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I LOVED this book. I loved the choose your own ending books. There were many ways to die and I killed the better part of a day choosing the wrong endings :) It was suspenseful and exciting :)

Set during the Industrial Revolution, this is the story Nick. Once a child laborer, he landed in jail, torn away from the woman he loves. Serendipitously he escapes, along with an inventor. Together, they seek to overthrow the man who sent Nick to jail and stole his woman.

This book was full of cliché’s and stereotypes. Nonetheless it was a pretty good read. It was interesting to see how the author blended the idea of Santa Claus and The Christmas Story together. It moved at a fairly decent pace and held my attention.

This is a very interesting book with many ways for the main characters to die, each ending after its own separate sequence of events. This read like a video game, with many choices and one main sequence of correct answers. I liked the unusually casual morbidness of this book.

I have never read a choose your own path kind of book. It was great! I died about 7 times before I got to the end and then went back and read the parts I didn't read! I truly liked this book and can't wait to read another one!

While the idea of a horror themed choose-your-own-adventure is appealing, this particular one did not live up to my expectations. There is only one way to make it out alive, which while interesting, gets kind of old when you know that at every decision point 2/3 will end in your death. Since there is only one "correct" pathway, it felt more like reading a novel than choosing an adventure. I was also unimpressed with the deaths themselves. Many seemed to come out of nowhere and thus had no entertainment or story value. I also didn't enjoy how choosing to do something didn't necessarily mean the character would do that. Multiple times the action ended up being something completely different than what I'd chosen, again making it more of a novel and less of an adventure.

This book kept my interest. It was a little dark but I enjoyed it. I tried all the conclusions and enjoyed doing so. I would be interested to try other books like this.

Try Not to Die: At Grandma's House was an entertaining read. It has a slightly sinister feel to it and the story is well-thought-out. I was engrossed in the story by the time I had to make my first decision (which resulted in my first death) and it got better as it went along. While reading this, I was reminded of the Give Yourself Goosebumps series. I surprised myself by actually going ahead and reading every scenario, which is something I never did as a child.

I don't have any complaints. The death scenes weren't too disturbing and the writing wasn't choppy.

The story was entertaining, the dialogue never once felt forced, and I would easily recommend this book to another reader.

I wouldn't hesitate in picking up book 2.

I have always been a fan of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" series, in fact I recently found myself wandering my local library trying to figure if they had any to read. With this in mind I was very excited to pick up this book, and it did not disappoint.

Although not my perfect preference in reading style - I'm generally not a fan of horror - I do appreciate sci-fi and suspense. The authors did a nice job of keeping you guessing. There are plenty of twists and turns and enough dilemmas to challenge your moral and emotional sensibilities.

A good quick read with a touch of fun and a pull at the heart strings.

Awesome. I had a lot of fun with this choose-your-own-adventure book for adults. If you can handle gruesome endings, this book is for you.