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The Getaway, by Lamar Giles

8 reviews

abookdork's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Violence, Classism, and Racism

bitesizedbeet's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Murder, Racism, Gun violence, Classism, Hate crime, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Blood, Excrement, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Injury/injury detail

edwardianbookwhore's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Violence, Torture, Genocide, Suicide, and Gore

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

sfbookgirl's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is honestly one of the scariest book covers I have ever seen so therefore I had to read it. It starts off really spooky with a “utopian” society attached to a theme park (think Disneyland) called Karloff County. While I enjoyed the first half, the second half of the novel gets confusing with so many plot points and characters that went by more than one alias. The main character, Jay, is living his best life working as a janitorial staff on the weekends while receiving free housing for his family and excellent high school education during the week. 

 

It gets weird when Jay and his close group of friends start noticing strange changes around the park like disappearing workers. Then the super-rich starts arriving in hoards with no indication of leaving…The Getaway is a thrilling (at times) dystopian novel that doesn’t bring much new to the table but does offer excellent commentary on racism and classism. And it will definitely make you reconsider ever going to a theme park again. 

 

Content warnings: racism, violence, murder, animal death, hate crime, cannibalism, gun violence 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Racism, Animal death, Hate crime, and Cannibalism

d0505's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Murder, Racism, Violence, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Blood

Moderate: Hate crime and Animal death

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Animal death, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Dementia, Blood, Death, Grief, Torture, and Murder

sallysimply's review against another edition

4.5

Okay, well, first of all! This book is much darker than I was expecting.

It also legit feels horrifying at points, especially in the last 10-20%. When somebody used the term “corporatized end times” and I legit felt panic in my body for a while there. It is just such a thing that feels too possible right now. (Like, as a concept / at its core, obviously not something exactly like how this played out.) I think up to that point, I was probably hovering around 3.5? But from then on, I was so sucked into the tension of it all. That type of visceral response is not common for me, and it bumped up the rating for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Minor: Gun violence

librarychristi's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This book was horrifying in so many ways. I cannot stop thinking about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism