Eadie B. (eadieburke) - , reviewed on 9/26/2021 + 1617 more book reviews

Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, trying to locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the this town one month earlier. Ethan is involved in a violent accident and arrives in the hospital where strange things begin to happen to him. Soon 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? Ethan soon finds out he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. This book was a quick read. I found it to be more of a sci-fi book than a thriller. It is somewhat hard to believe that Ethan is a secret service agent as he seems more like the sheriff he ends up being in Wayward Pines. Crouch also went a bit too far with the story in the end which took away from the book. I also watched the TV series on Fox which was advertised on my book. I actually enjoyed the TV series more than the book. If you enjoyed Stephen King's books, The Stand and Under The Dome then you may enjoy Pines too.

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