Traumaland

Name: Traumaland
Author: Josh Silver
ISBN: 9780861549283

by Josh Silver

Softcover

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Description

The deliciously dark new thriller from award-winning YA author Josh Silver, perfect for fans of Black Mirror and Holly Jackson.'A visceral and gripping thriller ... you have no choice but to follow Eli into Traumaland.' Lex Croucher, author of Gwen & Art Are Not in LoveWelcome to TraumaLand. You are now Jack.Your story will start in 3... 2... 1...Eli has been in a near-fatal accident, which has left him with no memory and no emotions. According to his therapist, he suffers from an Overwhelming Emptiness.Desperate to feel something again, Eli winds up at TraumaLand, an underground club where crowds of emotionally numb party-goers seek a new thrill. Through hyper-real virtual reality simulations, they can experience nightmarish events happening to other people.But when Eli immerses himself in Jack's story, he starts to suspect there may be a darker - more dangerous - truth to the club.

Main Genre

Young Adult Books

Sub Genre

Utopias & Dystopias

Format

Softcover

Pages

393

Price

11.50 €

Characteristics

2 reviews

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Scary

Erotic

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Romantic

Disturbing

Thoughtful

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Multifaceted

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insanbubbels•

Mar 22, 2026

4.5

Hate/Love relationship (I NEED a second book!)

After a handful of bad books I was careful and scared, I might not love it. But this story was fantastic! Eli was a fantastic character, not necessarily reliable as a narrator, but I was so on his side and cheering this boy on so much to get to the truth. Also he tried to be reliable, that was not his fault. And I just found him to be so relatable and likeable to us weird kids. Silver’s style of writing might not be the most impressive, but he knows how to bring a stunner of a plot. You will easily fall into a hole and read two hundred pages at once! Yet I do have some beef here.. I love and hate the ending. But no spoilers! As proclaimed: I need a second book