A review by jennifer1130
Pines by Blake Crouch

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I fell out of love with Blake Crouch's work after attempting to read Abandon, which moved away from the fast-paced scifi I loved into some mad gunslinging adventure. I'm glad to say that after avoiding it on my TBR pile for a long time that Pines is more on the fast-paced scifi side than the gunslinging side. I binged it in a couple of sittings. It felt different to anything else I've been reading recently, and I'm interested to see what happens in the rest of the series.