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challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Lockdown: Escape from furnace is a fast-paced book with a stubborn but ultimately good main character named Alex Sawyer. He lives in a world in which children who are charged with heinous crimes are automatically given life sentences in an awful, inhumane prison called Furnace.
The pacing is fast and tight, which is good because the dangerous conditions of Furnace meant that people died quite regularly. While Alex had his moments of being very annoying (how many times must the protagonist stop and watch when he should be running away?) he was consistently persistent in his hope for an escape. He's charismatic and a little too trustworthy for his own good.
None of the characters annoyed me. The writing could be heavy handed at times; I remember finding some of the metaphors a bit silly, and some of the descriptions repetitive, but none of these ruined the tension throughout the book. Overall a great read.
The pacing is fast and tight, which is good because the dangerous conditions of Furnace meant that people died quite regularly. While Alex had his moments of being very annoying (how many times must the protagonist stop and watch when he should be running away?) he was consistently persistent in his hope for an escape. He's charismatic and a little too trustworthy for his own good.
None of the characters annoyed me. The writing could be heavy handed at times; I remember finding some of the metaphors a bit silly, and some of the descriptions repetitive, but none of these ruined the tension throughout the book. Overall a great read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury
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