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A review by claresbookshelf
Prankster by Elley Cooper, Scott Cawthon, Andrea Waggener
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.75
4.75 out of 5 stars.
This book was harrowing in certain aspects.
Prankster:
I genuinely felt bad for the characters in this one. Two of them at the very least. I won't lie, the titular prankster deserved the bad things that came his way (maybe not to the degree the story took his punishment, but something was deserved). I was a little confused by it's ending, because I was expecting something along the lines of Help Wanted (with a character with a name similar to Jeremy building a VR game, it felt like it fit). But what we got instead was Saw Junior.
Kids at Play:
This short story was disturbing. The main character of this one was a difficult one to place - there were moments when I agreed with some of his statements about his parents, and other times where I thought he was being a spoilt brat. But when his dark plot started, that was it. I was waiting for the end to come for him. It was super easy to hate him after a certain part of that story, and the gruesome way he gets his punishment was very well-written. It created such a vivid, gorey visual.
Find Player Two:
The final short story had me on edge throughout. I really liked the main character of this one, and felt truly bad for her. She suffered from survivor's guilt, and really didn't need to put herself through all the things she went through in this story. I do question why certain parts happened (or didn't happen, as the case was without spoilers), and her "punishment" at the end was tragic.
The Stitch-Wraith:
I AM CONCERNED.
This book was harrowing in certain aspects.
Prankster:
I genuinely felt bad for the characters in this one. Two of them at the very least. I won't lie, the titular prankster deserved the bad things that came his way (maybe not to the degree the story took his punishment, but something was deserved). I was a little confused by it's ending, because I was expecting something along the lines of Help Wanted (with a character with a name similar to Jeremy building a VR game, it felt like it fit). But what we got instead was Saw Junior.
Kids at Play:
This short story was disturbing. The main character of this one was a difficult one to place - there were moments when I agreed with some of his statements about his parents, and other times where I thought he was being a spoilt brat. But when his dark plot started, that was it. I was waiting for the end to come for him. It was super easy to hate him after a certain part of that story, and the gruesome way he gets his punishment was very well-written. It created such a vivid, gorey visual.
Find Player Two:
The final short story had me on edge throughout. I really liked the main character of this one, and felt truly bad for her. She suffered from survivor's guilt, and really didn't need to put herself through all the things she went through in this story. I do question why certain parts happened (or didn't happen, as the case was without spoilers), and her "punishment" at the end was tragic.
The Stitch-Wraith:
I AM CONCERNED.