Krentler Media has created Slashtag, a horror survival competition show set in the Propitius Hotel, where the ghost of HH Holmes-like murderer Arthur Wilson roams. But what good is an untested escape experience?

Four friends become the guinea pigs in Try Not to Die on Slashtag, a cleverly written choose-your-own-adventure style horror survivor novel in which Krentler Media fine-tunes their masterpiece.

The participants aim to locate three Arthur Wilson artifacts, return them to a chamber that will render Arthur corporeal, and then destroy the Amulet of Duriel that gives him his power. Sounds easy, right? The experience is highly personalized to the participants who are forced to face their deepest fears. Up against complicated and gross puzzles and a homicidal specter able to inflict real damage, the group works together with the reader as we all try not to die.

Each scene ends with a choice. Choose wrong, and your character will face an unpleasant fate. There are no obvious “safe” choices. Mine killed almost everyone off, and what fun that is! I almost wanted to guess wrong.

Having already read Slashtag I had the benefit of knowing the game's purpose. Does it impact the story? Probably, since it is one of the best reveals in Slashtag; a real Cabin in the Woods-level surprise. Reading Slashtag isn’t a pre-requisite, but since I already had, it enhanced the enjoyable return to a novel I loved.

Try Not to Die on Slashtag is a master class in building horror suspense and writing fear. The author takes the reader on a seriously mind-bending, skin-crawling, terror-inflicting ride. If you love escape rooms, HH Holmes lore, and are of an age to reap the nostalgic benefit of the choose-your-own-adventure novel, I cannot recommend these books highly enough.

Side note: I am a two-Kindle reader, which isn't normally an issue because of ‘sync to the furthest page read.’ Because of the way this choose-your-own-adventure works, if you put it down on one Kindle and pick it up on another, the sync feature won’t necessarily return you to the right place. The next scene could be at a technically earlier point in the book. I defeated this by using ‘go to’ and ‘location,’ but I had to remember to grab my last location before starting on my other Kindle.

Clever, clever, clever!

Ever read a 'Choose your own Adventure' book as a child? Try Not to Die on Slashtag: An Interactive Adventure is a choose-your-adventure horror book for adults. This was a fun, well thought out, entertaining, and horrific try-not-to-die book! This is a prequel to the book Slashtag. You do not need to read that book to enjoy this one!

Jeremy had been invited to the backlot of a studio by a friend who had been an extra in shows for quite some time. He is excited after years of film school to be at an actual studio. Even better to be able to be a playtester for a reality television show where one must survive the frightening Propitius Hotel.

Choose carefully. I did not make the best choices while reading this book. I loved how you got to pick what to do and then read what happens. When you get to the end of that section you learn if you choose correctly and/or the consequences of not choosing correctly. The book jumps around in place as you choose. For instance, you may be at 15% in the book but then you make a choice, and you end up at 54% of the book, but then you got back, etc.

I had a lot of fun with the various scenarios. This was truly unique, fun, original, and well thought out. Obviously, this is not your typical horror book but don't worry, horrific things do happen! Plus, you have yourself to blame!

This is the most fun I have had reading a book in the horror genre.

As a kid who loved Choose Your Own Adventure novels, I was so excited to dive into a TNTD. Being able to revisit the world of Slashtag and the Propitious Hotel was so much fun! I thought the choices for the reader and story as a whole were well-written and tied together.

Jeremy and three friends from film school sign up for a game show in a haunted place. They should have read the fine print. They must use their wits to escape their fears and the ghosts. Every decision you make changes your fate. Can you escape?

I had a great time reading this interactive horror book. And let me just tell you it has been cemented in stone that I would not have survived this situation our characters found themselves in as not only did I die in the first chapter, but it was also followed by a LOT of poor decisions on my part that lead to me dying over and over again. Only occasionally interspersed with making the right decision and moving forward within the story.

Beyond the fun of the interactive story which has made me want to track down others like it and see if I can find my old Goosebump choose your own adventure books, I thought this book was appropriately creepy. Being set in an old abandoned mining town where the ghost of a notorious serial killer made his home experimenting on his unsuspecting victims. I liked our main character Jeremy and although I led him into some hairy situations, some of which he made it out of alive, he showed himself to be smart, and empathetic towards his fellow contestants.

I will absolutely be checking out Jon Cohn's other books especially Slashtag, which is the book set after the events of this one.

This book brought to you by Mark Tullius and written by Jon Cohn was fast paced, seriously creepy and so much fun! I was actually sad when I made it through because I didn't want it to end! This was an incredible addition to the TNTD books! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

As a kid, I was obsessed with the "Choose your own Adventure" books; Try Not to Die on Slashtag: An Interactive Adventure is a choose-your-adventure horror book for adults. So naturally, I was very excited to read it!

The writing isn't award-winning, but man, this book is fun. I ended up dying from almost every choice I made- the few choices I made where I didn't die felt like such wins! This is definitely an adult book- there are adult topics/words and the horror/deaths can get a little nasty and graphic.

I didn't read the original Slashtag book, but you don't need to. I'll definitely check it out, because the premise sounds right up my alley.

Some of the "Try Not to Die" books are on KU, I'm definitely going to check them out. I had so much fun with this one, I fully recommend it for choose-your-own-adventure and horror fans!

I really liked this book, this is my first interactive books and it was amazing. You die multiple times but it was a fun experience.

A really well written and grizzly interactive story. Are you dying to get into the film industry? That may be what it takes. The book followed four people who sign up to beta test an idea for a TV series. The catch? It is set in a haunted hotel with a horrible history. When things start to do wrong what choices would you make? This book has surprises, scares and a bit of gore. It was a fun read.

A quick read, bit of horror fun but not seriously horrific. It passed an hour on.

This was interesting, a choose your own adventure book. Brought back memories from the books like that from childhood. .