Eony Mey By M. J. Arlidge Summary

“’On the floor by the phone you’ll find a gun. It has one bullet in it. For Sam or for yourself. That is the price of your freedom. You must kill to live. Do you want to live, Amy?’” (Arlidge 3). Imagine hearing your fate being made for you because your car stalled and a seemingly nice woman offered a ride. Imagine being stripped of all humanity until you break any good morals you obtain. EENY MEENY, written by M.J. Arlidge, contains a plot with coercion, harassment, and punitive. Two people at a time are specifically targeted. The people have an unexpected accident in their car at the same time their cell phones hit a no service zone. Fortunately, a woman pulls up in a van. She offers a warm vehicle with hot chocolate and a free ride to get …show more content…
To clarify, every single victim in this book is stripped of his or her personality, livelihood, and looks. They are stripped of their identity. The first male victim shares his thoughts: “ But slowly these games have tailed off as we realize that we were brought here for a purpose and that there will be no happy ending for us” (Arlidge 7). The man seems to recognize that the intention of the captor is to coerce them to forget who they are. Two weeks in a blank pool, cold, hungry, defenseless. These two didn’t turn on each other but instead settled in a way. He attempted to give her the best chance to be morally okay. “ We have become animals, careless of ourselves and of each other” (Arlidge 6). At this point, the man realized they have lost their identities. By now, the goal is survival. It’s clear he wants to let the woman live. The author strategically leaves the woman’s thoughts out. At first I thought this was an accident but now I think the author did it because how could one imagine the thoughts she would be having? Killing the love of her life seems impossible. Predictably her mind is racing from one end of the earth to the other. She is forced into feeling alienated. The man has made-up his mind, now its time for her to …show more content…
She desperately wants him to come out with her but she knows only one leaves. I like that the author takes the time to make this character so determined. The author portrays their love for each other so well it develops the beginning feelings for the book. The book makes the reader feel empathy for these victims and pray someone helps them. Every word appears to be thought out to an exact precision. This book is a good book because of the visualizations, which is a necessity in a book like this due to most readers never experiencing this traitorous journey. I also appreciate the careful pairing of characters. There is a victim everyone can relate to in this book. There are lovers, overworked coworkers, friends, and more. I like that this helps the reader connect to the book, even though the experiences aren’t the same the victims are everyday people. On the contrary, I dislike that every other chapter switches to characters that have not yet been introduced. It makes for a hard time to keep up with the plot and outline. However, it helps with foreshadowing. I also dislike that point of the story are brief and left vague while other parts are thoroughly explained and detailed. For example, I think the author should have described the feeling of the silo along with the appearance. I think stating that the silo walls felt cold and at night dew slipped through the cracks and seeped down. This would have added for more feeling from the