Review: Trapped

Trapped by Michael Northrop

Summary: The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive….

Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn’t seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision….

My Thoughts: This is a fast read, and very good. I really liked it a lot – for the most part. The narrator’s voice is great. Some of Scotty’s comments cracked me up at times – especially earlier in the book, before things got serious. The plot moves quickly, and the book grabs you, sucks you in, and spits you out unsatisfied – at least it did for me. It ended too soon.

I’ll get back to the ending in a bit. There is some suspense, especially as time drags on and things happen – the water stops flowing, the roof starts creaking. Scary stuff, especially when you think about it. Who knows how many people are stranded in the roads – are these kids’ parents even aware that they didn’t make it home? How is anyone going to get to them? All sorts of questions to ask. And, overall, it handles these issues well. Doesn’t answer all of the questions, but I think they were more hypotheticals.

Now back to the ending. I hate it. Hate, hate, hate it. Talk about a bad break. Before getting into the possible spoilers, let me just say that because of the ending, I feel like I just cannot rate this book as highly as I’d like to. It feels too unfinished, and I just hate when books end feeling like that.

My Rating: 3.5 stars

Source: Received through Around The World Tours for review.

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Challenges: Counts for the 100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge.

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