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Like Lord of the Flies at Disneyland

FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

March 22, 2025 by genericwhitegirl 1 Comment

If you strand a bunch of (mostly) 20 something year old adults who work in a theme park for 35 days during a natural disaster, what do you think would happen? If you’re hoping for Temptation Island level hijinks, you’ll be sorely disappointed. But if you’re leaning toward murder and heads on a stick level violence, then this is the book for you! Think Lord of the Flies, but with adults and multiple tribes. This book works for a lot of reasons. First, you have […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Featured, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: fantasticland, Fiction, genericwhitegirl, mike bockoven

genericwhitegirl's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Audiobooks, Featured, Fiction, Horror · Tags: fantasticland, Fiction, genericwhitegirl, mike bockoven ·
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Human Nature vs. Theme Park

FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

June 23, 2019 by Claire Badger Leave a Comment

This was everything I want an audiobook to be, and I could barely stop listening to it. So far, it is my favorite audiobook of the year. The voice acting is fantastic, with two actors reading for dozens of characters, and the excitement and thrill the book promises is actually delivered. You know what’s coming at the end, the interview with the subject we’ve all been waiting to hear from, and it’s as chilling as you could hope it will be. It’s a bit slow […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: documentary book, fantasticland, horror, Max Brooks, mike bockoven, thriller, World War Z

Claire Badger's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: documentary book, fantasticland, horror, Max Brooks, mike bockoven, thriller, World War Z ·
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