u/womens-deodorant

I don't want a whole graphic novel, but after reading House of the Beast, I find I really like occasionally getting to see glimpses of what the author pictures in their mind while I read. Think the 13-Storey Treehouse/Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but smaller, more infrequent illustrations (definitely not one on every page like DoaWK), and for YA and above (no smut).

I'm interested in knowing if there are any other YA+ fiction books with occasional little b&w illustrations throughout the novel like House of the Beast does. Preferably standalone or can be read as standalone, but I'm open to series too. Genres I'd be interested in: YA fic, fantasy, romance, romantasy, historical fic, coming of age, magic, magical realism.

I read this book between 2020 and 2023.

I think everyone else in the experiment including the other participants were in on the fact that it was all fake. At some point I think one of the other participants in the experiment "dies", or at least to the main character it seems like something went seriously wrong with that participant, so she tries to escape. Then at the end her parents show up and tell her that everything was a test to she whether she'd blindly follow orders from authority or if she would try to do what's right for her/others, and she passed their test by trying to escape the facility where the experiment was taking place.

For some reason I keep thinking the title is One of Us is Lying (but of course it isn't), so maybe it's similar to that title. Maybe the word/number 5 was in the title too? Perhaps something to do with the number of people who took part in the experiment.

I read this book between 2020 and 2023.

I think everyone else in the experiment including the other participants were in on the fact that it was all fake. At some point I think one of the other participants in the experiment "dies", or at least to the main character it seems like something went seriously wrong with that participant, so she tries to escape. Then at the end her parents show up and tell her that everything was a test to she whether she'd blindly follow orders from authority or if she would try to do what's right for her/others, and she passed their test by trying to escape the facility where the experiment was taking place.

For some reason I keep thinking the title is One of Us is Lying (but of course it isn't), so maybe it's similar to that title. Maybe the word/number 5 was in the title too? Perhaps something to do with the number of people who took part in the experiment.

The rule book says the max for both is 15,000 but has anyone actually gotten a card with more than 11,862 ATK and 14,079 DEF?

Any mathematicians able to figure it out?