priscillarobock's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence
Moderate: Excrement, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Car accident and Vomit
zosiablue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Confinement
Moderate: Medical trauma, Blood, and Body horror
Minor: Pregnancy
unboxedjack's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Suicide, and Pregnancy
bookwitch_92's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Vomit, Car accident, Death, and Violence
katiecat22's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Gore and Blood
Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Self harm, and Medical trauma
soobooksalot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I had serious FOMO once I started seeing all the fantastic reviews of CJ Tudor's The Drift all around these parts.
Take a bit of The Walking Dead, Alive, and even if current-day goings-on had swerved in another direction, and you've got this novel. (Though it's none of these plot points specifically.)
Chapters alternate between Hannah in a full overturned charter bus in the snow, Meg stranded with strangers in a cable car, and Carter in a mountain chalet known as the Retreat.
Ominous enough for you?
Things get a little nasty at times, as apocalypses (apocalii?) are wont to do. There's action! Twists!
I loved this read. Perfect for cold snap weather reading. Recommended!
Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Suicide, Confinement, and Child death
kalem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Pregnancy, Violence, and Suicide attempt
chymerra's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
- Hannah— I liked her the most out of the three main characters. In her parts of the book, she brought a clinical, almost detached view of what was happening. She learned to do it after her mother died and relied on it to process everything. She quickly discovered certain things on the bus and was instrumental in helping when things started to go sideways. And it was that reason why I was so mad with how the author ended her storyline.
- Meg—She had the most heartbreaking storyline of the three characters. She was the most emotional out of the three because of what she went through. But I liked that she also thought like a cop. She knew something was up with the other people in the car. The scenes where she escaped the car were harrowing, and I didn’t think she would make it during parts of her escape. I disagreed with how her storyline ended, but I got why the author wrote it the way she did.
- Carter—I didn’t understand why he was included until halfway through the storyline. Then a lightbulb clicked on in my head. It made sense why he had such extreme frost bit to his face. I also liked how he followed his gut about who was killing the other people at The Retreat.
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, Medical content, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Torture, Pregnancy, Child death, Car accident, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Animal death, Terminal illness, and Addiction
ralbert89's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal death, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Pregnancy
Minor: Excrement and Fire/Fire injury
alireads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Car accident, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Rape