesting and deliciously evil Villains I've ever had the privilege of reading about. However, I did have a few issues with it. It felt a tad anti-climatic, for one thing. And even though I found all the characters to be very interesting and well developed, I did not particularly bond with any of them. I know a lot of people feel like this book should have been longer, and I sort of agree with them. I also feel like this book could have been better if their were multiple perspectives
in it. I think that would have helped me bond more with the characters. I also think it would have given us a better understanding of how the park works. I mean, we know that a lot of the magic in the park is interpretation all, and that what each rider see's is different. I'm curious to know just HOW different.
I quite enjoyed this book! The writing was excellent and I found the different themes it explored to be really great as well. This is the second thing I've read by Neil Shusterman (the first was Darkness Creeping,which I also really liked), and it's cemented the fact that I really need to read more of his stuff. I absolutely adore how hauning, yet achingly strange and beautiful his writing style is! I also just love the concept of a magical amusement park where all the rides are based on a persons fears, like, that's pretty cool! I also really like the family dynamics in here. It's been a while since I've read about a sibling relationship as entertaining and interesting as that of Blake and Quinn! And the antagonist Cassandra is one of the most interesting and deliciously evil Villains I've ever had the privilege of reading about. However, I did have a few issues with it. It felt a tad anti-climatic, for one thing. And even though I found all the characters to be very interesting and well developed, I did not particularly bond with any of them. I know a lot of people feel like this book should have been longer, and I sort of agree with them. I also feel like this book could have been better if their were multiple perspectives
in it. I think that would have helped me bond more with the characters. I also think it would have given us a better understanding of how the park works. I mean, we know that a lot of the magic in the park is interpretation all, and that what each rider see's is different. I'm curious to know just HOW different.