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Beschreibung
'Extraordinary' Emily St John Mandel, Station Eleven
TWENTY SURVIVORS. ONE HOTEL. ONE KILLER.
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The world as we know it has ended.
You and nineteen other survivors hole up in an isolated Swiss hotel.
You wait, you survive.
Then you find the body.
One of your number has blood on their hands.
The race is on to find the killer.
Before the killer finds you....
Finished Station Eleven and Contagion and looking for your next pulse-pounding, speculative read? Look no further than The Last. This Waterstones Thriller of the month will sweep you into a world of fascinating characters and compulsive mystery.
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'One of those books you can't stop reading, but don't want to end' TM Logan, The Holiday
'Dark, compelling, original' CJ Tudor, The Burning Girls
'A scarily plausible white-knuckle read' Erin Kelly, We Know You Know
'Stephen King meets Agatha Christie' Luca Veste, You Never Said Goodbye
'Frighteningly believable' Jennie Melamed, Gather the Daughters
'Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph
'A post-apocalyptic And Then There Were None' Irish Times
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Beiträge
I received a free ebook of this book over NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Last at first gives the impression of being a crime story in an apocalyptical setting, but at it's core it's so much more. It's a jarring vision of what our world could come to if a nuclear worry would bring society to an end told through daily diaries of the main character Jon, an American who is now trapped in a hotel in Switzerland. This book isn't filled with thrilling adventure or crime, but instead deals with the real issues that might arise from a situation like this and I was instantly pulled into the story through the description of the day the world ended. It actually does have a bit of a crime story, but at it's core it's more of a character driven mystery with quite some humour and a diverse and interesting cast of characters. I can recommend this book to anyone who enjoys character driven novels and apocalyptical settings. The way the world was described in this really was as terrifying as it was interesting. Overall the only thing that missed to the five stars was just that the story dragged a bit at some parts. It's still a very enjoyable read with surprising twists and turns and an amazing ending.
Beschreibung
'Extraordinary' Emily St John Mandel, Station Eleven
TWENTY SURVIVORS. ONE HOTEL. ONE KILLER.
------
The world as we know it has ended.
You and nineteen other survivors hole up in an isolated Swiss hotel.
You wait, you survive.
Then you find the body.
One of your number has blood on their hands.
The race is on to find the killer.
Before the killer finds you....
Finished Station Eleven and Contagion and looking for your next pulse-pounding, speculative read? Look no further than The Last. This Waterstones Thriller of the month will sweep you into a world of fascinating characters and compulsive mystery.
------
'One of those books you can't stop reading, but don't want to end' TM Logan, The Holiday
'Dark, compelling, original' CJ Tudor, The Burning Girls
'A scarily plausible white-knuckle read' Erin Kelly, We Know You Know
'Stephen King meets Agatha Christie' Luca Veste, You Never Said Goodbye
'Frighteningly believable' Jennie Melamed, Gather the Daughters
'Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph
'A post-apocalyptic And Then There Were None' Irish Times
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
I received a free ebook of this book over NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Last at first gives the impression of being a crime story in an apocalyptical setting, but at it's core it's so much more. It's a jarring vision of what our world could come to if a nuclear worry would bring society to an end told through daily diaries of the main character Jon, an American who is now trapped in a hotel in Switzerland. This book isn't filled with thrilling adventure or crime, but instead deals with the real issues that might arise from a situation like this and I was instantly pulled into the story through the description of the day the world ended. It actually does have a bit of a crime story, but at it's core it's more of a character driven mystery with quite some humour and a diverse and interesting cast of characters. I can recommend this book to anyone who enjoys character driven novels and apocalyptical settings. The way the world was described in this really was as terrifying as it was interesting. Overall the only thing that missed to the five stars was just that the story dragged a bit at some parts. It's still a very enjoyable read with surprising twists and turns and an amazing ending.