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A review by carinamiya
Getting Away With Murder by Kathryn Foxfield
3.5
3.5
I read this book in one sitting because I wanted to know what the ending was going to be lol...So the premise is that an AI puts 9 teenage stereotypes in an escape room to see who comes out victorious and who dies along the way. The stereotypes include: the rebel (Saffron), the know-it-all (Georgia), the princess (Millie), the jock (Joey), the geek (Henry), the criminal (Aiden), the star (Olympia), the weirdo (Helix), and the artist (Geoffry). The story is told from the POV of Saffron and Georgia, who are twins and who start the book completely at odds with each other. Along the way, the group realizes that some of them have secrets and are wiling to go to extreme lengths to keep them hidden.
Full disclosure here, I thought the game was based on the show Survivor and was so so excited to read this...forgot that other games existed. The game Sole Survivor is where people are dropped into a scenario and need to work together to escape but only one person will make it out.
I really loved Georgia. She worked so hard to try to get the group of teenagers to be a team and to get them out of the crazy games the AI put them through, and she was mistreated so badly by all the other characters. Saffron did not treat her well at all--like I get being upset that Georgia got Saffron in trouble, but Saffron neglected to acknowledge that it was her stupidity that got her in trouble in the first place.
I had some minor plot issues.First, after the crazy death ball pit and Geoffrey's death, why didnt they work together?? Why was the petty drama getting in the way of them doing anything productive? Why couldn't they just have a conversation about all the things that AI was telling them in order to work together? . Second, the vast majority of the book was from Georgia's POV, which I don't mind, but it makes it an odd choice to have Saffron as the main character (she's the main one in the blurb and we start w/ her). Saffron had little impact on most events of the book and her perspective was very absent. I didn't mind because I really liked Georgia, but I did notice Saffron's absence.
Overall, this was a fun, fast-paced YA thriller. I highly recommend for people who love escape rooms or games similar to Sole Survivor, or for people who like reading YA thrillers.
Thank you to NetGalley + Sourcebooks fire for this ARC!
I read this book in one sitting because I wanted to know what the ending was going to be lol...So the premise is that an AI puts 9 teenage stereotypes in an escape room to see who comes out victorious and who dies along the way. The stereotypes include: the rebel (Saffron), the know-it-all (Georgia), the princess (Millie), the jock (Joey), the geek (Henry), the criminal (Aiden), the star (Olympia), the weirdo (Helix), and the artist (Geoffry). The story is told from the POV of Saffron and Georgia, who are twins and who start the book completely at odds with each other. Along the way, the group realizes that some of them have secrets and are wiling to go to extreme lengths to keep them hidden.
Full disclosure here, I thought the game was based on the show Survivor and was so so excited to read this...forgot that other games existed. The game Sole Survivor is where people are dropped into a scenario and need to work together to escape but only one person will make it out.
I really loved Georgia. She worked so hard to try to get the group of teenagers to be a team and to get them out of the crazy games the AI put them through, and she was mistreated so badly by all the other characters. Saffron did not treat her well at all--like I get being upset that Georgia got Saffron in trouble, but Saffron neglected to acknowledge that it was her stupidity that got her in trouble in the first place.
I had some minor plot issues.
Overall, this was a fun, fast-paced YA thriller. I highly recommend for people who love escape rooms or games similar to Sole Survivor, or for people who like reading YA thrillers.
Thank you to NetGalley + Sourcebooks fire for this ARC!