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A review by alibrarymouse
Pines: Wayward Pines: 1 by Blake Crouch, Blake Crouch
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The premise of this book is absolutely insane, and Blake Crouch does an exceptional job of making this sound and feel like books written in the 60s and 70s. It felt very much like a contemporary of William F. Nolan’s. However, I feel like we could’ve delved further into the hows of certain aspects of the town The road out bit and why Kate aged the way she did, especially.
The way he messed with time was good, but overall, Ethan isn’t super likable and it was genuinely frustrating reading the first parts of this book because he didn’t seem to be learning from his mistakes, just repeating them. And so did his wife, who eventually also annoyed me. Her entire personality was apparently to be devoted and nothing else really. Of course, we don’t get much of her perspective, but I’m still somewhat disappointed by her and Ben’s lack of characterization.
Overall, read this if you like classic sci fi. It was a good hallmark to stories like Logan’s Run and had The Giver vibes at one point.
The way he messed with time was good, but overall, Ethan isn’t super likable and it was genuinely frustrating reading the first parts of this book because he didn’t seem to be learning from his mistakes, just repeating them. And so did his wife, who eventually also annoyed me. Her entire personality was apparently to be devoted and nothing else really. Of course, we don’t get much of her perspective, but I’m still somewhat disappointed by her and Ben’s lack of characterization.
Overall, read this if you like classic sci fi. It was a good hallmark to stories like Logan’s Run and had The Giver vibes at one point.