

It was alright, but I couldn't really get into it. I think one issue with the concept of escape room type settings in a book is that it is hard to visualize. You can't really grasp the puzzles well and lose interest in it. The story was alright, but most of the characters are extremely unlikeable. So in the end I didn't really care about how it ended.
It was alright, but I couldn't really get into it. I think one issue with the concept of escape room type settings in a book is that it is hard to visualize. You can't really grasp the puzzles well and lose interest in it. The story was alright, but most of the characters are extremely unlikeable. So in the end I didn't really care about how it ended.
Updated a reading goal:
Read 30 books in 2026
Progress so far: 30 / 30 100%

My favorite of Stalenhag's books! It has by far the best story of the four I have read, a fascinatingly dark short story that it massively improved by the accompanying art. While the art is a lot darker, sometimes less interesting because of it, the combination with the strong story makes it fit. While sometimes with his books it feels like he draws art first, and then thinks of a story to vaguely connect the images, here it is the other way around.
My favorite of Stalenhag's books! It has by far the best story of the four I have read, a fascinatingly dark short story that it massively improved by the accompanying art. While the art is a lot darker, sometimes less interesting because of it, the combination with the strong story makes it fit. While sometimes with his books it feels like he draws art first, and then thinks of a story to vaguely connect the images, here it is the other way around.

Not sure what the general consesus is, but I liked this book more then the original. Really good, and with such an ending, I guess I have to read the third book as well. I have watched the movies at some point, but I barely remember them, so every twist and turn still surprised me.
Not sure what the general consesus is, but I liked this book more then the original. Really good, and with such an ending, I guess I have to read the third book as well. I have watched the movies at some point, but I barely remember them, so every twist and turn still surprised me.

Found the Hunger Games Trilogy in a second-hand section of a bookstore and decided to give it a shot. I had heard a lot of good things about it, especially that it is considered a modern classic. And I did really enjoy it! It reads very quickly, it is very easy to read. No need to reread section or reall think about things multiple times, so I finished it quickly. Of course the constant tension and good pacing helped too. I do think sometimes things went a bit too fast for my liking? Like, there are section that I found important and would have liked to linger on longer, but the story just moves so fast. But maybe that is just a thing of young-adult novels, I don"t read them often...
Found the Hunger Games Trilogy in a second-hand section of a bookstore and decided to give it a shot. I had heard a lot of good things about it, especially that it is considered a modern classic. And I did really enjoy it! It reads very quickly, it is very easy to read. No need to reread section or reall think about things multiple times, so I finished it quickly. Of course the constant tension and good pacing helped too. I do think sometimes things went a bit too fast for my liking? Like, there are section that I found important and would have liked to linger on longer, but the story just moves so fast. But maybe that is just a thing of young-adult novels, I don"t read them often...