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A review by badseedgirl
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
3.0
Added to TBR 01/2017
I was obsessed by the HBO series. I loved it even as it got weirder and sort of jumped the shark in Australia. And I intended to read the book after I finished the series.... but things happened and I just never got around to it. I'm glad I had that time because the series is vastly different from the series. Both are goo din their own way, but I would have been disappointed in the book if I had read it right after the series.
Except for the Rapture, there is no real supernatural elements to this book. I know, counting the complete and mysterious disappearance of 2% of the world population, seems like a pretty big deal. I know. The Avengers showed what would happen in "Avengers: Infinity War" did this in 2018, but guess what? Tom Perrotta did it in 2011!
Sorry, I don't mean to start ranting. Anyway, This book deals more about sudden and unexpected loss and how it effects people differently. There are no "bad guys" in the book, although it is interesting the note that almost all of the religious entities in the book come across as questionable, Reverend Jamison, Holy Wayne, and the Guilty Remnant (also known as G.R.) do some very questionable things in the name of religion. The Barefoot People on the other hand just seem like hippie dropouts.
This was a thoughtful book, and would have been a four star book, if it had not just ended. Seriously. I checked the binding to see if there had been some pages lost, that is how abrupt the ending is.
I was obsessed by the HBO series. I loved it even as it got weirder and sort of jumped the shark in Australia. And I intended to read the book after I finished the series.... but things happened and I just never got around to it. I'm glad I had that time because the series is vastly different from the series. Both are goo din their own way, but I would have been disappointed in the book if I had read it right after the series.
Except for the Rapture, there is no real supernatural elements to this book. I know, counting the complete and mysterious disappearance of 2% of the world population, seems like a pretty big deal. I know. The Avengers showed what would happen in "Avengers: Infinity War" did this in 2018, but guess what? Tom Perrotta did it in 2011!
Sorry, I don't mean to start ranting. Anyway, This book deals more about sudden and unexpected loss and how it effects people differently. There are no "bad guys" in the book, although it is interesting the note that almost all of the religious entities in the book come across as questionable, Reverend Jamison, Holy Wayne, and the Guilty Remnant (also known as G.R.) do some very questionable things in the name of religion. The Barefoot People on the other hand just seem like hippie dropouts.
This was a thoughtful book, and would have been a four star book, if it had not just ended. Seriously. I checked the binding to see if there had been some pages lost, that is how abrupt the ending is.