4 coworkers get a text for a team building exercise. They find themselves at an escape room but instead of a room it's in an elevator. . As the 4 of them are trapped in the elevator, secrets and lots of them are exposed. How well do you really know your coworkers? As the secrets come out, that is when the story gets exciting! I enjoyed this thriller of a book but I do wish the coworkers knew who put them together in the elevator! I received an advanced readers copy and all opinions are my own.

There's a lot I really liked about this book - it's well-written, fast-paced, and interesting. The basic premise appeals to me as someone who loves escape room, and the execution is largely well done. I was racing along, tearing through it, until about the final half hour.

For me, though, the ending fell flat. It's tough to explain why without spoilers, but there were a couple of things that I would have liked to have seen explored more that weren't, and a few things that simply didn't make sense.  The more I thought about the book, the more certain things seemed off. I'd read another book by this author, but I'm honestly not sure if I'd recommend this one.

A book that draws you n to the investment banking world and corruption gradually.  It is gradual but not slow enough to keep you from putting it down.  The shrewd business world keeps you reading.  I wanted to finish it before going to bed as it would Keene me awake wondering what twist would occur next.  The characters were amazing and I found myself relating them to our present President’s manner of carrying on his businesses.  A good book and scary at how real it seems.

5 stars!  One of my favorite reads of 2019.  

This book was amazing- Megan Goldin is one of my new favorite authors.  

The book revolves around 4 very unlikable characters trapped in an elevator playing a deadly game of Escape Room.  Each chapter alternates between the present as they try to break the clues and in the past during a stressful career on Wall Street.  The book starts with action and ends with action and has twists that I didn't see coming. Hard to review without giving anything away.  5 stars

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Overall, I enjoyed Escape Room, although I had a really hard time getting through the first half of the book. The premise is inticing, but the first half of the book dragged for me as we flipped from the past to the present. In the portions of the writing set in the past, narrated by Sara, we learn about the characters and their driven work lives; quite frankly, they are all terrible people, which is exactly what the author and narrator Sara want the reader to feel. The present day action is happening in an elevator escape room, and also displays the selfishness and terribleness of these characters. Narrator Sara is mre likeable, but with some obvious blind spots and quite a bit of self-absorption herself.

Halfway through the book, it really picked up. After that turning point in the action, I was eager to keep reading. Even though the story really lacked a realistic feel, it was an entertaining read. There were a couple of loose ends or unanswered questions at the end; but, again, I don't think the author was going for realism and closure but rather entertainment and pace.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

4.5 stars. Whoa, I don't know when I've last been so satisfied by the ending of a book! This was not what I was expecting at all, and was less mystery and more feels than I had anticipated. The titular escape room is not really an escape room, but an elevator that Vincent, Jules, Sam, and Sylvie are stuck in, with a few clues, but not quite what I expected. The four of them are colleagues at the bigshot financial firm Stanhope and Sons, and they are all rather awful, driven by greed and status. The story is told in a dual timeline between them in the elevator and Sara Hall, their former colleague, telling her story 
Starting several years back, when she started at the firm.

Sara is a recent MBA grad when her story starts and she is thrilled to get a lucrative job at Stanhope and Sons to make enough money to support her ailing parents. But she soon realizes just how much the firm demands of its employees, and how little loyalty the members of her team have to each other. As the story went on, I felt more and more outraged by everything Sara observed and was subject to at the company, and was less and less rooting for the team to get out of the elevator. You'll have to read it to find out just what their fate was, but in my opinion it ended on a highly satisfactory note. I'm looking forward to reading more by Megan Goldin.

Wow, now that was a thrilling read that kept me turning the pages all weekend!

Corporate team building + Escape room challenge = one wild and crazy elevator ride!  Sounds like fun, right?!

Vincent, Jules, Sylvie, and Sam are living the life and will do anything to stay at the top.  They are the most ruthless, greedy, and devious people you will meet working in Finance on Wall Street.  All they care about is money, and they will do anything to keep it rolling in.  Vincent receives a message ordering the four of them to participate in a team building exercise where they have to escape from a locked elevator.  As time goes by it no longer feels like a game... deep dark secrets start to unfold.  Could they now be fighting for their own lives?

This was definitely a fast thrilling read!  I was pulled in right from the start turning the pages as fast as I could and loving every minute of it.  Highly Recommend!

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is an excellent thriller that involves greedy Wall Street executives who are locked in an elevator in what they believe is a mandatory team building escape room event.  This story is told alternately from the individualsw in the elevator and Sarah Hall who worked at the same wall street firm as the executives.  The story finally comes together and becomes a tale of revenge, greed and murder.  I liked that this book had a really original storyline.  I thank St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was an excellent first novel. What a great whodunit! I could not figure it out til the end. Enjoyed the nasty characters getting their comeuppance. Keep it up!

I loved this book, and that doesn't happen often. A great first chapter to lure readers in, followed by twists and turns without giving away the ending. The majority of the action happens in an elevator - not an easy setting to pull off.  Revenge mysteries are fun to read. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance copy of this book.

All I can say is Wow! During the prologue we learn about a hideous crime scene through the eyes of a young security guard. This spurred my interest and I devoured the rest of the book in record time! This is one of those rare books that will pique your interest immediately and take you on a wild ride to the thrilling conclusion.

The book is told in alternating voices between Sara Hall, an ambitious MBA graduate, and the present day. The premise of the story involves four co-workers, who are employed at a very successful financial firm on Wall Street. They have been invited to a compulsory team-building exercise on a Friday evening. Vincent, their boss, had received a text with instructions to bring them all up the the eightieth floor of a desolate office building. Everyone complies because they are fearful of losing their jobs.

What follows is a harrowing ordeal that takes place in the confines of the elevator on the seventieth floor. Secrets are exposed, lies are uncovered and allegiances are tested, Vincent, Sylvie, Sam and Jules must work together to uncover and solve a series of clues to escape the cramped elevator hanging precipitously without a clear escape route.

I would highly recommend "The Escape Room" by Megan Goldin and look forward to other books by this author, Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

First off, a big thank you for allowing me to read this advanced copy.  

I loved this book!  Sweet Mother of Pearl, if you are looking for a fantastic Pshyc Thriller, please pick this one up!  Team Building, coworkers, mystery, twists and turns.  SOLD!  

Starts of with a team of four, unlikeable folks in my humble, being required to attend mandatory team building, something we can all relate to, right? Well that is where my relatablility ended. Man....I wanted couldn’t wait to squeeze in the read time for this one.  Many nights I was up way past my bed time, wanting just one more page.  

You won’t be disappointed if you enjoy TRUE psych thrillers and the end will not disappoint.  At least it didn’t disappoint me.  

I’ll be adding this author to my TBR pile for sure. 

Enjoy!

Sara Hall is a recent MBA grad, skimping her pennies to get by, when she lands a magnificent job with a NY financials firm.  The first few years are golden; sure she works way too much and she’s still a bit underpaid compared to her co-workers, but she figures if she puts in the time, she’ll work her way up soon enough.  Except when Sara’s co-worker, her one only true friend at the firm, commits suicide, Sara starts to see things in a different light.  And when she starts to question things, she finds out very quickly that she is even more replaceable at work than her friend was.  The ideas in this book were new and interesting (especially with the escape room backdrop), and I enjoyed how things played out (for the most part).  But when the writing got a bit sloppy and then the ending wrapped up way too perfectly, I felt like it was truly a missed opportunity for a great---not just okay---thriller.

The Escape Room wasn’t what I was expecting, which is a good thing. I loved the way the book was intertwined chapter by chapter with the group in the Elevator and the protagonist.  While there was foreshadowing, the book still kept me guessing about different aspects and kept my interest. I was picking it up every chance I got to see what would happen next. Looking forward to reading more from this author.

This is a fun, intriguing mystery that takes a rather sharp turn at the end. While it is not hard to see the major plot twist, it does come about in an interesting manner.  

At first, I thought this book really was going to be about a suspense novel involving an Escape Room, but that title is misleading. It is more of a “getting justice/revenge” type of book. That was disappointing because I wanted the room to take center-stage and have the characters needing to solve more complex clues to find out how to escape rather than what the room was actually used for.  

However, with that put aside, it does use the “room” in an interesting manner and as more of a punishment than setting in which the characters grow as people. 

Often in these books, the character out for revenge can magically do all of these things needed to make things right.  The author in this book, though, takes the time to explain just what her heroine had to do to exact the kind of revenge that would work. It was obvious that Ms. Goldin wanted more than just a run-of-the-mill type of revenge.  She wanted her characters to suffer in a way that would really hurt them.  And that is just good writing!

Definitely take the time to read this suspense novel! You will not only enjoy the story, but you will get immersed in how these characters face their greatest challenge, and see just who comes out on top.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an advanced copy to read.  All opinions are my own.

A riveting journey and a true 3am read.  Well-defined, multi-dimensional characters who move swiftly through a beautifully structured, highly dramatic work by a truly talented master of the genre.

A solid mystery/thriller to add to your list.  I was definitely pleasantly surprised while reading this book, however, the title is a little misleading. 

The story is really what happens when a group of people go too far down a rabbit hole and the the subsequent consequences of their actions.  We get to know the characters well - their motivations and their fears - and it adds complexity to the story.  There's death, mystery, and some fun puzzle pieces to put together.  My only gripe is the ending, where it delves a bit into the far fetched and unbelievable.  Overall, however, it was a thoroughly enjoyable ride.  Just don't go into expecting a <i> Saw </i> version of an escape room - if that's what you want you're going to be disappointed.

It seems psychological thrillers are a dime a dozen lately, but The Escape Room had more of an original storyline than most of what's out today (and no "Girl" in the title - we can all be grateful for that). While you might have to suspend disbelief a bit while reading it (not uncommon really with a lot of fiction), it was a really enjoyable read overall., and I found it very hard to put down. If you're into thrillers, and tired of those more "domestic" ones, give this one a shot. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

I received this ARC in exchange for a review.
The concept of this story was intriguing and kept me engaged.  I wanted to see what would happen next.  And the first two thirds of the book kept me guessing.   My only disappointment was I figured out who the antagonist was before the end.  I didn't figure out how (that was sort of convoluted), but I figured out who.

Absolutely loved this! I couldn't put it down and wanted to keep reading as much as I could to find out. Spellbinding edge of your seat excitement.