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A review by wordsunbound
Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe
5.0
"It turns out humans have notoriously terrible memories— and sometimes we even make our memories up."
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If you're looking for a happy story all around book, I'd turn around. This book is heart breaking and makes you hold your loved ones close.
I want to thank Robin for allowing me early access to this masterpiece of a book before I dive into my review. I have been looking forward to getting my hands on this after I read Robin's book, 'A List of Cages.' I read 'A List of Cages' all in one sitting and could not believe how gritty she gets with her writing. It's captivating and makes you want to keep going because you are so concerned about the safety of the protagonist.
I apologize if my review is all over the place.
Starting off you're introduced to Sayers Wayte, a sixteen year old boy who is living the dream! He has money, a gorgeous girlfriend, and is very well liked amongst the school.
Things take a turn when he is kidnapped. Sayers believes it's all a joke at first and he can bribe his kidnapper with money. But the kidnapper utters three words that send chills down anyone spine:
"I want you "
Sayers is now fighting to maintain his sanity while he is locked up in a room without windows. Can he survive until he is rescued?
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So I'm definitely giving this book a 5 out of 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
At first I did not know how I truly felt about Sayers friends, especially Garrett. He seems to be able to influence Saye quite a lot in the book, and at one point Sayes girlfriend, Bria, calls him out on that. Saying he is a sheep and always following Garrett around. I agree. Sometimes people are easily influenced by others because they've never learned to be themselves due to fear of being judged by their peers.
Garrett quite often picks on Evan while Sayers just allows it to happen, even eggs it on at times despite Say feeling bad. I don't want to spoil anything for anyone else on the issues with Garrett and Evan.
Dark Room Etiquette is gritty and reminds you about sick people can be. How easily the human brain can be manipulated with just a few words of remember when...
My favorite character overall is Penny. Despite the stuff she goes through, I can't help but love her.
This book made me remember that karma is a bitch, excuse the language haha. Always treat people with kindness because you don't know what kind of hell they're going through. Especially when the universe decides that you are going to run into that same person in the future.
Friends don't get off on hurting other people that are weaker than them. Friends get off on seeing you stand up for what's right and being there when you can't stand on your own.
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If you're looking for a happy story all around book, I'd turn around. This book is heart breaking and makes you hold your loved ones close.
I want to thank Robin for allowing me early access to this masterpiece of a book before I dive into my review. I have been looking forward to getting my hands on this after I read Robin's book, 'A List of Cages.' I read 'A List of Cages' all in one sitting and could not believe how gritty she gets with her writing. It's captivating and makes you want to keep going because you are so concerned about the safety of the protagonist.
I apologize if my review is all over the place.
Starting off you're introduced to Sayers Wayte, a sixteen year old boy who is living the dream! He has money, a gorgeous girlfriend, and is very well liked amongst the school.
Things take a turn when he is kidnapped. Sayers believes it's all a joke at first and he can bribe his kidnapper with money. But the kidnapper utters three words that send chills down anyone spine:
"I want you "
Sayers is now fighting to maintain his sanity while he is locked up in a room without windows. Can he survive until he is rescued?
--
So I'm definitely giving this book a 5 out of 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
At first I did not know how I truly felt about Sayers friends, especially Garrett. He seems to be able to influence Saye quite a lot in the book, and at one point Sayes girlfriend, Bria, calls him out on that. Saying he is a sheep and always following Garrett around. I agree. Sometimes people are easily influenced by others because they've never learned to be themselves due to fear of being judged by their peers.
Garrett quite often picks on Evan while Sayers just allows it to happen, even eggs it on at times despite Say feeling bad. I don't want to spoil anything for anyone else on the issues with Garrett and Evan.
Dark Room Etiquette is gritty and reminds you about sick people can be. How easily the human brain can be manipulated with just a few words of remember when...
My favorite character overall is Penny. Despite the stuff she goes through, I can't help but love her.
This book made me remember that karma is a bitch, excuse the language haha. Always treat people with kindness because you don't know what kind of hell they're going through. Especially when the universe decides that you are going to run into that same person in the future.
Friends don't get off on hurting other people that are weaker than them. Friends get off on seeing you stand up for what's right and being there when you can't stand on your own.