In the summer of 1983, thirteen-year-old Cyndi and her three new-found friends Stacy, Zack, and Brad decide to sneak away from their summer camp in the middle of the night by rafting down the nearby rivers. I would have drawn it myself, but I won’t be able to do it without Roubique’s guidance.This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. It could have been super cool if Roubique attached a Thrill River map to the book (just like the maps you get in Disneyland). While reading, I sometimes felt ‘lost’ in the park. Even if sometimes the characters may seem to act irrationally, their actions still make sense, because they are 13 year-old kids. Reading the book makes you feel like watching a slasher, but unlike most slashers, the characters in this book aren’t stupid. It’s a fast paced fun adventure with several suspenseful scenes (like the part in which Stacy takes a shower and senses that someone is watching her, or the part in which Cyndi listens to the recordings of the water park’s construction crew in the control room). Kill River is a book that’s definitely worth reading. WRONG! At least that’s what the psychopath killer living in the park thinks. Surprisingly, the park is deserted, but this doesn’t mean that they can’t try the various attractions the park has to offer, right? Somehow they find themselves in a water park called Thrill River. The foursome decides to embark on a daring operation and escape the camp by stealing a raft and sail along the river. She soon teams up with Stacy, Brad and Zack, who much like her, feel too old for summer camp. She doesn’t want to go there, but she has no choice. The year is 1983 and 13 years old Cyndi is on her way to summer camp. With a promising synopsis and a very impressive cover (which was drawn by the author himself), I just had to put my hands on it.

Kill River, by Cameron Roubique, is the first horror book I know of to be taking place in a water park. There is something very thrilling about horror books which take place in amusement parks, fairs or carnivals.

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