T.A.G. - The Assassination Game - Bill (Book 1 of 6)
She has some good friends, Daniel and Marsha seem to be the closest but there are more. The school has a Guild where they play a game called Killed. This isn't a computer game, it's for real. Okay, so not for real kill They get initiated into the Guild and there is a really gross way that Cate is initiated, I will save that one for you all to read about yourselves.
They have meetings etc and once they get a certain number of kids initiated, the leader Alex puts names on cards and whoever draws the KILLER card is the one that goes around taking out the other players. Simple little cheesy stuff like putting stuff that will look like the water is bleeding on you in the shower. I thought it sounded fun at that point. Cate's friend from childhood suddenly shows up at the school.
She hasn't talked to him in years when her parents moved and wouldn't really let her talk to Vaughan. But why is he there? And how did get immediately initiated into the game? There are mysteries everywhere and it's all good until the game turns lethal. Someone has gone off their nut and starts killing for real. And you know what? I know who the killer is: Melissa Martin's Reading List View all 16 comments. Stine, Christopher Pike, Diane Hoh? When I was in middle school, my school library had a little bookshelf crammed with these trashy gems, and I checked them out by the dozen.
I think by the time I had my commencement ceremony, I'd read all of the titles they had in circulation. There were various themes, but my favorite was always The Deadly Party - a throwback t Instagram Twitter Facebook Amazon Pinterest Remember those Point Horror books that were so popular in the 80s and 90s? Set in a Welsh boarding school, it is about a game of Assassin that goes horribly wrong. I took one look at that summary and instantly requested this as an ARC, which I then proceeded to forget about until a couple days ago. Cate, our main protagonist - who also happens to own the island the school is built on, has been angling to participate for years - membership is highly exclusive and members can only be chosen - and now, she finally has her chance, thanks to her friends Marcia and Daniel.
Her school provides the perfect gothic backdrop with its patchy wi-fi and misty shores. The rules are simple. One person is the killer. The game ends when everyone is "killed" or the killer is discovered. Players have multiple chances to guess the killer's identity, but if they're wrong, they're dead. Deaths are supposed to be funny pranks, but since this is a spin-off of The Deadly Party trope, you know that someone is going to take things too far.
Which they do, obviously, with a very fatal turn. I really found myself enjoying this book far more than I thought I would have. I'm kind of jaded when it comes to YA. I think I'm getting too old. It's harder to relate to younger characters and their decisions. I often finding myself muttering, "crazy young whippersnappers I was able to shelve that for this book.
Killer actually sounds fun - well, not the Too Far bits, but the premise of the game itself. I could understand why Cate got caught up in the thrill of it, and why nobody wanted the game to end. I mean that in the best way. The romance elements in this book seemed forced. Cate is torn between two boys - a manic genius who might also be dangerous and a mopey nerd who can't take "no" for an answer. I was not impressed with either boy - especially when one of them commits what was pretty much an act of sexual assault. The villain in this book was also cringeworthy. I'd guessed who it was halfway through.
Finally, Cate's narrative is emotionless and wooden. I would have liked to have seen some genuine emotion - fear, passion, something - from her, and instead was treated with Honestly, getting to relive the fun of reading a book that's meant to be pure thrill and nothing else was really great. Don't go into this expecting a whole lot of suspense, but do expect to be entertained.
View all 6 comments. Apr 18, Dannii Elle rated it liked it Shelves: I received this book on a read-to-review basis from NetGalley. This novel, whilst not being entirely new in plot and idea, handled a tried-and-tested concept well whilst feeling unique enough to not feel like a rehashing of a known tale. The novel takes place at an elite boarding school on an isolated island off the coast of Wales. The over-achieving teenagers who go there have Actual rating 3. The over-achieving teenagers who go there have their own secret society that requires humiliating and dangerous initiation ceremonies to gain access.
These culminate in the annual Assassin Games, where a 'killer' is anonymously selected and must attempt to prank kill his fellow society members until he is discovered or has 'killed' them all. The game seemed innocent enough, until the members were actually being culled at the hands of an unknown killer and the pack began to turn on themselves. I enjoyed the plot and the goose-pimples along my arms it created.
There were some eerie moments that made this do-not-read-before-bedtime reading. I also liked the creative manner that the initial prank kills were carried out in. The later real killings and disappearances were also spooky and chilling enough to keep me invested on discovering who the perpetrator was. I was invested in the story but not all the characters.
Some felt a little inconsistent and altered their personalities to suddenly fit the progression of the plot. In all, this was a thrilling read and, whilst giving me nothing new, provided me with a puzzling plot with an exciting progression of it. View all 4 comments. Jun 22, Stacee rated it it was ok Shelves: I was super excited at the premise of this book. I love any and all things like a secret society, so I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Cate is an okay MC. She's a little dramatic and I felt like I couldn't ever settle into her inner monologue or the rhythm of the story.
There are a lot of other characters, but no one really stood out as a solid, likable person to root for. The plot was slow and fast at the same time, if that makes sense. There are a lot of things happening, but it still progr I was super excited at the premise of this book. There are a lot of things happening, but it still progressed so slowly. I could have easily walked away from this book without knowing that info and not been bothered. Overall, there was something that kept me reading, but I'm not sure what it was.
I loved the concept, but found the execution lacking. Jun 01, Casey rated it it was ok Shelves: I was thinking of giving this a 2. As you guys can probably see by my updates this book took a LONG ass time to start. How awesome does this sound? Our MC Cate is in a boarding school called Umfraville. Umfraville is for geniuses and on an island that is only accessible by Boat if the tides are right or helicopter. After reading this my internal conversation went a bit like this: What do you have plot wise book? Book I was thinking of giving this a 2.
Oh well every year 13 kids play The Assassins Game. A game where one of them is the "Killer" and has to "kill" all the others before they guess who it is. You can kill someone with a fart bomb as gas, a water balloon filled with red paint as a grenade the possibilities are endless with a school of gifted children, right? Killer Game is boring. We are in a fictional world of kid geniuses I'm sure they could come up with something a bit more inventive then covering someone in red paint. I wanted to see people get "killed" not covered in food colouring, build a droid to launch missiles at people!
Oh and for a book that had a "real" killer thrown into it no one dies. Was I scarred at any point? The one plus I can say for this book is it was easy to read and I didn't find myself wanting to DNF it. Upon finishing the book: Well that was a whole lot of not much Book: But weren't you surprised by the ending?
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If surprised you mean slightly happy it was over, disappointed that it wasn't a shocking reveal and a little bit hungry then yes, I was very surprised. If your looking for a thriller look away, Killer Game is about as Thrilling as me on a Monday before my coffee. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishes for allowing me to read a free copy in exchange for an honest review I received a ARC of this through Netgalley. Thank you to the author and the publisher for the opportunity! I really hate rating books this low. An isolated, upper class boarding school has a secret society who organizes a giant game referred to 1.
This started right in the middle of the action, which I really appreciate. All too often books spend too much time elaborating on characters and setting before jumping into the plot. This certainly did not. I love mysteries, and thought this had potential. The plot just seemed off, with no real purpose. By far my biggest problem was the startling lack of motivations amongst the characters.
I could not figure out why anyone wanted to play this game. Usually in a secret society, the characters get something out of being in the society—be it money, power or acceptance. This society seemed to promise none of those things. It seemed everyone already had money and power, and everyone hated each other just as much in the society as this did without. Basically though, I couldn't figure out why anybody was doing any of the crazy shizz they did. I also had a problem with the writing as it never really appealed to me—in fact it seemed rather simplistic throughout.
But I was never really enthralled by any of the characters. As a narrator, Cate fell flat to me. She would go on random asides and distract from the plot more often than I liked, and spent far too much time trying to be tough. Killer Game is one of those books that has such an exciting concept that you can't wait to sink your teeth into it.
Instead, Killer sinks its teeth into you. I didn't find the first quarter of the book all that interesting, but I'm glad I kept reading, because the rest of the book was really thrilling. You turn page after page or if you have an ereader like me, you go tap tap tap tap because you have to know what happens next. It's the perfect high school whodunnit and everyone's a suspect. Some Killer Game is one of those books that has such an exciting concept that you can't wait to sink your teeth into it.
Sometimes it focussed a bit too much on your typical high school drama, though, which I found a bit disappointing. But when the Game ha ha, you just lost the Game became the main focus of the story, it was really great and I enjoyed it a lot. Had to dock another star for the ending, though. I'd figured out the big reveal quite some time ago, but I thought the Killer had the worst motive of all time to kill someone, and I was hoping they wouldn't go there. But they did, which I really didn't like. Overall, though, I had a lot of fun reading this book.
The Game was a really fun touch and it kept me reading for hours on end. Apr 02, Kaitie rated it liked it Shelves: I was immediately drawn to this book on the shelf, with its gripping title and creepy-looking cover. The blurb, however, really talks up the overall plot of the book, making it seem more intense than it is. I found my gut burning for the romance more than I felt my heart pounding for the suspense. Cate, the main character, has multiple love interests throughout the book.
She plays the game mostly from a standpoint that she wants to feel connected to her peers, and feel a kinship with them - pretty run-of-the-mill for a high school girl. She is full of a lot of anxiety, about relationships and friendships. The character is easily relatable to the intended reader demographic. There were a lot of side characters in this story, and a lot of them melded together into a big blob of "guild members. Vaughan had a particular loveliness, and he was full of energy and sparkle every time he was introduced!
He was a bit off the rails, in a charming manner. His character arc, which included an episode of sexual assault, was handled distastefully, felt very incomplete, and painted him as being this ghastly inhuman villain rather than as a human being who needed real help. That being said, I was spurred toward the end due to the extreme suspense. A person went missing toward the end of the book, and the author had me completely fooled about whodunnit. Overall, I think this would be a fun, easy, and suspenseful read for teens who are new to the genre.
Check out my review blog! May 24, Alexandra rated it really liked it Shelves: I am already awake, strung out on the fear that they will come, and the fear that they won't. If you're worried or hoping this is a slasher type book, it is not. It is a suspenseful Young Adult mystery. There's a bit of romance, but it's more in service of the question of who the guilty party is than really romantic. Something I actually preferred.
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I enjoyed the isolation aspect. With the "It is about 4: With the island cut off from the mainland except at low tide. Although it's not all that unique in the genre, I think it was handled well and added to the tension of the plot. We're fairly quickly introduced to the game, "Killer", and don't have to wait too long before it starts. Still I found that things really picked up during the second half of the book, as it was then that I really started to find it un-put-down-able. The first half of the book was fine, but the second half really gets good.
I had several potential suspects in mind while reading this, and kept going back and forth on who I thought the guilty party was likely to be. It kept me guessing. I was very impressed with the showing, not telling, in this book. In Cate's head I could really feel the way we can freak ourselves out when stressed, just from her inner dialog. Where you start to get spooked over things that aren't anything to be spooked over, just because you're so on edge or become suspicious of everything.
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