Jameson reviewed Pines: a novel by Blake Crouch
Review of 'Pines' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Takes its sweet time getting going, but it builds to a very satisfying and captivating conclusion.
eBook, 313 pages
Published April 6, 2023 by Pan.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5290-9980-5
- ASIN:
- B0B9JFFVKX
- Goodreads:
- 73665350
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4 stars
(34 reviews)
"Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels ... off. As the days pass, Ethan's investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues 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 further from the …
"Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels ... off. As the days pass, Ethan's investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues 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 further from the world he thought he knew, from the man he thought he was, until he must face a horrifying fact - he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive" -- Author's website.
alien_sunset reviewed Pines: a novel by Blake Crouch
Review of 'Pines' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
The twist at the end was great, but getting there was a bit of a slog.
(and really if I stop to think about it for too long the ending starts to fall apart, so...ehh.)
Subjects
- Detective and mystery stories
- Employees
- Fiction
- United States
- Suspense fiction
- Missing persons
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Missing persons, fiction
- Idaho, fiction
- Fiction, psychological
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- Fiction, thrillers, general