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Among the participants, characters with diverse backgrounds bring unique strategies and motivations into play, forcing them to confront their deepest fears as they decipher the complex rules of this nightmarish competition. Friendships will be tested, alliances formed and broken, and the line between hunter and hunted blurs, making every moment pulse with adrenaline. This graphic novel draws readers into a visually stunning world where the thrill of the game quickly spirals into a chilling fight to escape an uncertain fate.
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EDGT2001809 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this “marvelously creepy thrill ride of a book that keeps twisting until the very end” (Karen M. McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying) “The suspenseful plot combines elements of Thomas Tryon’s classic Harvest Home, Netflix’s Squid Game, and the social commentary of Jordan Peele’s film oeuvre and mixes these with a revelatory pacing reminiscent of Spielberg’s Jaws.”—Booklist The challenge: Spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don’t get caught. The prize: enough money to change everything. Even though everyone is desperate to win—to seize a dream future or escape a haunting past—Mack is sure she can beat her competitors. All she has to do is hide, and she’s an expert at that. It’s the reason she’s alive and her family isn’t. But as the people around her begin disappearing one by one, Mack realizes that this competition is even more sinister than she imagined, and that together might be the only way to survive. Fourteen competitors. Seven days. Everywhere to hide but nowhere to run. Come out, come out, wherever you are.
⭐️2-2.5Great cover, interesting premise, but terrible execution. First two chapters start off promising, with the story getting straight to the point, but then it goes downhill.I don't think the world-building is very strong. There were so many characters, and with so little backstory, I could only connect with about four of the fourteen hiders (Mack, Brandon, LeGrand and Ava). It's not clear if that was intentional, even though we do get to hear all fourteen hiders' POVs.In the last two chapters, the pace became agonisingly slow and the chapters felt longer. We then got a shitty ending that didn't feel complete. After telling myself I wouldn't DNF this book halfway through and pushing myself to finish it, this felt like a slap in the face.In the end, recommending this book would be disingenuous. To me, it's not worth it.
