I will also always mention how clean she plays. I attribute this largely to how nice and human she makes her characters. Ruth is excellent at capturing the reader and keeping them engaged with her narrative. It felt 100% real like it was a real app launching tomorrow.Īs always, I can’t put his books down. He did a great job behind the scenes creating the concept of the app and the company page.

The atmosphere was great: I felt like I was in this chalet and I could understand the app as if it were real. Since I wasn’t familiar with skiing, I was able to follow the book except for a few terms that I had to google.

So at one point, it’s interesting to see the power struggle when these characters find themselves on the other side of the plans.

Some characters are genuinely unsympathetic and quite amoral. I really liked the characters they were very different and I liked how Ruth brought out the face of privilege and entitlement. One is self-aware and in charge of his life, has a very objective understanding of how his choices relate to his consequences, and the other is the ultimate victim. One feels that she is not in control at all, and the other is calm, cool and collected. I really enjoyed the contrast between the narrators: one is a bit of a loner and very perceptive, and the other is socially awkward and has a hard time picking up on social cues. Worse yet, a snooper hadn’t made it away from the slope when he hit the avalanche.Īs each hour passes with no sign of rescue, panic mounts, the chalet grows colder, and the group continues to shrink…one by one. However, the storm brewing inside the chalet can’t match the outside, and a devastating avalanche cuts the group off from any access to the outside world. When the co-founder of Snoop, a trendy London tech startup, organizes a week-long trip to the French Alps for the team, it begins as a corporate retreat like any other: PowerPoint presentations and strategy sessions, punctuated by mandatory bonding at the slopes But as soon as a shareholder changes the agenda by proposing a lucrative but controversial takeover bid, tensions boil and loyalty is tested. Unless this company has eight employees… everyone has something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. Especially when there are stunning views, a full-service chef and housekeeper, a cozy fire to keep you warm, and others to keep you company. Snowing in a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t seem like the worst problem in the world.

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