Kate’s 2¢: “The Escape Room” by Megan Goldin

“The Escape Room” by Megan Goldin

NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

    This was a great story, but I did wonder how Sarah Hall could be in each alternate chapter.

   Many thanks to Ramon De Ocampo for doing such a great job of narrating “The Escape Room”.

A few take-aways:

–Lucy said: Let them underestimate you. It’ll give you an advantage.

— Sun Su, The Art of War: Pretend inferiority and encourage their arrogance.

–Sarah: I felt as if I were a fraud. Terrified that one day someone would figure out that I was an imposter.

–to all of them life was like a casino.

–All the perks and pay were to skew our moral compass, so we wouldn’t hesitate, when we had to be ruthless.

–Goldin: The office toady is the human habitat of the 21^st century. We’re all about survival skills we needed to get ahead.

–Goldin: My characters are a composite of people I’ve read about, observed, or experienced.

–Stephen King: When you write characters, it is like sitting around a campfire and they just emerge.

From the WEB:

Megan Goldin is an Australian author who is best known for her dynamite novel, The Escape Room. Prior to releasing her first novel, Megan Goldin worked for ABC and Reuters in Asia and the Middle East as a foreign correspondent. She covered war zones and covered topics like terrorism, war, and the quest for peace.

MEGAN GOLDIN worked as a correspondent for Reuters and other media outlets where she covered war, peace, international terrorism and financial meltdowns in the Middle East and Asia. She is now based in Melbourne, Australia where she raises three sons and is a foster mum to Labrador puppies learning to be guide dogs.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The escape room DB95709

Goldin, Megan. Reading time: 10 hours, 46 minutes.

Read by Ramon De Ocampo.

Suspense Fiction

Psychological Fiction

Invited to participate in an escape room as a team-building exercise, four ferociously competitive Wall Street coworkers crowd into the elevator of a high-rise building. But when the lights go off and the doors stay shut, it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary competition. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

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