Boris Krischel
I just found it overly complicated. The story makes no sense, since no normal person would ever take part in a plan like the one devised in this story. The whole concept is ridiculous. How are you supposed to figure out why anything is happening if the characters' decisions are stupid? If the characters' reasoning made more sense, I could support it more; it is cleverly put together. However, the motivation at the end, which is supposed to justify everything, is not good enough for me.
I just found it overly complicated. The story makes no sense, since no normal person would ever take part in a plan like the one devised in this story. The whole concept is ridiculous. How are you supposed to figure out why anything is happening if the characters' decisions are stupid? If the characters' reasoning made more sense, I could support it more; it is cleverly put together. However, the motivation at the end, which is supposed to justify everything, is not good enough for me.
Just a really great collection of short horror stories!
Just a really great collection of short horror stories!
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.
