Reviewed by A Darker Shade of Rosie on
→ LIKED: A girl and her best friend get stranded in their Jeep by a major snowstorm on their way to their folks' summer cabin. They decide to hoof it to get help, and wind up at another person's cabin. Unfortunately, the occupants are mucho loco and take them hostage. They force the main character, Britt, to lead them off the mountain, leaving her friend behind. • Britt has a lot of character growth, which is great. It's not fun reading about a character who stays exactly the same from beginning to end. • Some valuable life lessons were taught: Learn to be your own hero. Don't rely on anyone but yourself. Don't go backpacking in the mountains in the middle of a blizzard.
→ DISLIKED: I don't like when there is too much "telling" in the dialogue. It doesn't feel realistic to me when another person is explaining everything in explicit detail - and this book had a lot of it. • There's some "Stockholm Syndrome" woven in - Britt starts to fall for one of her captors. At the same time, she attempts to convince herself the connection they have is born out of necessity and survival. (I guess I can't judge too harshly, as Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite Disney movies.)
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- 10 December, 2014: Finished reading
- 10 December, 2014: Reviewed