Match BookEdge of Collapse
Kyla Stone
2020 · 318 pages · Thriller
How it reads
Edge of Collapse is thriller (post-apocalyptic survival thriller, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in the wilderness or at sea, in the recent past, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are survival, family and redemption. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 318 pages it's a quick read. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something tense
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or heartwarming
- you want dense, lingering prose
- you hate waiting for a sequel
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- thriller
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- wilderness or sea
- Setting: time
- recent past
- Mood / feeling
- tense
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- third person, one viewpoint
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Ending style
- cliffhanger
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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