Language: R (19 swears, 1 ‘f’); Mature Content:PG-13 (sexual assault implied) ; Violence: R (torture, drowning, punches, other death)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
A free ten-day luxury cruise - who can resist that? Not Vesper, that’s for sure. But if it seems too good to be true, it probably is and Vesper finds herself inside a nightmare. Her cruise is a hard life reality check for bullies. Everyone’s identity has been replaced by a number and they are being punished for each other’s crimes. Even when a death occurs, their captors don’t seem phased. Vesper wants revenge and answers, but she also wants to stay alive.
Stoffels’s premise is so bizarre that I had a hard time buying into it. But with The Hunger Games and now the new movie The Long Walk, this type of twisted book does have its audience. It also has some very questionable moments, ie, lack of exercise is a cause of bullying?
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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