Escape Book

I had lots of fun "reading " this book! The way this story works is that you gotta figure out how to 'escape' the book by making the right choices. I think this would be very nice for kids who are learning how to read, and who like adventure! It feels like a video game in short, and I'd definitely read more and recommend these to kids!

<b>3.5 out of 5 stars 🌟An interactive <I>Damsel in distress</i> story</b>

<i>Escape Book</i> is a story based in <I>Minecraft</i> word preferably for everyone interested in the game but mostly those aged 8 to 14. It is a 'Choose your own adventure' kind of the book with a pretty complicated system that includes maps, inventory and combining inventory with in-book objects.

Runt, the main character, has a mission to accomplish:
Save his friend - Breeze - who allegedly was imprisoned in a dark temple by Runt's nemesis - Herobrine. Unfortunately, while doing that, Runt was also trapped in the temple with his companion, a talking cat named Eeebs, therefore now they must save not only save Breeze but also find a way out of that dark place.

I read that book along with my son for a few reasons:
• eARC I received isn't a good format for reading that kind of story, scrolling back and forth through pdf pages was both annoying and complicated
• At least two times we had no idea what to do next or whether we unblocked the next part of the book or not
• The reader needs to keep track of their inventory and looks at the map at all times and again - it's complicated with an ebook version

Overall, reading that was an enjoyable family exercise and a good way to spend time together. It's more of an interactive story than classic 'choose your own adventure' and I really appreciate the idea of adding map and inventory. I'd love to read on paper to have even more fun with it.

<I>Many thanks to publisher and NetGalley for the digital ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.</i>

A Mincraft choose your own adventure. Puzzle solving and many choices and endings.

This book could be very helpful for a child who has a hard time getting into reading. The puzzles to solve and the different outcomes to the story are never-ending.

I'm a big fan of Minecraft and I love this book a lot I love the pic a lot and I just love the whole books it was good and I cant wait till it comes out so I can bye it so thank you for weighting a book about this

DISCLAIMER: I received an eARC of Escape Book: The Cursed Temple from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

3.5*

As a Minecraft fan, I really enjoyed this book! I'm well aware this is also part of the Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior series. I really enjoyed that series too, so when I found out about this book, I was delighted. It was a very good idea to incorporate a Choose Your Own Adventure concept in the series.

My only complaint was that it would have been better if I read this physically. I'm looking forward to picking this up as a physical copy sometime, but it wasn't that enjoyable when I had to keep flipping the pages to look for where I had to go. Also, I was not too fond of the damsel-in-distress plot that Breeze had. In the other books in the Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior series, Breeze was portrayed as a very brave girl. In this book, she plays the damsel role and is the one that has no power and needs help. I did enjoy when she was in the book, but I just thought that between Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior and Escape Book, this Breeze was a bit out of character compared to the other previous five books she was in.

All cons aside, I really enjoyed this book. If there's more books in this series, I am very willing to read them.

Do I recommend this? Sure.