However, with that out of the way I soon realised to my dismay that the story is told through the eyes of a reporter, by way of separate interviews conducted with people who lived through the disaster. While reading the prologue I found it difficult to determine whether the content was fiction or true-to-life, however another quick check on Amazon’s synopsis confirmed that it was indeed fiction, as initially suspected. While searching for something different to read over the holidays, I picked up this intriguing novel, promising a thrilling story full of mystery and horror akin to Lord of the Flies and Battle Royale, and found to my surprise that initially once I started reading, I didn’t want to stop. Left to their own devices for a considerable length of time, these employees resort to drastic measures in a bid to survive. I was initially drawn to the book cover for Mike Bockoven’s FantasticLand, with its eerie image of an empty fairground Ferris Wheel, before Amazon’s synopsis intrigued me further The book’s description sets the scene of a disaster stricken amusement park in Florida, where a large number of college-age employees must fight for survival, after being cut off from both modern technology and the rest of society.
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