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vereadsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
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: Confinement, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Medical trauma
Minor: Pregnancy
britgirlreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Child death
aileron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Fatphobia, Self harm, Vomit, and Classism
melitta's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Rape and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Animal death
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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, and Terminal illness
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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
Minor: Excrement and Fire/Fire injury
racklemcsnackle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Car accident
Moderate: Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Pedophilia
ericarobyn's review against another edition
5.0
Body horror, car accident, death, grief, suicide, gun violence, & more.
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Car accident
_thelitlibrarian'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? It's complicated
4.25
4.25 stars
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I picked this up blindly and assumed it was a story about being isolated/trapped during a winter storm. Although this book touches on that aspect, it is a story of survival in a post-apocalyptic world, I love how the plot still focuses on human survival rather than being a story focusing more on the Whistlers and escaping from them.
In each chapter, we focus on a different tale of survival; Hannah (who is on a coach bus that has crashed), Meg (Trapped in a cable car with a suspicious group), and Carter (who lives in an abandoned chalet and seems to have the most resources, but not everyone can be trusted). At first, it seems as if there are a lot of characters as each setting has multiple people trapped, but since each pov is mainly set in the same area and always told via the same person it starts to clear up as you read.
As the book went on I was a little on the fence as part of me wondered if all of these POVs were connected. The main factor in each situation is a place called The Retreat and it's the goal for our characters to get there. At one point I gave up thinking they were connected and just assumed the book was three short stories combined into one! Once I found out how all POVs were linked together I was shocked, the author did a great job at tying it all together and had my head spinning with theories!
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Abandonment