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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved it!
I struggled to write this review. Not because I could not find something nice to say but because I had nothing bad to say. My usual modus operandi is to focus on things that I didn't like, things that sounded unrealistic or were disruptive to the overall immersion into the book, “the intruders” simply lacked all of those bad qualities that I could complain about. Be it the narrative or the plot, or even the ending, while unexpected, did not leave room for me to say things should have turned out somehow differently.
So with nothing bad to say, I will say only one thing. Pick it up, read it, I do not think you will regret it.
I am not a big fan of the horror genre. Although I should not say that, I am a fan of the kind of horror that is realistic. The kind that you know could be happening right next door without you knowing anything about it. This is the kind of horror – thriller “the intruders” is. It is not that Shepperd is going around killing people, it is that the people that are the closest to you could be taken over internally by intruders. Within days those closest to you can become someone else, and in a way it is worse than having those people die. When a person dies, in a way it is a period at the end of their story, you can close the book and start moving on. When a person is slowly morphing into someone you do not recognize you are constantly reminded of the person you have lost and the person you will never again find and it makes it almost impossible to move on and find closure. To add onto the possibility of the book being true is the short but important discussion of mental illness and substance abuse. It is, entirely possible that people around us are fighting intruders in the minds right as we speak.
Plot: 5
Writing: 5 (I think I have come to the conclusion that I like British writers more than American writers.)
Characters: 5
I struggled to write this review. Not because I could not find something nice to say but because I had nothing bad to say. My usual modus operandi is to focus on things that I didn't like, things that sounded unrealistic or were disruptive to the overall immersion into the book, “the intruders” simply lacked all of those bad qualities that I could complain about. Be it the narrative or the plot, or even the ending, while unexpected, did not leave room for me to say things should have turned out somehow differently.
So with nothing bad to say, I will say only one thing. Pick it up, read it, I do not think you will regret it.
I am not a big fan of the horror genre. Although I should not say that, I am a fan of the kind of horror that is realistic. The kind that you know could be happening right next door without you knowing anything about it. This is the kind of horror – thriller “the intruders” is. It is not that Shepperd is going around killing people, it is that the people that are the closest to you could be taken over internally by intruders. Within days those closest to you can become someone else, and in a way it is worse than having those people die. When a person dies, in a way it is a period at the end of their story, you can close the book and start moving on. When a person is slowly morphing into someone you do not recognize you are constantly reminded of the person you have lost and the person you will never again find and it makes it almost impossible to move on and find closure. To add onto the possibility of the book being true is the short but important discussion of mental illness and substance abuse. It is, entirely possible that people around us are fighting intruders in the minds right as we speak.
Plot: 5
Writing: 5 (I think I have come to the conclusion that I like British writers more than American writers.)
Characters: 5
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Decided to read this because the promos for the fall tv show based on this intrigued me. Interesting supernatural premise. Took awhile for the plot to thicken but kept my interest.
I clearly have literacy issues. I have been reading the Straw Men series from the first book. On the author's Wikipedia page, there's a list under the name Michael Marshall (he has written under 2 different names). For some lame reason, my brain told me that meant all the Michael Marshall books are Straw Men books.
Um... no.
BUT, this book DOES have a minor character from SM#3 and some other SM elements.
It was a good book. I'm starting to think this author is taking the John Grisham route - where his first book was his best. The rest are good, but...
Um... no.
BUT, this book DOES have a minor character from SM#3 and some other SM elements.
It was a good book. I'm starting to think this author is taking the John Grisham route - where his first book was his best. The rest are good, but...
A well-written story with a bizarre premise that went on far too long. I gave up about 3/4 of the way through and jumped to the end.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I first watched the television show made from this movie on BBC America. After getting heavily invested in the tv show and seeing the cliff hanger it ended on, I knew I immediately had to go buy this book to read it. I was hoping to find out that the cliff hanger was resolved in the book; however, it is sadly not so fingers crossed for a season 2 of the television show!
About the book specifically: I loved it. I liked even better that wasn't the same as the tv show. The storyline was different in some places and identical in other places. I really wished I had read the book before seeing the tv show so I wouldn't have been expecting certain plot lines. But nonetheless, it was a great book by itself.
I don't think I could have understood the book without the tv show, and watching the tv show made the book much more understandable. I definitely recommend anybody who's interested in ghosts and life after death to read this book (and watch the television show). I took off a star since I needed both pieces of the puzzle to understand anything even though the tv show was more of an elaborate description of what went on in the book.
About the book specifically: I loved it. I liked even better that wasn't the same as the tv show. The storyline was different in some places and identical in other places. I really wished I had read the book before seeing the tv show so I wouldn't have been expecting certain plot lines. But nonetheless, it was a great book by itself.
I don't think I could have understood the book without the tv show, and watching the tv show made the book much more understandable. I definitely recommend anybody who's interested in ghosts and life after death to read this book (and watch the television show). I took off a star since I needed both pieces of the puzzle to understand anything even though the tv show was more of an elaborate description of what went on in the book.