Followers

256 pages

English language

Published May 6, 2016 by Pan Macmillan, Picador.

ISBN:
978-1-4472-2475-4
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"On the bleak, windswept moors of northern England, a small religious cult has cut itself off from society, believing they have found meaning in a purposeless world. Led by their prophet Nathaniel, they eagerly await the end times. But when the prophet brings in a new recruit, Stephanie, along with her rebellious daughter Judith, the group's delicate dynamic is disturbed. Judith is determined to escape, but her feelings are complicated by a growing friendship with another of the children, the naïve and trusting Moses, who has never experienced the outside world. Meanwhile, another member is starting to have doubts of his own, unleashing a horrifying chain of events that will destroy the followers' lives. In the aftermath, the survivors struggle to adjust to the real world, haunted by the same questions: if you've been persuaded to surrender your individual will, are you still responsible for your actions? And is there …

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I love how Rebecca Wait writes, the way she portrays the characters, the way she gives the reader a complete insight. She writes from all the different perspectives, which makes it easy to understand all the different emotions that the characters struggle with.

I've always been interested in cults, so I might be a little bit biased. But either way, this story was great. Haunting, but beautiful. I felt so many different things at once. While the friendship between Judith and Moses warmed my heart, the relationship between Esther and Thomas crushed it. What a rollercoaster.

I would recommend.

Subjects

  • England, fiction
  • Fiction, psychological