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markguitar's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Very good book and I hope to get the sequel. Crouch is an excellent writer. At first, I thought I wouldn't bother going to the second book. Fair warning...lots of very graphic violence, gore, torture. If you don't have a stomach for that, I'd avoid it. That almost made me want to stop. However, the book leads to a payoff in the end...it does resolve, but it also makes me curious about what's coming next. Not as good as Crouch's Incursion--which is outstanding--but still a good read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Torture, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Violence, War, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, and Vomit
lawmixitup's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Blood, Gore, Death, Violence, and Confinement
Minor: Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Mental illness
hobbithopeful's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
From the very first page I was sucked right in, and I felt as scared and helpless as poor secret agent Ethan Burke. We follow our lost main character as he awakens in town with absolutely no idea where he is, and with only vague recollections of his current situation. Matters quickly go from bad to worse as he realizes he has no wallet, no phone, and the sheriff of the town is less then helpful. Burke has to discover what is going on, and try to retain his sanity in a place where everyone is starting to think he is crazy.
Out of every monster, murderer, and creepy crawly mystery thriller I have ever read, there is something about the perfect town where everyone seems and acts happy, but there is a dark undercurrent that always unnerves me more then anything else. *shudders* Give me a vampire or a serial killer any day of the week and I will be find reading it, but the town of Wayward Pines had the hairs on the back of my neck standing on end and my heart racing!
There isn't much I can say about this book without spoilers but let me just say, never in a million years would I have guessed the insidious truth about the seemingly sleepy town of Wayward Pines, and I ran to the library website to put the next book in the trilogy on hold!
Out of every monster, murderer, and creepy crawly mystery thriller I have ever read, there is something about the perfect town where everyone seems and acts happy, but there is a dark undercurrent that always unnerves me more then anything else. *shudders* Give me a vampire or a serial killer any day of the week and I will be find reading it, but the town of Wayward Pines had the hairs on the back of my neck standing on end and my heart racing!
There isn't much I can say about this book without spoilers but let me just say, never in a million years would I have guessed the insidious truth about the seemingly sleepy town of Wayward Pines, and I ran to the library website to put the next book in the trilogy on hold!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Torture, Drug use, Vomit, Blood, Murder, War, Physical abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Medical trauma
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