Mike Bockhoven: Fantasticland

 Hi everyone

This is my review for Mike Bockhoven's Fantasticland. I read the book on my e-reader.

"Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts?"

This was an absolute rollercoaster read. Sometimes I was bored and sometimes I was really terrified of reading further. 
I did finish it and I'm glad I did. 

I think it's the fact that it's written as an interview or talk with the survivors that made it boring for me. Some chapters took a long time to get interesting. On the other hand, these different perspectives on what truly happend are one of the things that kept me thinking about the book. How it's possible the same thing can be seen and interpreted in different ways.
I also still feel the situation went south waaaay too soon in the parc. I can understand people getting violent in these circumstances, but not this fast.

Other than that this was absolutely terrifying! It really made me scared in the dark for a few nights.

Happy reading!
Helena