I will say that I loved the aesthetics of this book. As it is, I didn’t expect much from the end, because I didn’t get much from the rest of it. If he’d tied it up with neat little bows, I would’ve expected way more from the rest of the book. I kind of like it this way because it really fits the rest of his book. There are lots of unanswered questions that MN doesn’t even begin to address. The ending will disappoint a lot of people and definitely be described as lacking closure. The only one we really get to see “change” is Les, and I’m not sure that counts. With such a limited cast of characters, there was such an opportunity for them to be developed. I was disappointed by the lack of characterization in this book. Definitely a quirky read, especially for something slotted as a thriller. MN also gave Scotty some reflective, but foretelling for the reader, asides about the storm that just overall made the book feel very odd for me. I found this very at odds with the quirkiness.

He’s fixated on very fifteen year old boy things like zits, girls and best friends. It gives an odd flavor to this book, that’s for sure. Two parts fifteen year old boy, one part quirky, one part sooth sayer, and one part the world is actually ending.

Scotty and six other students end up trapped in their high school during a raging nor’easter, that ends up being the worst blizzard ever beheld. It’s not actually scary, but if you tend to think the sky is falling when it isn’t (like moi) then this book will probably exacerbate that feeling… As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision.”Ī quick, suspenseful read that’s fitting for this season! But if it’s actually snowing right now, you might not want to read this one right then. But then the power goes out, then the heat. Still, it doesn’t seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive.

“The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week.

Trapped by Michael Northrop