Title: Stuck

Author: Ben Young

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Stuck-Ben-Young-ebook/dp/B0CFFXK9JB/

Summary

Each death is unique. Will you recognize when yours begins?
John Camden doesn’t realize he’s dying, yet the physical signs are becoming more clear, and he’s having recurring visions where he is trapped in a tight space.
Everything changes when his best friend Robbie convinces him to go on a poorly planned caving trip as a form of immersion therapy.
Soon the lines of reality blur as John finds himself lost and alone, deep underground where all is not as it seems, and the person he trusted most may have sinister intentions.

My Review

5/5 Stars

What does the journey into the afterlife look like? This book takes the reader on an interesting journey to find out.

I took my time finishing reading this book because I needed time to process each chapter. It shifts through so many emotions like grief, loss, loneliness, hope, and despair that one sitting feels like an emotional rollercoaster.

This is a dual POV story that flips between the two main characters, John and Lucy. The roles that each of them play in each other’s lives leads to interesting twists and turns. The first half of the book has a completely different feel from the second half of the book, and it’s for that reason that I’m not sure what genre I would classify this as. That only made me love the book more. It was different from mainstream fiction in that it dabbled in both realistic horrors while adding in some paranormal elements as well.

One thing is for sure, this book is guaranteed to have you thinking about what death really means.