Every single one of them had such poor judgement, the decisions and situations they were in unbelievable. I think one of the most difficult things about these characters is that they all had an incredibly poor moral compass. He wasn’t a favorite of mine, and I will most likely forget I liked him in the future but while I was reading I did enjoy him. Natalie, Heather’s best friend was selfish and Bishop, her other best friend was probably the most likeable character of all. Because he was so messed up, even when he did somewhat nice things, I couldn’t warm up to him at all. Dodge, I didn’t like, and I didn’t ever end up liking him.

Her decision-making was completely askew although I supposed that could be accounted for her terrible home life. I eventually did start to like her and her relationship with her younger sister was endearing and lovely. It took me a long time to warm up to Heather, I didn’t find her unlikable exactly but I found her bland and boring.

I had a very, very hard time with these characters. They are both competing in Panic and both for very different reasons. The story is told in dual point of views, Heather’s and Dodge’s. It’s risky, scary and basically all about what it says … Panic. Panic is a game that seniors play the summer after they graduate. I have no idea why I thought this, but I was shocked that this was a contemporary! For some reason I thought it was another dystopian so I was actually pleasantly surprised to find out it was a contemporary! My first impression of Panic was surprise honestly. I was so excited to get an eARC of Panic Lauren Oliver is by far one of my favorite authors and after Requiem being my most anticipated book of 2013, I was itching to get wrapped up in another one of her stories.

Everyone has something to play for.įor Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them-and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we fear are those we need the most. But what he doesn’t know is that he’s not the only one with a secret. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game, he’s sure of it. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought.ĭodge has never been afraid of Panic. She’d never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do.

Publication Date: March 4th 2014 by HarperCollins

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