The third book in the internationally bestselling series that inspired the Fox TV show.Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. Their children are taught that David Pilcher, the town’s creator, is god. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed.But Ethan … killed.
But Ethan has discovered the astonishing secret of what lies beyond the electrified fence that surrounds Wayward Pines and protects it from the terrifying world beyond. It is a secret that has the entire population completely under the control of a madman and his army of followers, a secret that is about to come storming through the fence to wipe out this last, fragile remnant of humanity.
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Great conclusion to an exciting series. I would love to find out what happens next.
Not an entirely satisfying conclusion, but the pace remains breakneck up to the end.
I enjoyed the conclusion of this book. Listened to it through Audible. I enjoyed how it all resolved and how the town worked together on it. I liked where it went and all that was learned through out the book.
The Audible reader was enjoyable and had good speed and feel. I did not like how he pronounced Boise in any of the books. It is just a pet peeve of mine.
The main reason for three stars on this book was that there was a lot of language. I didn’t mind it enough to stop reading, but I would make sure if I suggest this book to let the reader know of the amount of language.
Terrific and horrible all at once.
The third book in the Wayward Pines Trilogy, we get the perspective of many characters and their reactions to Ethan’s revelations and Pilcher’s subsequent drastic measures.
The lives of everyone in The Last Town are in jeopardy, from the abbies and in some cases from each other.
I’m hoping Mr Crouch will find it in himself to continue where the epilogue (I use the term loosely) left off. I’d love to know what could possibly be next.
You really have to read the first two books in the series before this one. I thought that it was a very original story with lots of twists and turns.
I loved this series! I read all 3 books in 4 days, and this last one was just non-stop action right from the first page until almost the end. And wow, that ending! I’m not going to say any more, just recommend that you read the books and see the madness for yourself!
Personally, this was my least favorite book of the series, although, I did like the way it ended. Guess that’s the humanity in my DNA. I found most of this horrible and terribly depressing. By the time I reached the last chapter, the story had plummeted down to 1star simply for the fact of how the town chose to dispose of Pilcher. However, after the last chapter and epilogue, I’ll give it 2stars. Based on the epilogue, it begs the questions, will there be a follow up series? Is it in the works already?
Time moves slowly in these books. Between the start of the last book and this one, only a week has passed. Ethan has learned that the children at the school have been being taught that David Pilcher – the town’s founder – is a god. No one is allowed to leave. If you ask questions, you take a chance of being killed.
But Ethan knows the towns secret, and he is one of the only people. He is trying to decide if he should keep this secret to himself, or share it with the towns people. His decision will change everything. (whether that is good or bad, you will have to wait to find out).
Interesting end to the series. The books was going along great, but the ending was a bit of a let down. I think it was because it left me wanting more. I wanted the story to continue to see where it went. Maybe the author will write another book. Or maybe the TV show will further the story.
I would say read all three. Each book covers such a small time period, it would be hard to just read one.
Not As Good As The First Two Books In This Series
I did not like this book as I did the others. First, as expected from the ending of the second book, Wayward, you knew that this book would start with an attack of abbies. The attack basically was the first 40% of the book. This may make a good movie, if you liked World War Z, but in a novel it seems to draw out. Second, Adam makes it back, there are glimpses of the outside world, but the author really never exploited that. I personally would have liked to see the abbies as something more than mindless horrific killing machines. There are hints. Thirdly, there was the ending. It was predictable. The author tried with the last nine words of the book to salvage the ending so that you would not feel like the ending of HBO’s Sopranos. To me, it just was not a satisfactory ending. This book was not up to the quality of the first two, but if you read the first two books, do read this one to find out what has happened—I am glad that I did read it, but I rate this book only three stars.
I loved the whole Wayward Pine Trilogy. The tv series didn’t do it justice unfortunately. I highly recommend this series.
Sadly, the final in the trilogy.
I devoured the three novels in record time – the story; writing style; action were all wonderfully put together.
I have rarely read such an amazing series and one that could not be put down.
Hopefully, Mr. Crouch will do one more book to follow up the lives of the residents of Wayward Pines.
I Loved all three books in the” Wayward Pines Trilogy”. The first book started slow and I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it, but it didn’t take long to grab me.
But Mr. Crouch if you read this: This Trilogy just screams for a sequel–I can’t wait.