Defender by G X Todd is an imaginative thriller that draws on influences from Stephen King, Clive Barker and Neil Gaiman to create a new world - where the biggest threat mankind faces is from the voices inside your own head. If you loved The Stand, you'll love Defender, the first in a four part series.'Defender is lifted way above other novels in the over-subscribed post-apocalyptic subgenre by Todd's sympathetic characterisation and superb pacing' Guardian'Defender stands head and shoulders above most recent post-apocalyptic offerings' Independent'Compelling, suspenseful, and altogether extraordinary' Lee Child'So accomplished that it's difficult to believe it's a first novel, Defender is already worthy to take its place alongside The Stand in the canon. An absolute gem of a book' John Connolly'On the cusp of sleep, have we not all heard a voice call out our name?' In a world where long drinks are in short supply, a stranger listens to the voice in his head telling him to buy a lemonade from the girl sitting on a dusty road. The moment locks them together. Here and now it's dangerous to listen to your inner voice. Those who do, keep it quiet. These voices have purpose. And when Pilgrim meets Lacey, there is a reason. He just doesn't know it yet.Defender pulls you on a wild ride to a place where the voices in your head will save or slaughter you
Wyldwood wrote: » Officially saying goodbye to Archie Ferguson & giving up on Auster's 4 3 2 1. I found it an overly long slog. I'm just under half way and I'm finding myself dreading picking it up. The writing style is very annoying, long waffling sentences that go off on a tangent much too often. Huge passages of adolescent ramblings that go on for pages that have no bearing on the story. The way the 4 lives of Ferguson are written makes the book very difficult to follow and I found myself constantly looking back to see which Archie this was and what his relationship was to whom. Took all enjoyment out of reading. I think I would have enjoyed it more if the 4 lives had been written consecutively rather than simultaneously. Much as I hate to give up on a book it's just too long to slog on with so back to the library it goes. On to Julian Barnes' The Only Story now.
eire4 wrote: » Finished Broken Harbor by Tana French. Another good offering from French. More of a psychological thriller this time then her other earlier books which are more crime dramas.
LionelNashe wrote: » I've read this, (or rather Audibled it), along with 2 or 3 of her others. The characters and the way she writes the narrators' voices are always amazing, but something's missing, I don't know what.
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