Asylum (Asylum, 1)

Madeleine Roux's New York Times bestselling Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-illustrated novel that Publishers Weekly called "a strong YA debut that reveals the enduring impact of buried trauma on a place."

For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, the New Hampshire College Prep program is the chance of a lifetime. Except that when Dan arrives, he finds that the usual summer housing has been closed, forcing students to stay in the crumbling Brookline Dorm. The dorm was formerly a sanatorium, more commonly known as an asylum. And not just any asylum—a last resort for the criminally insane.

As Dan and his new friends Abby and Jordan start exploring Brookline's twisty halls and hidden basement, they uncover disturbing secrets about what really went on at Brookline . . . secrets that link Dan and his friends to the asylum's dark past. Because Brookline was no ordinary asylum, and there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Featuring found photographs from real asylums and filled with chilling mystery and page-turning suspense, Asylum is a horror story that treads the line between genius and insanity, perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Don't miss any of the books in the Asylum series, or Madeleine Roux's shivery fantasy series, House of Furies!

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320 pages

Average rating: 6.14

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novelishdelish
Dec 11, 2024
6/10 stars
While I kind of figured out what was going on less than halfway through the book and at points it seemed a bit drawn out, I enjoyed the read for the most part. The twists and turns kept me interested and the characters were well thought out, however they didn't go to deep. Like there were several hints that there was "something each of them were hiding," but nothing ever really came out. I was hoping for a book titled "Asylum" to give me a bit more of a scare than this one did!
Mrs. Awake Taco
Nov 13, 2024
6/10 stars
Fun! Certainly not critically acclaimed reading, but I enjoyed it! I love a good ol' spooky novel, especially centered around asylums (even though I know I shouldn't, because, yuck, those poor people were genuinely tortured by "doctors" and "science". I can't help it.). There were some sloppy moments and I'm still not reasonably 100% sure what's going on, but that's okay and I still enjoyed myself.
Shahna
Jul 18, 2024
8/10 stars
Spoopy.
I like it.

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