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A review by reading_under_covers
Murder Land by Carlyn Greenwald
3.5
Loved the setting - an amusement park in California with hidden secrets and a missing animatronic bear - and I felt like I could smell the hot dogs and feel the heat of the first day of summer!
The characters were great and diverse as well, which made it fun and easy to root for them, and it was interesting to see their dynamics morph with one another.
Despite that, and maybe this leans more into the YA factor, but when tragedy strikes, everyone just sort of moves on with their evening (and things get extremely ~dark~) and that felt lackluster to me. I think the author may have been trying to keep the energy light for this summer thriller, but send these teens to therapy stat!!
This was an overall fun read that I think will hit with a younger audience in a stronger way!
Thanks to Sourcebooks Fire for the early copy for review!
The characters were great and diverse as well, which made it fun and easy to root for them, and it was interesting to see their dynamics morph with one another.
Despite that, and maybe this leans more into the YA factor, but when tragedy strikes, everyone just sort of moves on with their evening (and things get extremely ~dark~) and that felt lackluster to me. I think the author may have been trying to keep the energy light for this summer thriller, but send these teens to therapy stat!!
This was an overall fun read that I think will hit with a younger audience in a stronger way!
Thanks to Sourcebooks Fire for the early copy for review!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Murder