The Three by Sarah Lotz Review and Giveaway

Four disasters. 

Three Survivors.

A message that will change the world….

When the hardback copy of The Three by Sarah Lotz arrived for me to review, I was more than

intrigued. The black cover with three red streaks containing the survivors slashed down the front, almost haunting, I would compare it to some of the Stephen King books that my mum reads.

The story itself revolves around one day, Black Thursday, the day that four passenger planes crashed at almost the same moment in time, at four different locations around the world.

The cover leads us to believe that there are three survivors when in actual fact there were four, three children who come out of the wreckage with next to no injuries but they are different somehow and the fourth, Pamela May Donald who manages to survive long enough to record a chilling message on her phone :

"They're here… The boy. The boy watch the boy watch the dead people oh Lordy there's so many… They're coming for me now. We're all going soon. All of us. Pastor Len warn them that the boy he's not to……"

This message could potentially change the world.

The book itself is very cleverly written, it is a book within a book, a non fiction report told through transcripts, witness statements, online forum conspiracies, new stories, all bought together to build a bigger picture of what really happened and why.

Just have a look at the books trailer, it has a very eerie feel to it.

The concept itself is original and the narrative really gets you thinking, it builds slowly, allowing you to piece certain things together, what happened to those children, why/how did they survive? It had me wondering just what would we do if this kind of event was to become a reality as there was certain element of "realness" to the story and this made the book seem quite frightening.

However for me personally, I felt that the ending let the book down, I'm not sure if it is because I need to re read it to truly understand it all but I felt that the story kind of fizzled out, I was left more confused than when I started the book, there was no real resolve but I suppose it may have been left more open so that we as the reader can draw our own conclusions from the intense events that occur throughout the story.

Overall a well written book, I cannot criticise Sarah's writing skills, the way she manages to flit from the dialect of English, to American to South African is really rather impressive. I just wish there had been more of a story mixed in with all of the research.

The Three is due to be released on the 22nd of May which you can preorder from amazon now but in the meantime you can try and win yourself a copy by simply filling out the rafflecopter form below. This giveaway is open to UK residents only and will close at 11.59pm on the 1st June 2014. Make sure to enter correctly as all entries will be check and verified. Good luck everyone.

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Disclaimer : I was sent a copy of this book for free for reviewing purposes however all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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