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3.21 AVERAGE
3.21 AVERAGE
I enjoyed this book. Very quick read. I wanted to read it before the Netflix movie came out, and now that I have, I am looking forward to watching, but I know it'll be very different from the book. This isn't an action story or a horror story. It's more a story about how people deal with a tense situation. Not great, but worth reading.
fast-paced
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I could get behind the author and writing style. The story just wound up uninteresting I guess. Call it missed potential?
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
En mkt bra bokklubbsbok för jag kan verkligen inte se ett djupare budskap eller poängen med denna bok, alt är det något uppenbart men dåligt förmedlat. Ganska platt? Och slutet var ett sånt slut som inte var ett slut så man undrar vad som hände
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I'll say that this is likely to be one of those books that you you either love or hate with no middle ground.
The style of the prose annoyed me immensely and I had to push through. However, I soon grew used to it. At about the halfway point, and certainly in the latter 25%, the tension picked up and had me gripped. Sadly, though, we never do find out what's happened. No clue what the actual catastrophe is, aside from the odd hint buried here and there in the vastly flowery prose.
A final point is that the narrative is told from omniscient point of view, which leads to chronic head hopping. However, the author did this well enough that I could get along with it for the most part. Only a couple of times did I have to stop and re-read to ascertain who's head I was in at a particular point. What didn't work was that the voices of the kids read exactly like the voices of the adults.
All in all, it's an okay read but not I will not be recommending it to others.
The style of the prose annoyed me immensely and I had to push through. However, I soon grew used to it. At about the halfway point, and certainly in the latter 25%, the tension picked up and had me gripped. Sadly, though, we never do find out what's happened. No clue what the actual catastrophe is, aside from the odd hint buried here and there in the vastly flowery prose.
A final point is that the narrative is told from omniscient point of view, which leads to chronic head hopping. However, the author did this well enough that I could get along with it for the most part. Only a couple of times did I have to stop and re-read to ascertain who's head I was in at a particular point. What didn't work was that the voices of the kids read exactly like the voices of the adults.
All in all, it's an okay read but not I will not be recommending it to others.
2.5 stars; I'm not really sure what I just listened to? I didn't mind some of the superfluous descriptions that others complained about & I liked the character development (they all felt like *real* people to me), but I'm missing the thriller / plot of this book. I guess it's more lit fiction than story-driven, but the synopsis is all about: "who can trust who? What is happening out in the world?" I enjoyed listening to the story to hear where it would go, but I would have a hard time recommending it to someone else. It'll be interesting to see how closely the Netflix adaptation is to the book.