A review by brennieree33
Nightmare Academy by Frank E. Peretti

3.0

TD;LR
Christian Lord of the Flies

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but it was an experiment the whole time!

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-Loved the theme of this book. And it was legitimately terrifying to see all the kids rise up against each other and just turn. So quickly. Especially when Joan turned against Elisha by bringing her to the phone and Alex
-I do think they did a better job of making us more endeared to Elijah and Elisha, but they still have little to no personality.
-I laughed so hard when Elijah was annoyed about 666 being the password. Also when everybody would switch names and there would long things like: Kasey/Ashley/Kari/Jamie/Rachel (as an example). Freaking hilarious
-WHERE WAS MR. MAXWELL?

This book was okay. It was just a lot slower than the other book.

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I loved how it was a psychological experiment the whole time, and I think that's super cool. It's really terrifying to think about, being pulled on strings by puppets while you have zero idea about what's going on.

The argument that all truths are real isn't a truth. There is one truth, but different viewpoints. But a different viewpoint doesn't make a specific thing true. I could say, "Hamburgers are the worst food ever," but that doesn't make it true. That's subjective. I really debated on whether or not to give it a 2 or 3 stars, but I'll give a 3 because I was genuinely into the story, and when I was tempted to go do other things (I did binge the last like, 250 pages all in one sitting for like a straight 6ish hours with a few breaks in between), it did draw me back in to finish it.