Panic audiobook

A "stand-alone" book? In the YA genre? By someone who's already had an extremely successful trilogy with FOUR bridges? It will be a hit and then the publishers will be all And I am TOTALLY alright with that. Update 7/17: Cover = simple and sleek. Me likey. Read all my reviews at www.rattlethestars.com

Panic was different than i expected! I just posted my full booktalk/discussion: http://youtu.be/uR0U9yVC17w ! I flew through it and enjoyed the characters, the only thing i wasn't too crazy about was the last chapter before the epilouge! It wasn't bad.. I'm just never satisfied with the way that Lauren Oliver's books wrap up.

I would highly recommend going into this expecting only entertainment value from it. I felt a bit detached from the characters, like there were 4 different undeveloped character arcs, but the plot was so interesting that I found myself not caring. If you're someone who needs to be able to click with the characters while you read something, though, I wouldn't recommend this. But I thought it was loads of fun and although it is completely unrealistic, I flew through it nevertheless.~~~~~OMG THE COVER IS GORGEOUS

Apparently, Lauren Oliver can write anything WELL. This book is so different from her Delirium series and from Before I Fall, yet still awesome. The story wasn't something I would normally be interested in, but I read it because Oliver's writing style is so amazing. I was not disappointed.

Panic is an unexpected young adult story set in a realistic time and place but with a dystopian feel to it. The first part of the story, I have to admit, got me asking "where is this going?" but when I reached the interesting parts of story especially the individual challenges, I felt almost like panicking myself. :) I had to read it in a such a hurry because I HAD to know what comes next which in my experience is always a good sign that the book is going to be great. I also like the love stories between the characters because although the love stories may not seem to be the center of the entire story, it is mainly love that moved the major characters into action.

Every part made my heart race. Oh, Lauren Oliver, I just love you.

Esse livro me surpreendeu. Não imaginava que fosse gostar tanto dele quando comecei a ler. A escrita da Lauren Oliver é muito fluida e rápida de ler. Não é à toa que terminei em menos de 48h esse livro. A progressão da estória é muito boa e faz com que você não consiga parar de ler. Sempre queria saber qual seria o próximo desafio de Panic. Todos eles foram muito legais e exatamente o que você imaginaria que adolescentes bestas inventariam para esse tipo de idiotice. Gostei muito como a autora amarrou diversos elementos que inseriu no livro. Cenas que apareceram no começo do livro foram relevantes para acontecimentos no final. Isso é algo que eu admiro muito em autores que conseguem fazê-lo sem serem muito óbvios com o foreshadowing.Há dois pontos de vista no livro e os personagens principais são bem desenvolvidos, mas eu me senti mais conectada à Heather que ao Dodge. Acho que isso se deve principalmente ao fato que a jornada emocional dela tem muito mais a ver com o tema geral do livro que a dele. Ainda assim a construção dela me pareceu mais sólida. As motivações do Dodge, apesar de críveis, eram de certa forma mais fracas. A situação em que a Heather se encontrava era mais urgente e justificava melhor a participação dela. Mesmo que a razão de ter entrado fosse insípida à primeira vista, depois que a conheci melhor, empatizei muito.Panic não é um livro contemporâneo YA ultra mega profundo. Não tem uma mensagem que faz você pensar por horas. É um livro comparável à um filme de sessão da tarde. Que você lê, se diverte muito pelo tempo que passa com ele e depois vai ler outra coisa sem nenhum problema.Por isso recomendo a quem está procurando uma leitura contemporânea aventureira e com suspense leve para manter você vidrado nas suas páginas.

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I really liked this book. It was something different and at the same time, it felt familiar. I didn't like Nat at all... I had the impression that she was after something all the time. Maybe money, maybe the feeling of winning. I have no idea. I thought that Heather and Dodge would fight against each other in the end. But I didn't expect that ending... I felt sorry for the tiger... I love animals, not matter how big and scary they are. Anyway... Lauren is an awesome writer and I'm glad I read this book.

TWs: death, drug abuse, abusive home, suicide mentions, car wrecks, guns, dog attacks.i first read this in 2019 and forgot all of its contents until i picked up the show (on Amazon Prime) and decided it’s time for a reread. ”The rules of Panic are simple. Anyone can enter. But only one person can win.” the overall vibes in this book are just immaculate. i forgot how GOOD this was.songs i associate with this book: Caution- The Killers, Play the Game- Kodaline, New Slang- The Shinsthe way Oliver sets it in a small town in the sweltering summer is so realistic, because it’s not some teen beach hollywood situation. it’s rusty cars, cheap snuck-in beers, trailer parks, 7-11 drinks, and cafes.the teenage representation is extremely on point. they are mature. they handle situations. they have trauma. and yet they lay on the floors and laugh until they snort. they make innuendos, along side fart jokes; so it isn’t all over-sexualized teens. they ask for help, and royally screw up. they have fights, ghost each other, and make their way back together again.because this is a thriller, it’s more exciting than real life high school; but not so far out that it’s unrealistic.the teens take high risks; where teen irl are mathletes. they challenge death itself; where we would be playing monopoly at 3am.PLOTin the small town of Carp, the literal middle of nowhere, highschool seniors rally together to play their annual summer game of Panic.panic consists of trials of fear, and the last one still standing, and not wetting their pants, wins the jackpot.every senior has to pitch in $1 every day for the summer jackpot.Panic starts off with a semi-easy cliff jump into their local river, and ends with Joust: where two last players drive towards each other on a one-lane road, and the first one to swerve loses. kids have died, and kids have become rich enough to leave the cardboard box of a town.you can feel the vibes shifting throughout the book, slowly turning less of stupid fun; to serious high stakes. some challenges are more dangerous than any other summer. everyone plays for two reasons: because they have absolutely nothing else better to do; and for the money & fame.which leads us to our main CHARACTERS:Heather Nill-heather is what people call trailer trash. her dad committed suicide, her mom is a drug addict, and she, a 17 teen yr old, singlehandedly takes care of her young sister, lily.heather is the last person you’d expect to play Panic. see, she’s cautious. she can’t risk not being there for lily, and she spends her time working a nasty part time job to save money for college. “She knew that this day, this feeling, couldn't last forever. Everything passed; that was partly why it was so beautiful. Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too.The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what.”but when her boyfriend dumps her, her mom drains all of heathers funds, and starts abusive habits towards lily; heather snaps. she needs the Panic jackpot to get herself and lily out of Carp, for good. ”She thought all you needed to do - all any of them needed - was to get out. But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow.”heather is highly relatable. and not in a 2010 trying to be relatable way.shes insecure about her tall stature, but not so mentioned that it’s annoying. she’s loyal, caring, strong, and brave when she needs to be. she deals with boys like any other teen girl would, but it’s not all consuming. she has fights with her best friends, but not in an end of the world way. we watch heather take her journey from being sort of a pushover, to pursuing what she wants and no one can stop her. and it’s extremely satisfying. the growth!! the badassry!! Dodge Masondodge is the only other person we get a POV from. dodge is fairly new to Carp, even though he’s been there almost 2 years, no one ever moves to Carp so it’s new to them.last summer, dodge’s sister, Dayna, played panic and made it to Joust. where her opponent accidentally, or not, totaled her car and left her paralyzed in both legs.unlike others, dodge’s motivation for Panic is revenge.i really just have to applaud Oliver here. dodge mason is not even a mysterious bad boy, he has a major crush on heather’s cute best friend, natalie, and makes several relatable comments.despite all their dangerous feats, they really do just behave like teens. i have read SO MANY books where they don’t even resemble terns anymore. why not just write adult fiction at that point🙄we don’t exactly see dodge deal with trauma, since it’s most past, but watching him think the way he does, and respond the way he does, because of it; makes him very accurate. sometimes the book community likes to prosecute characters for having flaws. (do NOT get me wrong i am ALL FOR addressing toxic characters and behaviors; however it’s totally normal to make a small amount crappy mistakes; ESPECIALLY WHEN YOURE A TEEN.)what i’m saying is that Oliver does an amazing job at characters showing, addressing, and apologizing for their mistakes and flaws, and continuing to work on them.Bishopsorry for all you show fans, but Bishop is the main love-interest, not Ray Hall. Ray is barely even relevant in the book.bishop is probably my third favorite character, he’s alright.since he does not get a POV, we aren’t as connected to him and his motives. bishop is almost the escense of a YA contemporary bf. ”My point is, when you love someone, when you care for someone, you have to do it through the good and the bad. Not just when you're happy and it's easy.”he’s tall, has blond fluffy hair, wears run down sneakers, and can make all your worries go away. but because everyone has secrets, bishop is not ALL that he seems.bishop does risky things to protect heather and lily, that you’ll see later on in the book. ”This was what true fear was--that you could never know other people, not completely. That you were always just guessing blind.”bishop is by no means toxic, or annoying, or bland. he’s just kinda there? Natalie”Her fierce and fearful friend --who loved country music and cherry Pop Tarts and singing in public and the color pink, who was terrified of germs and dogs and ladders.”nat is definitely my least favorite character.you see, she’s a pretty terrible person. but that somehow makes her kinda likable??she’s kinda a brat ok, she joins panic for mostly the clout, and the money too ofc.but then she tells heather she can’t play too, because then all the attention would be on heather. (wrong.)and she cheats, lies, snitches, cries, and says some really hurtful stuff. but again, this isn’t pretty little liars or anythingso she is there for her friends when they need her, she burps and laughs about it, she struggles with her own issues, and too, just wants out of the town.”They had their own language, their own jokes. They were constantly touching each other too – pushing and shoving, pinching and hugging, like kids flirting on a playground.”so again, she has many flaws, and she will make mistakes, fail, and hopefully learn in the future.OVERALL:100% worth the read. it is never slow, it jumps perfectly from event to event. it foreshadows, it leaves you on edge, you never know what the next challenge will be.it has great characters, a perfect half-open ending!i read it in 4 hours, but i’m a fast reader. the audiobook narration is also a fantastic option!the Amazon Prime show is very different from the book, but i also love it

Via The Obsessive Bookseller at www.nikihawkes.comPanic was such a cool book. While outside of my normal genre (all things make-believe) it had the one element that will make me read practically anything:Competition.I’m serious. Someone could write a narrative about weeds encroaching on their front lawn and I probably pick it up because I want to see who wins. Luckily, the competition in Panic was a lot more interesting. Every year, high school graduates of this small town have the option to compete in a series of dangerous challenges in the hopes of earning a life-changing pot of money. For some of the graduates, the money is their ticket out of some pretty deplorable circumstances. I loved digging into the lives of a couple of the contestants to find out what motivated them to compete in this somewhat deadly game.The competition ended up being a lot more personal to these characters than I would’ve guessed. The character development throughout the story, specifically that of Heather, one of the main POVs, was actually my favorite element of the story. The types of situation she finds herself in, and the inner strength she pulls from to get through them was inspiring. The other characters were great, too, but Heather is the one that will stick with me the longest.This is the second book I’ve read by Lauren Oliver, and I can confidently say I’m a fan of her writing. Not only does she know how to create great atmosphere, but her writing style and voice are both lovely and evoking. I always get drawn into her books from the first page and have a difficult time finding good stopping places. In Panic, Oliver managed to portray exactly how it felt to be an angsty teen (of the non-annoying variety), reminding me of all the sweet, awkward, embarrassing, uncomfortable, and stupid things we go through at that age. It was nostalgic to say the least, and I kind of wish I’d been able to read this book when I was a teen because it offered a sort of reassurance that I wasn’t alone.Overall, this was a fantastic novel from an author I am becoming quite fond of. I am certain I will be picking up anything she decides to write in the future (as soon as I devour all the books she’s already written). If you haven’t read her before, Panic is a great place to start.Recommended Reading: this is going to be an easy book to recommend because it has love, adventure, drama and just a touch of mystery all wrapped into a nifty little package. I am glad to have something to recommend to readers who aren’t in the mood for fantasy or paranormal.

Maybe even a 4.25. I went into this with really low expectations and I came out of it SO pleasantly surprised. I was completely hooked from start to finish. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a quick, interesting read.

Lauren Oliver never disappoints. This was a full on action book. I loved the feeling of it, the aerie atmosphere, and the relationships between the characters were well built. Panic is a dangerous game and the winner gets money, lots of it. Its illegal, its only for seniors and it will keep you on your toes. It surely kept me up at night, its such a page turner. Challenge after challenge, i devoured this book not knowing who i was rooting for, Heather or Dodge, but loving in nonetheless. ♥

4.5 but I'm going to round it up to 5 on here. SO GOOD. Lauren Oliver did it again. She's one of my favorite authors and I just knew I would end up loving this one!The end chapters were so inspiring! *slow claps*