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Five Total Strangers
by Natalie D. Richards
This is a classic YA thriller centered around 4 strangers trying to get home for Christmas.
The kicker is, they all aren’t actually strangers. You will finding yourself switching belief on who is the bad guy. The author does a good job at showcasing traits to point out the strange parts of each of them. The depiction of grief is good as well. I found myself relating to Mira in that sense since she was missing her aunt.
We have Mira, the main character - she’s struggling with grief from losing her aunt, and needing to get home to be with her mother.
Harper is your typical smart, preppy put together college girl.
Brecken is the epitome of rich, NYC private school boy.
Josh is the quiet, always reading type guy
and Kayla is the addict we don’t here a lot out of.
The four characters meet at the airport, after flights are canceled due to a blizzard, Harper decides to rent a car in order to get home. We instantly see the strangeness that takes place, and it just grows from there.
The premise was very interesting, I didn’t know if I would like it but I did. I was very intrigued to see how it could pan out. The writing wasn’t bad. It kept me entertained and wanting more. I enjoyed the letter sprawled out throughout the chapters, and the constant flip on who could actually be the dangerous one in the group.
But, the ending was Awful.
It felt like the author forgot to include the actual ending! I mean, who is the man with the yellow hat? What happened to Corey and his dad? What happened to the rest of them? If this book actually had closure, or answers to questions then it would have been a 4 star read.
The kicker is, they all aren’t actually strangers. You will finding yourself switching belief on who is the bad guy. The author does a good job at showcasing traits to point out the strange parts of each of them. The depiction of grief is good as well. I found myself relating to Mira in that sense since she was missing her aunt.
We have Mira, the main character - she’s struggling with grief from losing her aunt, and needing to get home to be with her mother.
Harper is your typical smart, preppy put together college girl.
Brecken is the epitome of rich, NYC private school boy.
Josh is the quiet, always reading type guy
and Kayla is the addict we don’t here a lot out of.
The four characters meet at the airport, after flights are canceled due to a blizzard, Harper decides to rent a car in order to get home. We instantly see the strangeness that takes place, and it just grows from there.
The premise was very interesting, I didn’t know if I would like it but I did. I was very intrigued to see how it could pan out. The writing wasn’t bad. It kept me entertained and wanting more. I enjoyed the letter sprawled out throughout the chapters, and the constant flip on who could actually be the dangerous one in the group.
But, the ending was Awful.
It felt like the author forgot to include the actual ending! I mean, who is the man with the yellow hat? What happened to Corey and his dad? What happened to the rest of them? If this book actually had closure, or answers to questions then it would have been a 4 star read.