Review: How Bad Things Can Get

How Bad Things Can Get by Darcy Coates
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the pre-release copy of Darcy Coates' How Bad Things Can Get. Below you'll find my honest review.

I started reading Darcy Coates a few years ago and have really loved reading her recent stuff. I need to go back through her back catalogue and make my way through those - she has so many! This one is one of my favorites of hers that I've read.

One reason I loved this one is that I could totally see it being made into a movie - and I'd buy a ticket FOR SURE. It was fast-paced and intriguing, revealing the main character's history right from the beginning (in name) and then fleshing that out through random tidbits and flashbacks throughout. The island setting provided the perfect "locked room" "cut off from the world" backdrop, like in a Jurassic Park movie with jungle scenes and beach scenes and things making noises in the woods.

I also loved the present storyline in this one. It was like a Mr. Beast/Beast Games mashed up with Squid Games and Hunger Games with a little bit of The Following mixed in.

Highly recommended. I'd love to see this as a movie (hint hint, Hollywood).

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