It’s also very surface level and recognizable to some people reading the novel. There’s also constant reminders that the internet is spotty and there’s not much cell service. We get a peek into their parenthood styles and relationships. We read about their trips to the grocery store, getting dinner ready for the kids, having their vacation sex, etc. What’s interesting about this book is how domestic it starts off.

Both consider themselves liberal and watch Maddow. They have enough money for nice trips but not enough to buy the vacation home. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple-and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other? Race and classĪmanda and Clay are your typical upper middle class white couple. But in this rural area-with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service-it’s hard to know what to believe. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. are an older couple-it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. The synopsisĪmanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. But it’s not a horror film scary, it’s a more realistic, omg, this could really happen, scary. I personally really liked it, despite how downright scary it gets. I saw the reviews are very much mixed so I went in with an open mind.

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