Game

Game by Anders De La Motte

400 Pages

Publisher: Atria Books, Emily Bestler Books

Release Date: December 3, 2013

Fiction (Adult), General Fiction (Adult), Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Action, Adventure

Henrik Petterson, HP to his friends, finds a shiny silver phone on a train. He picks it up and sees a message, “Do you want to play a game?” At first, he ignores it, but after the message is displayed a few more times, he figures he doesn’t have anything to lose. The first task is to steal an umbrella from a specific man that gets on the train. HP hesitates until he sees the man with the umbrella get on the train. In a flash, he makes up his mind, steals the umbrella and the challenge is completed. Unfortunately for HP, the game is only beginning.

The story is fast paced, the characters are developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. HP at times is immature but that is him. He is written realistically to be that way. I enjoyed the book and look forward to the next one in the series, Buzz. If you like action and adventure books with a twist of mystery, you may enjoy this book.