Even If We Break
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2.7
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Marieke Nijkamp
A shocking thriller about a group of friends who go to a cabin to play a murder mystery game...only to have the game turned against them, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends. FIVE friends go to a cabin. FOUR of them are hiding secrets. THREE years of history bind them. TWO are doomed from the start. ONE person wants to end this. NO ONE IS SAFE. Five friends take a trip to a cabin. It's supposed to be one last getaway before going their separate ways--a chance to say goodbye to each other, and to the game they've been playing for the past three years. But they're all dealing with their own demons, and they're all hiding secrets. And as they start to play the murder mystery game that brought them together in the first place, the lines between the game and reality blend, with deadly consequences. Someone knows their secrets. Someone wants to make them pay. Soon, it's a race against time before it's game over--forever. Are you ready to play? "Immersive and captivating. Thrilling in every sense of the word."--KAREN M. MCMANUS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us is Lying and One of Us is Next Perfect for readers who love: teenage mystery books or YA horror LGBT stories about intersectional groups of friends Karen McManus, Gretchen McNeil, or Natasha Preston Praise for Even If We Break: "The darkly twisted ode to self-discovery briskly whisks an intersectionally inclusive group through a reasonably stormy, emotionally charged scenario that considers the sometimes-steep price of growing up and growing apart."--Publishers Weekly "An engaging read, providing readers with some solid suspense, and twists to sink their teeth into."--Booklist "A fast-paced thriller that will leave you both gushing over the geekiness and gasping over the game."--Rachel Strolle, Glenside Public Library District More Teen Thrillers by Marieke Nijkamp: This Is Where It Ends Before I Let Go At the End of Everything (Coming January 2022)
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Author
Marieke Nijkamp
Pages
320
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Published Date
2020
ISBN
1492636118 9781492636113
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"A mystery thriller about a friend group falling apart, this cabin-set story is a quick read for anyone interested in a role playing adventure crew. I wasn’t a huge fan of the writing or the overall plot, it felt sort of underdeveloped and implausible. The characters were pretty well written and likeable, but I had a hard time connecting with them and really immersing myself into the story. I probably wouldn’t recommend to others unless they were specifically looking for a book including a D&D group. "
Ghostie Gal
"this was very different than i expected! a friend recommended it to me, and all I knew was that it was a murder mystery. i dived into it thinking it was like agggtm. i was so wrong. it was actually scarier than i thought it would be, and i did not know about the rpg part. overrall i really liked it. ⚠️SPOILER ⚠️ but like? i hated liva anyway even before we knew it was her. and then of course the murderer, the one person i didn’t like died. i also feel that if you’re going to write this type of book, more people we were attached to need to die. seriously, carter was the only one of those we liked who ended up dying. too many people walked out alive for me. im also confused to why ever didn’t die in the house when they were locked in there? like ever got their note so obviously they were supposed to die in the house but liva never showed up to kill them? and it was too messy to just let maddy go out on her own and just hope that she would OD. liva wasn’t a great killer imo so ⚠️SPOILERS OVER⚠️ my rating is ⭐4/5 ⭐️ finished 1/10/22"
kzy
"exceeded my expectations, though I do have some issues to nitpick. overall, it is a fairly quick read with LGBTQ+ main characters. the ending was anticlimactic and there is some plot holes that never get explained but the writing was some of the creepiest I’ve ever seen before, which definitely makes this a 4/5. definitely read for a quick paced murder mystery plot. "
Laine
"January 2024"
Unknown
"Maybe this will be good for younger reads since it is YA - but it was just lacking for and missing information that I wanted. Loved that this book had diverse characters and the idea was great for the plot.. just didn’t hit the mark for me"
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Tiffany Unger
"Kinda spoilers: Wanted to add, that Carter was my favorite character and I wish we saw more of him so we could’ve attached ourselves more before yk; but still I think the writing for his arc was p good."
oatsys
"… kinda saw it coming, when it switched to one of the characters pov it was written so well and had such a malicious tone that it was just amazing, i give this 4.5/5 stars highly recommend!!"
meghan!
"This was a interesting book but a little hard to keep up with. Could barely finish it."
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Cristina Pennell
"I didn’t realize the game they play is some sort of fantasy roleplay **** about a made up place. Not my thing. I came for the murders!!! The blood, the gore! Not only that, but I found the characters to be completely unmemorable. Once I flipped past the chapter page with the header (their name), I pretty much instantly forgot who was speaking. They all kind of blend together. Do not recommend."
Rhiannon Rabby
"i first got this book just as something to do when bored but when i tell u i loved this book like the ending was so surprising and i love how it’s very in touch with reality though i really wished it would go deeper into ever and finn’s relationship cause they’re so cute together "
victoria faust