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The Last One
Alexandra Oliva
Thriller / Speculative Fiction / Survival
Synopsis
Twelve contestants enter the wilderness for a high-stakes survival reality show. Then something goes catastrophically wrong in the outside world — and one contestant, cut off from the truth, can't tell where the show ends and reality begins. Alexandra Oliva's debut is a gripping, unsettling thriller about survival, media, and the stories we tell ourselves to keep going.
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Alexandra Oliva
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Discussion
Bring these to the table
Prompt 01 · The Last One
“How does the book blur the line between entertainment and reality?”
Prompt 02 · The Last One
“At what point did you, as a reader, know more than the protagonist — and how did that feel?”
Prompt 03 · The Last One
“What does the novel say about our culture of watching other people's suffering?”
Prompt 04 · The Last One
“How does isolation reshape the protagonist's mind over the course of the story?”
Prompt 05 · The Last One
“Was the ending hopeful, devastating, or both?”