Escape from Asylum

By: Madeleine Roux

Narrated by: James Fouhey

Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's Summary

In this terrifying prequel novel to the New York Times best-selling Asylum series, a teen is wrongfully committed to the Brookline psychiatric hospital and must find a way out - before he becomes the next victim of the evil warden's experiments. With the pause-resisting suspense that led Publishers Weekly to call Asylum "a strong YA debut", Escape from Asylum is perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

The nightmare is just beginning.

Ricky Desmond has been through this all before. If he could just get through to his mother, he could convince her that he doesn't belong at Brookline. From the man who thinks he can fly to the woman who killed her husband, the other patients are nothing like him; all he did was lose his temper just a little bit, just the once.

But when Ricky is selected by the sinister Warden Crawford for a very special program - a program that the warden claims will not cure him but perfect him - Ricky realizes that he may not be able to wait for his mom a second longer. With the help of a sympathetic nurse and a fellow patient, Ricky needs to escape now.

Set long before Dan, Abby, and Jordan ever walked the hallways of the Brookline asylum - back when it was still a functioning psych ward and not a dorm - Escape from Asylum is a mind-bending and scary installment in the Asylum series that can stand on its own for new listeners or provide missing puzzle pieces for series fans.

©2016 Madeleine Roux (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

Wow!

My teenage nephew started reading these books. Him and I swap books as a our little family bonding time and talk about them afterwords. I thought great another teen read when he handed me the first book, however after reading that I got all the audio versions of the book to listen to on break as well as when I’m doing other things. Though this is labeled as a teen to young adult book it truly is enjoyable as a read no matter what the age of it is your style of book. Well worth the purchase!!

Almost really good.

Exciting page turner but the end was beyond unsatisfying. Below is spoiler venting.





Spoiler:

Why would he not care about the new subject? How did K escape? This horrible butcher of a warden and he feels no need to make sure the asylum gets closed down? Satisfied with just listening to records for the rest of his days? Now I don't feel bad at all that he was tortured.

great

great book! this book does a great job of painting a picture of everything they describe!

well, was it Keith or K

good book..... but I waited and waited for an explanation about k, was she a boy or girl? why did they call her Keith and him and he call her k and her? which is it?

A lovely book! Wow Really kept me on my toes!!!

Wow This book was well written. It really kept me on my toes!!! I would love to hear more about their great adventures.

wow

I have never been more on edge, it is amazing. story keeps you glued all through!

well written, & well read,

A boy in his mid teens has erred when he attacks his new stepfather, a big domineering man who doesn't like the boy. The teen is put in an Asylum "to get better" but better isn't going to happen, it's a snake pit under a bent Psychologist. The only thing left for the lad is to escape.

Separate Storyline

Honestly the storyline was completely stand alone. Would have thought we would really hear more about the Warden and the characters from the first three Asylum books like the Sculpter. It vaguely went into the back stories. It was mainly the story of a Gay Boy and his Transexual girlfriend.

better than expected

Fantasy but believable. Sad to say that this book is accurate in how neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ people were treated when poor houses were in use. thrilling story but may be triggering for some.

Page Turner

I couldn't wait to hear what happened next. I hope to hear more about Ricky and Kay.