The Devil's Game

This one is incredibly violent, gruesome, gory, and every other one of those kinds of words. It just never lets up.

The game the group of college students is forced to play is done with a lot of dark imagination and the attacks both physical and psychological are wildly over the top and throw in everything except for the kitchen sink. There were a lot of great scenes described as they move through the game and the author was clearly enjoying themselves coming up with all this craziness.

Although it is also very heavy-handed and forced at times and honestly kind of corny as well. Everything is described as the Devil's Game, The Devil's Playground, the Devil's Auditorium ... you get the picture. I could just hear the overdramatic voice over of that being said in my head every time and I rolled my eyes. This sometimes felt against just how dark and serious the things being done to the group were.

The character work is great and you'll get to know all of them as they are brutalized throughout the story. Cameron, the main character, is of course given the most development and backstory but for a large group they were all given attention and fleshed out.

Unfortunately, as we reach the end the story goes off the rails and I couldn't tell if the author just didn't know how to end this crazy ride or what. The final torture against the group was also the worst they get and I could see it upsetting some people as it is very perverse.

However, most importantly this was just fun to read and I recommend to anyone who doesn't mind this kind of absolute insanity. (You know who you are and that's okay!)