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An overall good book. A purgatory theme park keeps the souls that died in the real park stuck in an alternate, spirit world version of the park. This mismatched bunch of characters try to get along well enough to figure out why they are there.

The explanation of the events unfolding is somewhat confusing and unclear at times, but this helps you feel what the characters are experiencing throughout the plot. My biggest complaint is that the ending was quite sudden and felt like more could have been squeezed from it. This was, however, a good, quick read with moments of sadness and happiness that balance each other well.

Thanks Netgalley for the arc!
I wanted to love this book but I found it to be really corny and cliche to the point where I predicted everything that happened. I will say the best part about this book was the writing, the author certainly is skilled.

The cover really gives "horror at an amusement park" which I was really excited about. I was surprised as I was reading to find that this book is more fantasy than anything. That being said, for what is was, it was overall good at a 3=star read for me. I loved the first 30% of the book with us learning in real time as the main character that he was actually stuck in "heaven" in Whirly World. As the story progressed, I was excited for more drama around Jason's death, escaping Whirly World, discovering park secrets, etc. Instead it was just a really immersive look at an amusement park in insane detail. About 60% through the author was losing me a bit. I would recommend this book to anyone who's posthumous dream is to haunt Disneyland for all of eternity.

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I have a lifelong love for Amusement Parks so of course I was immediately interested in Whirly World by Brandon Jones.

Jason Green has died and is in his favorite place, Whirly World (which I am also happy to say had some nods to disney park elements to it (as all good theme parks should) along with nods to a few others, but the park isn’t quite how he remembers it.

I just quickly ate this book up due to my love of theme parks as well as a unique cast of characters.

Will you love the book as much as I did if you don’t love places like Knoebels, Hershey Park and Dorney Park? There’s only one way to know.

(If I was going to do a soundtrack for this book I would definitely put a lot of Bowie on it. As to what songs I will keep that to myself so I don’t spoil anything.)


Pub Date Oct 13 2023
Emet Studios

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