Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Race for the Escape by Christopher Edge - OPTIONAL

Race for the Escape by Christopher Edge
, 166 pages. Delacorte (Random), 2022. $17. 

Content: G (mild danger) 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Five strangers have been thrown together to play an escape room. Each puzzle they encounter seems to be trying to kill them! Then members of the group start to disappear. 

Edge’s book is very shallow, with a twist at the end that is so unseen that it is shocking and off-putting. While the characters have multicultural names, they have no descriptions, manners, and or cultural characteristics beyond that. Obviously meant for the very immature reader who wants nothing but action. 

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS 

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