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Rules for Vanishing
by Kate Alice Marshall
Spooky “found footage” story of a group of friends and their haunting trip down a road.
This book was so intense and interesting. I feel like it kept the same pace throughout the book, with plot twist after plot twist slowly unraveling to reveal the true story. I liked the supplementary found footage which provided alternative views of the story, as well as some truth to contrast the sometimes unreliable narrator.
I liked the diversity, it felt perfectly balance. I also enjoyed the small moments of romance which helps that intensity of the horrifying moments.
The characters themselves didn’t feel too fleshed out or unique. I confused some of them at times and when one person disappeared, I had to reread to realize that they were even there in the first place. It is difficult because there are so many characters but I feel like it also would have helped for them to have a more individualized actions or speech patterns.
My only disappointment was the ending. While I understand leaving loose ends for the realism of the story, I would have appreciated some kind of closure (especially after a story that was so intense it kept me up at night!) I don’t need a thorough ending, just a small hint of what happened in the supplement materials would have sufficed. Instead I feel pretty left in the dark (lol).
This book was so intense and interesting. I feel like it kept the same pace throughout the book, with plot twist after plot twist slowly unraveling to reveal the true story. I liked the supplementary found footage which provided alternative views of the story, as well as some truth to contrast the sometimes unreliable narrator.
I liked the diversity, it felt perfectly balance. I also enjoyed the small moments of romance which helps that intensity of the horrifying moments.
The characters themselves didn’t feel too fleshed out or unique. I confused some of them at times and when one person disappeared, I had to reread to realize that they were even there in the first place. It is difficult because there are so many characters but I feel like it also would have helped for them to have a more individualized actions or speech patterns.
My only disappointment was the ending. While I understand leaving loose ends for the realism of the story, I would have appreciated some kind of closure (especially after a story that was so intense it kept me up at night!) I don’t need a thorough ending, just a small hint of what happened in the supplement materials would have sufficed. Instead I feel pretty left in the dark (lol).