The book is told from his point of view, and he is an utterly unconvincing character. There is Dan, our main character, a seemingly extra-bright 17-year old, with hints of past psychological trouble. It is a sad, sad thing when a book fails at writing characters that are so poorly written that they cannot even force themselves into a mold. It is as if the characters cannot decide for themselves which cliché they are supposed to fall into. The characters are strange, I would usually say clichéd, but it's not even that. Stephen King might have written something better in 3rd grade. They are scared, I am not scared for them I half wished they'd get killed so that there would at least be a spark of excitement in this dull shadow of a horror novel. The characters do not develop in complexity, they act, they do not think. There is no character development in this book. “.This type of ending is a special instance of deus ex machina, known as the folie adieu, which is French for "Are you fucking kidding me?”- Howard MittelmarkThe book fails as a suspense, because within a suspense novel, characterization should be key. It's not from the book, but it's my personal opinion of that idiotic ending.
This book, the writing, and the characterization is absolutely lacking in anything memorable for better or worse. I usually use a fair number of quotes in my reviews I have almost nothing at all scribbled down in my notebook for this one: roughly 15 words total, really. The writing is not terrible, just forgettable. It is lacking in everything that would make it anything remotely approaching a good read. It is elementary in plot development and characterization. This is supposed to be a suspenseful thriller, a horror, for young adults. The characters in this book are supposed to be 16. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.įeaturing found photos of unsettling history and real abandoned asylums and filled with chilling mystery and page-turning suspense, Madeleine Roux's teen debut, Asylum, is a horror story that treads the line between genius and insanity. Because the asylum holds the key to a terrifying past. And not just any asylum-a last resort for the criminally insane.Īs Dan and his new friends, Abby and Jordan, explore the hidden recesses of their creepy summer home, they soon discover it's no coincidence that the three of them ended up here. But when he arrives at the program, Dan learns that his dorm for the summer used to be a sanatorium, more commonly known as an asylum. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college.
Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-novel perfect for fans of the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.įor sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program-it's a lifeline.
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