This is part of the Carnegie Shadowing shortlist which I am currently taking part in. I really liked this book even though it is quite horrific and not one for the faint hearted. It tells us the story of Linus who is living rough on the streets. One day he sees a blind man struggling and he goes to help, but that's how he got him. This is Linus' diary and he writes his experiences in it most days.

He wakes in a bunker where there are 6 of everything, so you do suspect that more people are going to come. And soon enough 5 more people come to join him in the bunker.

Their captor tortures them in various different ways, mentally, physically and slowly they turn against each other as they fear each other's insanity and their longing for freedom. It's all like a game to their captor, he loves to mess with their minds.

The book is fantastic yet also quite spine-chilling; it certainly makes you wary of strangers. I think is quite similar to Anne Frank's diary in the way that it just stops at the end. There is no official ending but you can make inferences as to how it ends.

I really enjoyed this book, it's not for younger readers as the ideas and themes running through it are not suitable. I would never have looked at this book had it not been for the Carnegie Shadowing, but I am glad I've read it. I would definitely recommend it to those who are 13+.

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