"The Masked Truth" is a thrilling and terrifying novel written by author, Kelley Armstrong. The book "The Masked Truth", is about a young girl named Riley, the first POV, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after experiencing a murder that occured to the couple she was babysitting their kid for while hiding under the bed with their daughter. Since then, nightmares and guilt overshadow her former self. In an effort to return to who she was before the tragedy, she agrees to attend a weekend therapy camp held in a rebuilt warehouse. After the camp attendees are taken hostage by three masked men, Riley and another patient named Max, the other POV, have dig deep to trust each other in order to escape the warehouse. The story
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After an “unfortunate” incident, where some patients were killed in a gruesome manner, at the beginning of the take of the hostages situation, Riley and Max realize there's so much more they don't know. In parts where many situation that included ironic moments. An example is a part, where a prejudiced father calls a hit on his gay son, who was a patient. The worst part was that, it wasn't really unexpected, considering that he threatened his son with conversion camp. However, there was a plot twist that came to surprise to everyone, it is where a stepmother of one of the patients, took out a life insurance policy on her, then organised the hit; Riley and Max knew that if they can’t get out, they’ll be …show more content…
They are together nearly every page, navigating the halls of the building they're trapped in after the masked men's plot goes from bad to worse. Max would have been the last person Riley thought she could count on, but he proves her entirely wrong.The only people they could to rely on was each other, so they try to work through it together. Throughout the situation, they would comfort each other when one has a mental break down, they would protect each other from attacks from the masked men, try to hide each other from the masked men, and stand by each other, and act as each other’s rocks through thick and thin. Riley and Max would also try to use humor as way to lessen the horrors of the situation. For example, a moment where Riley would call the three masked men,” the X-Files men” because of the way the men wore “the odd shaped alien masks”. They learn to trust one another and use their strengths, and from there deeper feelings start to grow. Though emotions are high, seeing Riley and Max interact, deepen their friendship, and refuse to be separated.
In consultation, throughout the book, we see the lives of two teenangers and their experience with a hostage situation. The novel gives you as realistic portrayal of the realities of a hostage situation, and not everyone is going to survive, and their deaths aren’t going to be clean and easy: some are horrific, some are tragic, some are accidental.
After an “unfortunate” incident, where some patients were killed in a gruesome manner, at the beginning of the take of the hostages situation, Riley and Max realize there's so much more they don't know. In parts where many situation that included ironic moments. An example is a part, where a prejudiced father calls a hit on his gay son, who was a patient. The worst part was that, it wasn't really unexpected, considering that he threatened his son with conversion camp. However, there was a plot twist that came to surprise to everyone, it is where a stepmother of one of the patients, took out a life insurance policy on her, then organised the hit; Riley and Max knew that if they can’t get out, they’ll be …show more content…
They are together nearly every page, navigating the halls of the building they're trapped in after the masked men's plot goes from bad to worse. Max would have been the last person Riley thought she could count on, but he proves her entirely wrong.The only people they could to rely on was each other, so they try to work through it together. Throughout the situation, they would comfort each other when one has a mental break down, they would protect each other from attacks from the masked men, try to hide each other from the masked men, and stand by each other, and act as each other’s rocks through thick and thin. Riley and Max would also try to use humor as way to lessen the horrors of the situation. For example, a moment where Riley would call the three masked men,” the X-Files men” because of the way the men wore “the odd shaped alien masks”. They learn to trust one another and use their strengths, and from there deeper feelings start to grow. Though emotions are high, seeing Riley and Max interact, deepen their friendship, and refuse to be separated.
In consultation, throughout the book, we see the lives of two teenangers and their experience with a hostage situation. The novel gives you as realistic portrayal of the realities of a hostage situation, and not everyone is going to survive, and their deaths aren’t going to be clean and easy: some are horrific, some are tragic, some are accidental.