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So depressing and so pointless in the end. I guess I need someone to explain it to me?
I wanted to accuse whoever judges Carnegie medal awarding of being morbid, but then I remembered Printz Honor for Nothing, which is only slightly less depressing, but better written.
In the end, I would classify The Bunker Diary as more of a torture porn experiment (like those Saw movies) than quality literature for teens. But that's just me. ...more
I wanted to accuse whoever judges Carnegie medal awarding of being morbid, but then I remembered Printz Honor for Nothing, which is only slightly less depressing, but better written.
In the end, I would classify The Bunker Diary as more of a torture porn experiment (like those Saw movies) than quality literature for teens. But that's just me. ...more
Our teen narrator-diarist, Linus, has been kidnapped and stashed in an inescapable bunker. This is about as much fun as you'd think.
[Minor, vague spoilers follow.]
Pros: Consistent narrator voice. Plot unfolds with bleak realism. It's an interesting psychological what-if to explore human behavior. Occasionally splendid writing (eg. p. 187, Russell's description* of his brain tumor). Metaphorical layers about life and The Man Upstairs.
Cons (besides that it's so not what I wanted in my head, ever) ...more
[Minor, vague spoilers follow.]
Pros: Consistent narrator voice. Plot unfolds with bleak realism. It's an interesting psychological what-if to explore human behavior. Occasionally splendid writing (eg. p. 187, Russell's description* of his brain tumor). Metaphorical layers about life and The Man Upstairs.
Cons (besides that it's so not what I wanted in my head, ever) ...more
Wow. This one was dark. The story is told through the diary of Linus, a teenage boy who is kidnapped by a mysterious assailant and wakes up in an underground bunker, at the mercy of the kidnapper who keeps a camera and microphone on him and only communicates through items sent down in a motorized lift. As other victims appear in the bunker, Linus chronicles their struggle to survive and possibly escape, but as the days tick by in timeless spurts of fluorescent lights and pitch blackness, their s
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This winner of the Carnegie Medal, soon to be published in the US, is a stark and powerful and brutal look at six people who are trapped in a repurposed bunker by an unseen madman. I could not put it down and I'm still reeling from the ending. Not for the faint of heart, but wow, Kevin Brooks can pack a punch.
Thanks to Net Galley for the digital ARC. ...more
Thanks to Net Galley for the digital ARC. ...more
I loved this book. It's engrossing, disturbing, horrific. I can't think of a single person I could recommend it to, but I couldn't put it down.
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This did not work for me - great writing as always, but just a little too grim.
Intense but I couldn't put it down
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Bleak but good.
Dec 18, 2014
Amy
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