I could not get into this audiobook. I don't know what I thought it was going to be, but it definitely was something outside of my expectations. I thought the beginning, in the actual rage room, spent too much time, long past the requisite 'hook.' I ended up putting this one aside at around 20% after I couldn't take the mood this narration put me in.

I read a ton of horror so I am no stranger to despicable/unlikeable characters doing awful things, but The Rage Room really tested my capacity.

Reading is supposed to be fun, and this book was torturous. I tried! OH did I try to get through this, but it was a slog. Not a moment of levity.

DNF about 40% in.

This book didn’t live up to the blurbed expectations for me. I felt as though the plot trigger in the story came way too late and by that time I was bored and skimming waiting for something meaningful to happen. The. When it did it was very abrupt and short. Then the cast of characters shifted and I wasn’t invested in this new group. I thought the main character was a decent ‘Everyman’ and I do appreciate the final ‘message’ of the strong, I just felt like I didn’t have a sting foundation and was being muddled around. Almost DNF but I stuck with it and enjoyed the final ‘reveal’ as well.

This was tough for me. Soooo many triggers, and just not as satisfying as I hoped. Gritty and country doesn’t automatically = good literature.

A fun scifi/fantasy read, although a bit too in your face with the genre stuff for my personal taste.

The Rage Room is a mind trip! This book is all over the place, and in a good way!

The dystopian future imagined in The Rage Room is extremely interesting. The author does a great job of making it both fantastical and believable, and also more than a little scary! The characters are well developed and believable, and even the ones you are supposed to hate are likeable in their own way.

The narration of this audiobook is excellent. The important characters take on a life of their own and are made more real by the narrator. Very well done

This book was ok not really the genre I go for and I found it hard keeping up with all the terms and technologies the narrator was funny though !

DNF at 50%.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced audio book in exchange for an honest review.

I tried really hard to finish this book but at 51% I decided to stop listening. Maybe I’ll go back at some point. If it was a actual book I would have skimmed through and read the last chapter for closure.

There were some interesting futuristic ideas of what the world could look like in 2055. However, Sharps and the other characters are all so unlikeable they didn’t grab me to continue listening.

The narration was well done and easy to listen to.

This was an interesting book in a weird way. The concept of a rage room was really cool and definitely gave this book an edge. My problem was that besides the actual rage room I didn't feel like this book was very unique. It had so many elements of other dystopian media. Also I found the narrative to be just a bit confusing. It would be very easy to get lost in this book if you aren't careful. The characters also aren't particularly likeable but I don't feel like they were meant to be and I kind of liked how very unlikable they were.
Overall I do think this is a solid sci-fi even if it is more character driven than world driven. This is definitely a book that will be divisive but that is what I loved about it. I am looking forward to seeing what other people think of this book.

Wow, this was such a different, interesting dystopian book! Sharps was a character that I couldn't stop reading about. The situation he got himself into created an amazing story!

The idea of a Rage Room was the most fascinating thing for me. I was so intrigued by how this room worked and the results and repercussions of using it. I really enjoyed this read, and I think many others will as well!

I was getting Fahrenheit 451 and Scythe vibes in the beginning of this. This book had so much going on it was hard to follow at times and I think I liked the premise more than how the book actually ended up. Some of the futuristic elements were interesting and I weirdly could see some of them happening for real. I found none of the characters to be really likeable and some I really hated. I just don't think this book was for me but I appreciate what it was trying to say.