Then it got a bit long and boring for a few chapters, then it got good again. ' This was a good read, the first part of it was seriously unnerving when the main character, Ethan was stuck in this quaint little town, that was more like Stepford-ville.

I especially enjoyed the intrigue surrounding Ethan's visit to Wayward Pines. This was a quick read and an interesting concept. Didn't like the ending, but interesting overall. Then, it gets a little slower and stranger. ' Intriguing and fast read for the first 3/4 of the book. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.

The plot and suspense really kept me wanting to continue.' I finished the second half of this in the course of two days and could have easily done it in one had it been a weekend. And the fact is that in the eight days it took me to read it, a few of these days I didn't have a chance to read very much or at all. But this solid book has its share of thoughtful passages and emotion to keep me from doing so. 'I can give a handful of minor reasons to give this three stars without being overly critical. The nail-bitingly suspenseful opening installment in Blake Crouch’s blockbuster Wayward Pines trilogy, Pines is at once a brilliant mystery tale and the first step into a genre-bending saga of suspense, science fiction, and horror. As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation turns up more questions than answers: Why can’t he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out? Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan farther from the world he knew, from the man he was, until he must face a horrifying fact-he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.

He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a mission: locate two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. The first book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade One way in.

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