Reviews

Alone by Cyn Balog

luey03's review against another edition

3.0

For the longest time I had this book marked as a dnf, but now, I quite vividly remember how that ending pissed me off.

realhousewifeofthelibrary's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

It was meh 

lgoldfild's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

caitlura's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

anxiouslyreading33's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

jessmason's review against another edition

2.0

Perfect. Until the last 2 paragraphs. Ugh, I can’t stand loose ends. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a happy ending for me to be satisfied, but I at least like the story to be wrapped up.

daenknight's review against another edition

dark tense

1.0

rdyourbookcase's review against another edition

3.0

Teens would LOVE Alone... adults, not so much. I thought that the book was pretty predictable, but I loved the mystery house concept and how it tied into the scavenger hunt. Genius! I didn't quite understand why Seda never got her mom to make decisions, but I didn't concentrate on that too much (because teens probably wouldn't.) The ending was great for the horror genre and for younger readers. Alone was very well-written for its audience.

glitchreads's review against another edition

4.0

It felt like I was at a murder mystery night. By the time the action started I couldn’t put it down.



Also, huge ending spoiler but - a college senior stuck his tongue in a just turned 16 year old girls mouth. It was fine with me that the creep gets to freeze to death.

shelby0616's review against another edition

5.0

Alone is a suspenseful book about a girl(Seda) who believes her unborn twin(Sawyer) is still inside her. She hears him talking and persuades her to do things, and now that her mother has decided to stay in an old murder-mystery mansion Sawyer is even worse. Until a group of kids come along. Then, for some reason he is silent. Seda warns them that the mansion is dangerous even though she feels that SHE is the danger, but when her mother decides to play a game with everyone things take a turn for the worst.

This book was definitely interesting. At first, it was nothing exciting. I learned about Seda and her weird imaginary friend Sawyer who she thinks is her twin brother inside of her, and then I learned all about the murder-mystery mansion. It wasn't until the group of teenagers got stranded that things started getting interesting.

I thought for sure the house was haunted or had some kind of ghost roaming around, but I did not foresee the ending to this one AT ALL. When I thought I had it all figured out, BAM! I was completely wrong. Great read and a great thriller!