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dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
CWs: animal death, murder, self harm
An all-inclusive trip to the Canary Islands, getting away from mom, and receiving £20,000? The only catch: participating in a randomized drug trial, with no information on what the drug is or does. Split up into three parts: recruitment, adverse events, and all cause mortality, each part of the novel creates a different type of horror for the reader.
I was truly on the edge of my seat for some of this novel, and I couldn’t read it when it got dark out. As a locked-room thriller, this story hit a psychological nerve. Be aware: there is no happy ending.
Although a fantastic story, the individual parts of the novel confused me. I wasn’t sure why there were numbered sections in each of the chapters, and it made the chapters seem 10x longer than they actually are. There was also a multitude of spelling errors in the novel, and an entire italicized section before part three that did not contribute to the storyline. It seemed to belong in the middle of part three, and not at the end of part two.
Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Animal death and Self harm