The best horror novel for me and I think it deserves more attention. If you like feeling the tension with real-life characters and protagonists who get character growth, then this novel is for you.

This is terrifying like this novel is real horror.

At first I thought this would be the same as the other survival game novels that I've previously read which is more on mystery and action. But reading the first few chapters... this novel is a league of its own. The horror and suspense here is topnotch.

There are some arcs which is pretty disturbing. Like you really need to take a few pause while reading those arcs because it's just... ugh.

One thing I also like about this novel is the realistic portrayal... more>> of the characters. <<less

Dropped at before the 5th arc. The MC just feels a bit flat for me. Every arc is scary and traumatic but I don't see them being affected by it. Lyk, the MC's being depressed is just secluding himself in his house for several days w/ no description whatsoever of what he's feeling. This is considering that MC is this self-sacrificial, emphatic idiot. It's not lyk I want him to go crazy but it's just not realistic how they can go on and on these traumatic arcs lyk mentally healthy... more>> individuals. If it's a coping mechanism, I want to see it.

I also don't lyk how the arcs operate. I want there to be logic to where the signature is (their key to getting out), to the deaths, to the conditions, bec many of the times, it's random.

Maybe it's just a bad idea to read this while waiting for updates on Death Spiral. I can't help comparing. I like the MC there more. So weak, not always smart, but I see his development. <<less