Leave the World Behind: A Read with Jenna Pick

A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.
Show more

BUY THE BOOK

272 pages

Average rating: 5.33

321 RATINGS

|

13 REVIEWS

Community Reviews

Anonymous
May 17, 2024
2/10 stars
I had a really hard time finishing this, just wasn't interesting at all and left with so many unanswered questions
Fantasyfangirl
Apr 13, 2024
4/10 stars
Overwritten. Somehow they used 50 words instead of 1 constantly and still no real conclusion. I kept thinking it would come together and be worth it, it wasn’t.
Chuckstafer
Feb 02, 2024
4/10 stars
I went back and forth for so long on whether or not to read this novel, but after seeing the trailer for the movie coming out soon on Netflix I decided to give it a go as the trailer seemed very intriguing. After finally reading the novel I was left very disappointed.

Maybe the movie's trailer hyped me up too much, but this book was a dud for me. Pretty much nothing happens. Yes, there are things that take place to "progress" the story, but it's r...read more
jablab33
Jan 14, 2024
6/10 stars
Not my typical sort of book, maybe more 2.5 stars. I didn’t mind listening to it but I wanted more. More character, more explanation, just more
Pandora
Sep 25, 2023
6/10 stars
2.5

Unfortunately, this was a fairly disappointing read for me. I get that this was supposed to focus on the general feeling of uneasiness and the fact that we don't know any more than the characters do, but the ending left me with the biggest book blue balls I've had in a while.

See why thousands of readers are using Bookclubs to stay connected.