Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Escape Room by Megan Goldin

12 reviews

dustygold's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Was this really an escape room? It felt like it at first, but then it was just a lot of sniping at each other and then you got the tea on how they all ended up in there, and then it was over very abruptly.

If there's no real chance of escape and "winning", calling it an escape room is just a bit odd.

I saw another review that said a better title would be "Meat Husks are Tricked into going into an Elevator by an Awful Person" and I have to agree!

My favorite part of it was how I was

initially tricked into thinking Sara was dead and the elevator trap was engineered by Lucy, only to find out it was the other way around. I actually didn't see that coming and enjoyed the twist.

However, I found it hard to root for

Sara at the end; it's very convenient that her way of getting revenge "for her friend" was by stealing so much money she'd never ever have to work again in her life.

A very convenient and self-serving form of justice. 😂

I love tense thrillers and the multi-perspective narration for the audiobook was well done, so if you truly have nothing else to read at the moment and you want to pick this one up, I don't think it would hurt. But if your reading time is limited I think there are much better ways to spend it. Unless you work on Wall Street and want to picture your career nemeses in the place of the elevator characters, I guess? Then this will probably be the best book you've ever read in your life.

I listened to this so it's not really easy to go back and double check, but it felt like there were multiple errors in how it was written that really should have been caught in the editing process. However, I liked the audio narrators and thought they did a good job with what they were working with.

P.S. Also, what the heck was up with

Kevin? A red herring or just a character shoe-horned in without good reason? It's never made clear if he was somehow some kind of control or retaliation from Vincent & co.

P.P.S. 36-ish hours in the elevator and not once did someone have to pee?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, and Sexual assault

k8lynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

all i can say is... wow!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

maistfu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

holy shit - this was not at all what I expected it to be.

it was a good, pretty quick read and it captured my attention pretty much from the beginning. I really like the switching povs a lot. the title and summary are deceiving though. it's made out to be an escaperoom type of story but it's more about the world of investment banking and the lives of a few of those people. the end suprised me the most and overall I liked the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

0live_tr33's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

justmasyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

3.25

The Escape Room by Megan Goldin was entertaining, and I’m actually surprised at how it ended. While it didn’t get the coveted audible gasp, it certainly came close. I think that the setting for this was perfect. Investment bankers trapped in an elevator having to trust on each other to escape? It almost writes itself. I can definitely say that investment banking being so cut throat felt genuine, and each of the characters fit their roles perfectly. I think that some of the elements felt a little TOO planned, but overall, I found it to be really entertaining, which, when we’re talking about thrillers is a big selling point. While I don’t think this is my favorite thriller, it certainly was quick, enjoyable, and easy to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

carissa230's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

3.75

Sara is getting desperate for a job when a dream career comes along. Working in finance, making more than she ever imaged. What could go wrong? 

Sara enters the company, but never makes it to the inner sanctum. The heads of the company are ruthless and care about making the deals at any cost.

The other perspective is the leaders of the company in an escape room. They’re stuck in an elevator and forced to escape to survive. It starts as a hardcore escape room, but quickly devolves as secrets are spilled.

The rotating perspectives keep things fast-moving. There is never a really dull part. Fun, quick read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death of parent

Moderate: Death and Sexual assault

shereadsmysteries's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Fatphobia, and Infidelity