The writing is not terrible, just forgettable. It is lacking in everything that would make it anything remotely approaching a good read. It is elementary in plot development and characterization. This is supposed to be a suspenseful thriller, a horror, for young adults. The characters in this book are supposed to be 16. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.įeaturing found photos of unsettling history and real abandoned asylums and filled with chilling mystery and page-turning suspense, Madeleine Roux's teen debut, Asylum, is a horror story that treads the line between genius and insanity. Because the asylum holds the key to a terrifying past. And not just any asylum-a last resort for the criminally insane.Īs Dan and his new friends, Abby and Jordan, explore the hidden recesses of their creepy summer home, they soon discover it's no coincidence that the three of them ended up here. But when he arrives at the program, Dan learns that his dorm for the summer used to be a sanatorium, more commonly known as an asylum. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college. Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-novel perfect for fans of the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.įor sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program-it's a lifeline.
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