bookish_and_planty's Reviews (421)

An absolutely incredible fantasy story!! I loved the interruptions from the narrator, it gave the book such a whimsical feel! I was hooked within the first few pages and didn't want to put the book down after that! The characters are so detailed and easily to fall in love with. This was such a wonderful story!!

This read too much like a romance book for the first 60% of it. The characters seemed to be introduced randomly and didn't do much to move the story forward or have any point. The ending was really off, it didn't make a whole lot of sense and was almost trying to cram too many things into the last few pages. This was a weird one and not really in a good way.

This audiobook was incredible!! I loved the multiple narrators, it made the story so much easier to follow. The characters were well written and I was so invested in their story. I'm not a huge fan of speculative endings, and I wish a few more things had been wrapped up before the book ended. This was a fun book and did a good job combining influencers and thriller!!

Another great thriller from David Ellis!! So many twists and turns, and it would be hard to follow from any other author. Ellis does such a great job outlining the characters, explaining their connections, and doubling down on the complicated twists so you always know what's happening. I really enjoyed this read and was entertained the entire book!!

"Horror books don't scare me, they're just not scary enough" -me, before I read this book (like an idiot)

I can't even process how incredible of a horror book this was. I did all the things that mean it's a great book: started reading faster, got physically closer to the book, completely ignored my phone. WOW this book was freaky!!! The very first chapter pulls you in and makes you want to figure out what is going on and the intensity doesn't let up for the entire book. If you're a thriller or horror book fan, you MUST read this one!!!!

I typically hate when books don't have quotation marks, but I honestly forgot that was the case in this book. Although I am very glad the author called this out before the book even started!

Pretty good thriller with lots of intense and action-packed moments! I predicted the twist pretty early on, but thankfully it didn't make the rest of the book any less exciting!

This thriller has everything!!! It was so captivating and intense throughout the entire book! There were twists and turns until the very end!

I was worried that this book would be repetitive since the authors previous books are all about plane crashes, but I was very wrong! This book focuses more on the aftermath than the actual plane crash.

The audiobook version of this is INCREDIBLE!! The narrator is fantastic and it's so fun to hear the crackle of the radio as the characters were on their walkie talkies! I very highly recommend the audio version of this book!!

This one was super slow, hard to get into, and got incredibly confusing at the end. There was a brief time where I was invested in the ending, but then it was so hard to follow that I lost interest.

Super predictable and the ending was really unclear and flat. I kept hoping something interesting would happen but it never did.

Super weird family dynamics and none of the characters felt very complete. There were a ton of characters that were unnecessary.

There were so many things that didn't make sense and seemed like they were included for no reason. Overall the book was super disjointed and disappointing, since I love the creepy kid trope!

Such a great book!! The characters are all so well written and relatable, it's so easy to understand all of their points of view. I started laughing in the first chapter and kept laughing throughout the book, the dark humor is absolutely fantastic! The plot is super easy to follow and I found myself rooting for every character involved. Everything in this book was so real and easy to imagine, the author is an incredible writer!!