A review by galaxiesofbooks
Wonderland by Jennifer Hillier

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

i’ve only read “things we do in the dark” by jennifer hillier, which was a dnf, and this one was better, but still not my favourite.

firstly, there were a lot of characters involved, which i appreciated, cos it’s always harder to guess who’s behind the deed when there are a lot of people involved, but some of the characters were sooo icky… i also didn’t really connect with any of them apart from Blake. Bianca was one of the worst manipulators ever, Oscar was a creep sometimes and what was the point of this janitor Carlos being in the book? anyway, my favourite character was probably Blake.

the writing style also wasn’t one of the best ones. we followed multiple POVs and most of them i didn’t care about. i especially felt bored reading Vanessa’s chapters, i was just waiting to get to Blake’s or Ava’s POV. maybe because i don’t really like reading from police officers’ or detectives’ POVs.

going into this book, i expected it to involve actual horror, maybe even something paranormal, but this was nothing i expected it to be.

there was a lot of romance involved and i mean A LOT and in a really disgusting way. this book was mainly not about the park itself and the horror, but more so sex.

there were also so many holes in the plot, so many questions unanswered and everyone just seemed to be involved sexually with each other. i rolled my eyes many times lol.

i didn’t guess the main killer, but i also was underwhelmed when i found out and i also guessed the Homeless Harry plot twist. it was all a bit unsatisfying.

i just wanted more out of this book. more atmosphere, more horror and less sex. i still have to find this perfect theme park book 👀