I honestly don’t understand where all the one-star reviews are coming from. This was fine! Not the best thing I’ve ever read, but solid. I get that not every person is going to like every book, and that’s as it should be, but the overwhelming hatred for this frankly baffles me. Like, I’m not gonna get angry about it, just make this face:
People be throwing around the phrase “worst book I’ve read all year!” and I’m like . . . really? This books right here? I don’t get it.
The premise here is that our main character, Mack (who is homeless, and the only survivor of a violent attack on her family), is invited to compete in a hide and seek competition in an abandoned theme park. The last person to be “found” will win $50k. Of course, something else is going on.
I would probably describe this as a good intro horror book, light on the gore (which, honestly, I appreciated), but bad things do happen and the body count is high. It’s also pleasingly full of eat the rich vibes and was clearly written from a place of rage. This is a short book so if you are a character focused reader, you might not enjoy it as much since there are so many characters and so little time to flesh them out. It’s really more of a fable than anything.
[3.5 stars, rounded up because I enjoyed the rage vibes]
Chipping Away at Mt. TBR, July 2022—Book 6/31