Not only that, new software creates a totally unprecedented television experience, allowing viewers to touch, see, and live everything along with the contestants. It’s a simple premise: whoever lasts the longest without “tapping out” wins a cash prize. When something goes horribly wrong and the contestants realize no one is coming to save them, they must question their very reality-and how much of the game is really for show.Įach contestant has their own reasons-and their own secrets-for joining the new virtual reality show CUT/OFF that places a group of teenagers alone in the wilderness. Warcross meets Lost in this haunting young adult sci-fi thriller in which teens compete to survive in the wilderness for one million dollars on a new virtual reality show.
There is action, suspense, danger, technology and a bit of romance in this suspenseful, Sci-fi/Horror mashup.Thank you to the publisher for the eARC of this title via NetGalley. There are many twists and surprise connections that send the ending to an unsuspecting conclusion. Is it real or a hallucination? Can they find their way back home or will they all die? Finlay intersperses action chapters with producer’s files and contestant audition interviews that fuel the page turning suspense of the story. At first it seems like the earthquake is the issue, but hour by hour they are faced with ever increasing life threatening situations that seem to come from within each contestant’s own worst fears. Four young adult contestants are left after an earthquake knocks out their communications with the producers of the show and they must work together to survive and try to be rescued. The newest entertainment is a 24-hour live streaming game show called “Cut Off” that takes the “Survivor” type reality show premise to an extreme level through a 3D Virtual Reality experience.
Recommending for Cream of the Crop consideration. This Sci-fi thriller for readers in grades 10-12 provides page turning suspense and thought provoking outcomes. Published by HMH Books for Young Readers on August 11, 2020
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