Yes, everyone in the reviews is correct. It is different from his other newer stuff like Dark Matter and Recursion but it was still amazing. I don’t know why it’s getting hate but I loved the back and forth between time frames and both stories colliding. Must read in my mind.

Let me start by saying I normally LOVE Blake’s books. In fact I’m always a pre-order fan ever since the first read. But this wasn’t just a departure. It was just like it was written by someone entirely different. I can appreciate change and different stories. But I just could not get into this one at all.

Couldn’t finish it, and I loved Wayward Pines, Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade. Go read all of those if you haven’t and skip this book.

Dark Matter by the same author is one of my favorite books. I’ve read it maybe 8 times. Hard to believe this is the same author. This is torture to get through. The back and forth timelines are tedious with too many characters, none of which I care about. Nothing is happening thus far. It’s like an old book the author wrote a long time ago and his publisher insisted this should be published. If that is the case or whatever, whoever idea this was too publish should be fired, this is not doing the author any favors to his career. But seriously go read Dark Matter.

I couldn’t find a good reason to like this book. Ughhh.

Only a dark mind could write something this twisted. Plenty of graphic violence, including a preacher who becomes a mass murderer, then brainwashes a 6-year old girl into thinking God wants her to be a serial killer.