Neverworld Wake
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4.3 • 67 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Five teens are caught in a continuous time loop where they are forced to choose who lives and who dies in this absorbing psychological thriller from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film.
"Beautifully creepy." --The New York Times
"You won't be able to stop reading." --Refinery29
"Dark and twisty." --Bustle
Five friends. Only one can survive. Who would you choose?
It's been one year since graduation, and Beatrice Hartley has mixed feelings about joining her friends a weekend reunion. She's right to be worried. After a night out, they narrowly avoid a collision with a car on a deserted road. Or so they believe...
Back at the mansion where they are staying, a mysterious man knocks on the door during a raging storm. He tells them that they must make a choice: one of them will live, and the rest will die. And the decision must be unanimous.
Soon time backbends. Beatrice and her friends are forced to repeat that dreadful day so many times they lose count. With each replay, events twist and fears come alive in horrifying ways.
To escape, they have to vote. But how do you choose who to kill? And then how do you live with yourself? This nightmare, this nothingness . . . this is the Neverworld Wake.
From critically acclaimed, literary sensation, Marisha Pessl, comes a spellbinding story that is "the kind of book you'll tear through and then want to talk about with everyone you know." (Nylon).
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Marisha Pessl's first YA novel is a meditation on the meaning of life dressed up as a sci-fi adventure. Caught in a Groundhog Day–like time loop and haunted by a mysterious figure called The Keeper, a group of former high school BFFs have to face hard truths about their past actions. As thought-provoking as Pessl's previous novels Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film, Neverworld Wake is full of thrilling and disorienting plot twists. Her compassion for even the most potentially unlikable characters adds emotional depth.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Beatrice Hartley, 19, has spent the past year distancing herself from her four best friends after the mysterious death of her boyfriend, Jim, in their senior year. With summer ending and the former friends gathering to celebrate a birthday, Bee decides to find out what they know. The reunion doesn't go as expected, and a near-fatal drunk-driving accident brings the teens into the Neverworld, a place between life and death, where they live the same day over and over again until they can agree on who gets to survive. Caught between trying to save her life and solving the mystery surrounding Jim's death, Bee discovers that everyone has a devastating secret. Bestselling adult writer Pessl (Special Topics in Calamity Physics) adeptly creates a compelling nightmare world while maintaining a foothold in realism and providing many wholly unexpected developments. She doesn't shy away from painting her characters as deeply flawed, allowing their choices in the Neverworld to show who they truly are. Thought-provoking and suspenseful, Pessl's YA debut delves into questions of whether even close friends are truly knowable. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
10/10
It took a little bit of time to get into but once you’re in it you’re hooked!! Such a well written story and the attention to details makes you feel like you’re really experiencing the Neverworld. 10/10