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sarahb919's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Wild story. Characters were cool. Interesting how the underwater welding came into play like it did in Worst Case Scenario. Guess that’s a favorite topic of the author?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Car accident
thatswhatshanread's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
One of the most heart-pounding and adrenaline induced book comas I’ve ever had!! I was fully taken under (pun intended) by this modern day survival story. The times of the day when I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about it. And the times I was reading it, I was thinking OH MY GOD HOW IS THIS GONNA END?!! HOW DO THEY SURVIVE A PLANE CRASH, AND THEN A PLANE SINKING??!!
I’d been wanting to read this for a long time now, but waited until after I’d taken several flights and had no more in the near future because, well, duh. This book is like your worst fears come to life, and the way Newman wrote it, it’s so scarily accurate. Not to mention, one of the main characters in this nightmare situation was named Shannon, so that only furthered how immersive the novel was to begin with.
Alas, it was an incredible book. You’ll want to read it all in sitting, if possible. I’ve always found the stories behind disaster scenarios fascinating and this one was well-researched and supported to really make you understand what it would be like in real life.
I’d been wanting to read this for a long time now, but waited until after I’d taken several flights and had no more in the near future because, well, duh. This book is like your worst fears come to life, and the way Newman wrote it, it’s so scarily accurate. Not to mention, one of the main characters in this nightmare situation was named Shannon, so that only furthered how immersive the novel was to begin with.
Alas, it was an incredible book. You’ll want to read it all in sitting, if possible. I’ve always found the stories behind disaster scenarios fascinating and this one was well-researched and supported to really make you understand what it would be like in real life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment
Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Terminal illness