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A review by outsmartyourshelf
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
4.0
Four high-flying financiers meet at an out-of-the-way building to take part in an escape room challenge. Vincent, Sam, Sylvie, & Jules board the lift which whisks them to the 70th floor. Then the lights go out and a strange message appears on the screen “Welcome to the Escape Room. Your goal is simple. Get out alive.”
The story is told in alternating chapters from the present scene in the lift to the story of Sara Hall, a young woman who is offered a lifechanging opportunity by Vincent. The four main characters in the lift run the gamut of bad behaviour: greed, fraud, infidelity, backstabbing, and violence. There's practically nothing they couldn't rationalise in the pursuit of money. I worked out what was going on pretty early on but it was still an entertaining read.
Thanks to NetGalley and publishers, Orion Publishing Group, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.
The story is told in alternating chapters from the present scene in the lift to the story of Sara Hall, a young woman who is offered a lifechanging opportunity by Vincent. The four main characters in the lift run the gamut of bad behaviour: greed, fraud, infidelity, backstabbing, and violence. There's practically nothing they couldn't rationalise in the pursuit of money. I worked out what was going on pretty early on but it was still an entertaining read.
Thanks to NetGalley and publishers, Orion Publishing Group, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault