There were many moments of lazy writing (Example: Beatrice continually made comments that she didn’t know how many “wakes” she had lived through.) and there was a lack of development from, well, every aspect of storytelling. When the concept came out to play, that is when things fell apart, which was disappointing to see. However, that all fell apart once Neverworld Wake came into play. Overall, it was a great foundation for the rest of the story to work from. We really got strong images and impressions of the characters, their setting in Rhode Island, and touched upon the backstory that tied all of the characters together. The execution of the story set-up was great, as well. I enjoyed the writing style it was more bare-bones than what I was used to, but it had moments of brilliant descriptions. I’ll admit, the first two chapters of this novel were strong. I keep holding out hope that a book is going to redeem itself in some way and, lately, the books I pick up have failed to do so. This book was a story I debated abandoning at several different points but, I pushed through it and I’m honestly frustrated that I did. Either way, I ended up frustrated pretty early on in reading this novel.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been reading a lot of bad books lately, maybe it’s because my expectations weren’t met by this novel. It usually takes a lot to make me frustrated with a story. But how do you choose who to kill? And then how do you live with yourself? With each replay, events twist and fears come alive in horrifying ways. Beatrice and her friends are forced to repeat that dreadful day so many times they lose count.

He tells them that they must make a choice: one of them will live, and the rest will die. Or so they believe.īack at the mansion where they are staying, a mysterious man knocks on the door during a raging storm.

After a night out, they narrowly avoid a collision with a car on a deserted road. It’s been one year since graduation, and Beatrice Hartley has mixed feelings about joining her friends a weekend reunion.

Neverworld wake review