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A review by teachinsci
The Broken Room by Peter Clines
5.0
A blockbuster adventure/horror-thriller in book form.
Hector is an ex-operative who is drinking himself to oblivion when SHE walks in... she being a tiny 12-year-old (Natalie) who needs help and has a way to get it from Hector. The adventure proceeds mostly from Hector's point of view except when Natalie tells her story and a few other select times. Shadowy operatives, wanton death and destruction, emotionless scientists performing horrific experiments on the helpless.... this book checks all of the boxes of why you should sympathize with the protagonists (and does it well).
Clines moves us through this dark world which is recognizably our own. He includes such details as the horrific travails of South American refugees trying to make it to America and the continuing ugliness of the reception they find. His characters are Hispanic and he has the honesty of writing to show the difference that makes in America. While not the focus of the book, the inclusion of the details is especially important because the are reality for so many. Ignoring them would have made for a less honest, and poorer book overall.
I have read many books by Peter Clines (LOVED his Ex-Heroes series), and always pick up his books given the chance. You should too.
Thank you to the publisher (#BlackstonePublishing) and Netgalley (#Netgalley) for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.
#theBrokenRoom #PeterClines
Hector is an ex-operative who is drinking himself to oblivion when SHE walks in... she being a tiny 12-year-old (Natalie) who needs help and has a way to get it from Hector. The adventure proceeds mostly from Hector's point of view except when Natalie tells her story and a few other select times. Shadowy operatives, wanton death and destruction, emotionless scientists performing horrific experiments on the helpless.... this book checks all of the boxes of why you should sympathize with the protagonists (and does it well).
Clines moves us through this dark world which is recognizably our own. He includes such details as the horrific travails of South American refugees trying to make it to America and the continuing ugliness of the reception they find. His characters are Hispanic and he has the honesty of writing to show the difference that makes in America. While not the focus of the book, the inclusion of the details is especially important because the are reality for so many. Ignoring them would have made for a less honest, and poorer book overall.
I have read many books by Peter Clines (LOVED his Ex-Heroes series), and always pick up his books given the chance. You should too.
Thank you to the publisher (#BlackstonePublishing) and Netgalley (#Netgalley) for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.
#theBrokenRoom #PeterClines