Name: Choker
ISBN: 9781442412330

Elizabeth Woods

You can never be sure who you can trust, even your best friend. A new thriller!

Choker

Alexa M

the ending of this was fucking wild but I still guessed the ending so that was kind of annoying :/

Mariana 

This book was definitely something different to all I had read before. The ending was sort of surprising, it was good. There were soe perfectly described parts, I could see or smell. Woods showed some realistic stuff and described it incredibly well. However, I give it three stars because I didn't love the writing style. I feel the author built up a lot of tension and the climax was not satisfying enough. The side characters weren't deeply developed, I feel the author only developed Cara. The book shows a really toxic friendship and some really creepy stuff, not in a good way. 
Still the ending was really really good, gave me shivers I did not see it coming. Read it, there is nothing dashing but it's worth reading.

Hannah K

This was my first thriller/mystery/psycho book. I'm usually a big fan of lovable and well written characters which this book didn't really have, but that was totally fine since this kind of genre specifies more on the story I suppose. The story was interesting and really grabbed my attention; I really wanted to know what path it took. It was definitely creepy and although I had correct assumptions (because I like to puzzle about plots sometimes) it still had a great plot twist of which I'm sure many won't expect. It was a relatively quick read and I would definitely recommend it if you are into thrilling, creepy teenage drama. 
Also, I read this book in german so I can't really say much about Elizabeth Woods' style of writing.

ashley hopkins

This was definitely a crazy ride of a story. I knew something was off with one of the characters, but I was thinking ok this is what the character is. With that being said I a little shocked. A more in depth review to come. :)

Jordan Robinson

Creepy. Thats all there is to this book. And the cover is pretty. (:

Lonneke

O my god. Even though I thought about this ending in the beginning I'm shocked. Wow. Why isn't this book talked about more?

estefania sanchez sanz

Choker is a stand-alone book written by Elisabeth Woods. It was also her debut novel. It was published back in 2011, although it is not a well-known book. I found about it thanks to Raeleen over padfootandprongs07 on YouTube, as well as Ariel over arielbisset on YouTube. Both of them said they really liked it, hence I thought I should give it a try. Moreover, they were right: it was good it was really good!

 Cara is an invisible girl in her high school. She does not have powers but no one really notices her, until one day. While she was having lunch at the cafeteria she almost chokes herself. She was saved by Ethan, “the boy”. Ever since that moment people, especially the group led by Ethan’s girlfriend, Alexis, start calling her choker.
A cause of this she starts having a really hard time, and she could really use a friend. Therefore, Zoe appears. Zoe was Cara's best friend in the place Cara used to live; they were inseparable. Zoe is now there because she had had trouble in her house, hence she asks Cara to stay at her place while she sorts things out. Cara accepts.
Next morning, Cara’s neighbor, who is one of Alexis’ best friend, is founded dead at the pool. Her friends and her were having a little party and it seems she got drunk, fell into the pool and drown. However, the police think it might not have been an accident.
After Sydney’s death, Zoe convinces Cara to change a bit, and go for Ethan. Therefore she does, although Alexis is still in the middle. If she disappeared everything will be perfect in Cara’s life. She will have everything she has ever wanted: a hot boyfriend and her best friend nearby.
However, sometimes is better not to wish too much, because you can end up getting it.

 Choker was a nail-biting, really interesting type of book. The story develops really fast, but slow enough to keep the suspense. Despite the fact the ending was one of the two existent predictable options. Apart from that, the book was amazing.
Also, in my personal opinion, I think the book takes an interesting turn on the theme of bullying; the whole point of how things can turn out for a person who has suffered from bulling, it is not a usual aspect to be considered.
Apart from that, the epilogue gave a creepy tone to the end. It reminded me of the endings from Pretty Little Liars TV series episodes.

 To sum up, Choker was an overall fantastic book, which trapped me from cover to cover. It was even better than I was expected. And because of that I think more people should read it. It is not a book in the hype but it is a really good book.

Tera West

This book is simply amazing. I read it while riding to South Dakota with my parents. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time! The ending that I had in mind was TOTALLY different from what really happened, and that's the best part!

Danielle H.

I'm going to start off by first saying that I absolutely love the cover of this book! 

But now moving on to the book itself. A lot of what happened in this book was pretty predictable, though I have to admit I wasn't fully expecting the ending. I had a vague idea of what I thought would happen, but wasn't exactly sure. Cara's friend Zoe was a total possessive friend. She gets jealous of Cara going to hang out with other people; basically, she doesn't like Cara having a life that doesn't involve her. 

In my honest opinon, Cara was a complete push over. Even when she was suspicious of Zoe, she would just shrug it off because Zoe would get all defensive and deny everything. First of all, if the girl is freaking out and going in denial, than that's a tell-tale sign that she did do something she shouldn't have. 

The story behind the title Choker wasn't exactly what I thought it would be. Not that it was bad or anything.

It's really hard to review this book without giving the whole story away, so the review won't be much longer for this one. The ending, it's just weird. Like I said earlier, I sort of saw it coming, but it doesn't take away from the weirdness. I felt so bad for Cara. 

Overall, I did enjoy this book, despite its rather predictable story line. The predictability is what kept me from giving it 5 stars, but I would suggest this book to pretty much anybody. Mystery lovers, suspense seekers, whoever :)

Choker

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