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Fair play, but with caveats

If you're coming into this with high expectations due to the amount of praise the book has received, you're probably going to be a bit disappointed. Without spoiling anything, the twist isn't nearly as mindblowing as people claim it is, and the emotions of the characters are—with only a few exceptions—so subdued that it's hard to care for any of them. The protagonist is more of a lens through which the reader gets to experience the story rather than a true character of his own, and personally th

Nine people (six college friends and a family of three) ended up spending the night at an underground building. At dawn, earthquake stroke and the rocks blocked the door to go back to the ground. Water is rising up, the underground building will be submerged in a week. A murder occured. The only way to escape is one person must sacrifice themselves. But out of the nine people, who should die? The murder culprit?

I wrote this review but to be honest, I’m aware I’m not good at analyzing nor prai