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October BOM - Asylum (Asylum #1) by Madeleine Roux
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I just found this on my bookshelf. I bought it a bit ago so I am in!
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I finished, but will wait until closer to end of month to discuss ... I really enjoyed it!
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Tammy, please, by all means, Discuss! Just make sure spoilers are put in the proper html so nothing is given away that should be. I haven't even started yet. I keep forgetting to grab it off my shelf. Was it really scary? Was it interesting? What did you think? Here are some of the discussion questions.. please, let us know what you think
1. What did you like best about this book?
2. What did you like least about this book?
3. What other books did this remind you of?
4. Which characters in the book did you like best?
5. Which characters did you like least?
6. If you were making a movie of this book, who would you cast?
I loved the pace of this book. It moved along without long areas where authors sometimes get off track. I read it in a day. I am not sure if I am interested enough to move on in the series though. I wish that there were more details into (view spoiler)I am not entirely sure what this compares to in my mind... I need to think on that one.
Abby is the character that I liked the least due to lack of depth to her character. My favorite I suppose is Dan. (view spoiler)
I had Jordan pictured as Miles Heizer, and Abby as Alisha Boe . Finally, Dan I pictured as Dylan Minnette.
(13 Reasons Why) cast
OOOOH, I would like more on (view spoiler)
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Neither, I just pictured the actors in my mind for Dan,Abby,and Jordan
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Felix was just a little nerd in my mind. I had trouble picturing him. My idea of him kept changing.
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Not odd at all. Sometimes I picture people from my life or TV. Sometimes, like with Felix, I can’t keep a picture in my mind.
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I think the book is cute, but for someone who has had this on their TBR list for a LONG time.. I think I am disappointed. Not sure if it is because it on Audio, or because I am losing my interest in teen horror...
Anyone have an opinion on this?
Tammy, I see Felix as a wannabe Markiplier (YouTube star)... from Not to Hot, you know? But I don't think Felix is part Asian.. LOL!
Below will be a set of questions to help you along with what to talk about the book. Please feel free to complete the questionnaire, or just post what you did or did not like about the book.
Discussion questions you might want to answer... if not just post up your review!
1. What did you like best about this book?
2. What did you like least about this book?
3. What other books did this remind you of?
4. Which characters in the book did you like best?
5. Which characters did you like least?
6. If you were making a movie of this book, who would you cast?
Synopsis:
Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-novel perfect for fans of the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program—it's a lifeline. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college. 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. And not just any asylum—a last resort for the criminally insane.
As 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. Because the asylum holds the key to a terrifying past. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.
Featuring 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.