September Book vs Movie: No exit

Four strangers, a blizzard, a kidnapped child, and a determined young woman desperate to unmask and outwit a vicious psychopath. Will they exit here alive? This month, let's discuss a thriller by Taylor Adams (4.03 on Goodreads) & its 2022 movie - No exit.

Stream it on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/movie/no-exit-4800d468-b587-44de-bad8-2646588bfa6b

*RSVPs will be open closer to date. I'm creating the event now so that you can grab the book/watch the series ahead of time :)*

Where & when:
Location: Oak Eatery, Mall level 2/691 Manukau Road, Royal Oak, Auckland 1023
Time: 11am – 1pm, Sunday, 17 September 2023
What to bring: $3 to cover the meetup fee and an open mind. Since we're using the café’s function room, please order some food or drinks. Let's make it into a brunch & book party!

What we’ll discuss:
We’ll be guided by a list of questions, then the floor is open for discussion. We can talk about anything and everything – the plot, the characters, the writing style, the movie, the cast, etc. If you'd like, you can also bring your favourite paragraph/plot to share with the table. Here, you can let your imagination run wild – do you agree with the way that the author/screenwriter organises the plots? How would you tweak it to make the book/movie even better?

Book/movie synopsis:
A kidnapped little girl locked in a stranger’s van. No help for miles. What would you do?

On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. Inside are some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers.

Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm...and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate.

Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her?

Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35522836-no-exit

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFvupyiNEz0

IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7550014/

Cancellation:
If you cannot make it, please cancel your RSVP 48 hours ahead of time so that we can adjust the brunch booking. Thank you.

I look forward to meeting you all!