But I am also a terribly inpatient person, so I fault no one other than myself. Towards the beginning, I became frustrated that no answers were revealed. My only critique about the plot is it could have been just a tiny bit more evenly paced. Similar to Crouch’s other books, Pines made me think about the future or an alternative world that science may play a large part in. Once I reached the big reveal, I loved that it was nothing that I anticipated. Despite lounging on my couch for the entirety, there was adrenaline coursing through my veins. Pines is a propulsive, fascinating book that I read in one sitting. On the way, Ethan is in a car accident and wakes to find that there is something off with both himself and the town. Pines is the story of one Secret Service agent, Ethan, sent to Wayward Pines, Idaho to look for two agents who went missing on a previous mission to the town. It was the perfect excuse to finally read one of Crouch’s older books. When decided to feature one of his backlist titles, Pines, as a January group buddy read, I jumped at the chance. Thanks to Book of the Month, I have read Blake Crouch’s three most recent books and loved every single one. The nail-bitingly suspenseful opening installment in Blake Crouch’s blockbuster Wayward Pines trilogy, Pines is at once a brilliant mystery tale and the first step into a genre-bending saga of suspense, science fiction, and horror. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase.Īs the days pass, Ethan’s investigation 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?Įach step closer to the truth takes Ethan farther from the world he knew, from the man he was, until he must face a horrifying fact-he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident.

Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a mission: locate two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho in search of two missing federal agents, yet soon is facing much more than he bargained for.

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