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A review by annemiles
The Broken Room by Peter Clines
3.0
This was my least favorite Peter Clines book to date😞. I loved 14 and The Fold. They were the ultimate sci-fi, horror genre that I'm obsessed with. This book definitely has sci-fi elements. [There's a ghost of a special ops guy that lives in a little girls mind] but it just wasn't as suspenseful as I'm used to with this author.
Natalie, crossed the border into the U.S. over two years ago and ended up in a cage, as so many children had in actual reality. Eventually Natalie and many other kids end up at "The Project." At this government facility the kids are experimented on in disgusting and horrifying ways. I was truly sickened at the doctors and staffs behavior. They treated the children like they were completely worthless, not even human, but I digress.
In the "Broken Room" the kids are exposed to a horrifying evil. Many children lose their minds and become "feral" or possessed. Natalie escapes with the help of Tim, a dead special ops guy, who talks to her in her head. He directs her to an old friend he worked with in the field named Hector. Hector is very reluctant to help Natalie, but he did owe Tim a favor.
As the duo travels together and escaping the people trying to return Natalie to the project they bond and develop deep affection for eachother. The first half of the book was pretty exciting and suspenseful, because they were on the run and always in danger. But that got old fast, after a repeat of found and escape 30 times. The last part of the book was the most boring 😴 I just wasn't invested and I felt like I was reading the same chapters over and over again. I think most thriller/sci-fi fans will enjoy the book, but I'd personally recommend 14 or The Fold, much more entertaining.
Natalie, crossed the border into the U.S. over two years ago and ended up in a cage, as so many children had in actual reality. Eventually Natalie and many other kids end up at "The Project." At this government facility the kids are experimented on in disgusting and horrifying ways. I was truly sickened at the doctors and staffs behavior. They treated the children like they were completely worthless, not even human, but I digress.
In the "Broken Room" the kids are exposed to a horrifying evil. Many children lose their minds and become "feral" or possessed. Natalie escapes with the help of Tim, a dead special ops guy, who talks to her in her head. He directs her to an old friend he worked with in the field named Hector. Hector is very reluctant to help Natalie, but he did owe Tim a favor.
As the duo travels together and escaping the people trying to return Natalie to the project they bond and develop deep affection for eachother. The first half of the book was pretty exciting and suspenseful, because they were on the run and always in danger. But that got old fast, after a repeat of found and escape 30 times. The last part of the book was the most boring 😴 I just wasn't invested and I felt like I was reading the same chapters over and over again. I think most thriller/sci-fi fans will enjoy the book, but I'd personally recommend 14 or The Fold, much more entertaining.