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Abandon: A Novel by Blake Crouch
Nov. 10th, 2023 04:27 pm
A century-old mystery—and a desperate battle to survive—unfold in this standalone thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion .
On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone found.
Now, journalist Abigail Foster and her historian father have set out to explore the long-abandoned town and learn what happened. With them are two backcountry guides—along with a psychic and a paranormal photographer who are there to investigate rumors that the town is haunted.
But Abigail and her companions are about to learn that the town’s ghosts are the least of their worries. Twenty miles from civilization, with a blizzard bearing down, they realize they are not alone.
The ordeal that follows will test this small team past the breaking point as they battle the elements and human foes alike—and discover that the town’s secrets still have the power to kill.
Having read several of Crouch’s books, I was taken in by the books’ blurb. The “town’s secrets still have the power to kill,” line, especially. And apparently Goodreads was, too, as it lists horror as one of its genres. Maybe it is, but not the kind of horror I was expecting. And wanting.
What it is is more of a mystery story, which I’m not fond of, mostly because, like this story, they can only move forward because bad things keep happening. Just when you think the hero (or heroine,) have finally caught a break, something else is thrown in the way. Because, hey, once the mystery is solved the book has to end.
There were some interesting characters, who unfortunately the reader knows at the onset that those characters don’t make it since every person in the town disappears and are never seen again. Except, it turns out, for two who manage to not share the same fate. Though one’s fate is actually worse. The other’s is never explained.
This wasn’t a bad book; and I imagine those who read these kind of books will like it. I did…sort of. Just not enough.
Made it to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro!
Mount TBR 2023 Book Links
( Mount TBR 2023 Book Links 1-50 )
51. Lady in Waiting by Susan Meissner
52. Jackdaw (Jackdaw #1) by K.J. Charles
53. Blightborn (Heartland #2) by Chuck Wendig
54. The Harvest (Heartland #3) by Chuck Wendig
55. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
56. Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
57. The Change by Kirsten Miller
58. The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
59. The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1) by Anne Rice
60. Abandon by Blake Crouch
