Steve Review: Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith

Jan 30, 2011 by

Solitary (Escape from Furnace, #2) by Alexander Gordon Smith

Title: Solitary
Paperback, 272 pages
Author: Alexander Gordon Smith
Publisher: Square Fish
Publication Date: July 2, 2009
Source: Publicist
Buy: Amazon

Book Summary:
Furnace Prison – Where death is the least of your worries. Escape is just the beginning. We thought we’d made it, we thought we were free. But we should have known there was no way out of Furnace. All we did was slip deeper into the guts of the prison: into solitary confinement, where the real nightmares live – the warden, and something worse.

Steve Review:
Solitary, the second book in the series (does this series have a name?) stood out for me.  If you guys see my review on Lockdown you’ll see that I enjoyed it but was not overly impressed.  Well, Solitary definitely improved my opinion of the series.

I don’t like giving a lot out about books so I’ll just say that the story immediately picks up with Alex and his crew.  He picks up some new friends on the way and they might be a bit more unique than expected.  Solitary seems an imposing title and serves as such.  The nightmare Alex faces while still remaining good to his core serves to show off his strength of character.

They are short books, and the cliffhanger endings are so-so.  But this sequel really developed the setting and the plot.  The characters were still there, still good, but the setting really became interesting to me.  The more the plot continues the better it has gotten and I hope they don’t over do it and make these short books into a 12 book long series.  Definitely looking forward to the next book “Death Sentence”, foreshadowing anyone?  Steve’s quick review for a quick read.

Book Cover: 1/5 – Man, I think that’s pretty awful.

Book Title: 5/5 – Very fitting.

Plot: 8/10 – Some much more unexpected turns, impressive get up and go from the beginning.

Characters: 8/10 – Alex, you start to feel for him.

Writing: 8/10 – Quick, to the point, continues the thrill ride well.

Ending: 7/10 – Cliffhanger-y, again.

Overall: 35/50 – Let the ride continue, it’s almost like watching a train wreck though, hoping something good will eventually happen to poor Alex.  Fingers crossed for the next book!

Buy: Amazon

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