bellanaris 's review for:

Panic by Lauren Oliver

3.0

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I was initially wary of starting this novel, so I put it off for a couple of months. The summary makes it sound far to similar to the Hunger Games and I wasn't sure that I was ready for that just yet. Being on a bit of a reading kick lately. I decided to finally pick it up. Thankfully,the summary is a bit misleading and the similarities to the Hunger Games are minimal. Heather is a motivated and well rounded character. Her growth through the Panic competition is realistic and invigorating Refreshingly, while there is a romance subplot, it is minor and does not involve a love triangle. I found the lengths to which Dodge was willing to go to be a little extreme. My favourite part of this novel was the setting. The prose really brings Carp off the pages and you really get the small town vibe while you're reading it.