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While I am reading this book, I have been constructing a sort-of movie in my mind, casting actors, thinking of locations to shoot, imagining camera angles. I have to say... a movie of this book wouldn't be half bad. It has an interesting plot, a decent amount of action, a good mystery, and some shady characters. Now I am hoping I get to see this be a reality, but at the same time if it doesn't end up the way I imagine it, I'll be kind of upset.

Character Analysis: Ethan Burke

As I move further into the book Wayward we begin to learn more about the main character Ethan. We learn that even though he has agreed to help run the operation as sheriff in the town, he doesn't agree with how it's run. A time when we see this is when he is called out of the town into the side of the fake mountain overlooking the town, here he takes a elevator down a shaft to meet with the man who funded the project to preserve the human race. Ethan shows signs of his lack of respect for this authority by making smart mouth retorts and half paying attention. We get the main vibe that he doesn't like these things when the book describes his feelings as he watches the wall of monitors that have thousands of camera feeds hooked up to it, watching over all the residents of the town, some are even in the bathroom...

Wayward book recommendation

I am recommending the book Wayward and also the book Pines by Blake Crouch. I enjoyed reading and still reading both of these books. The first book Pines is a Sci-Fi book set in a small cozy town where things are not as they seem and nobody who drives in to town ever drives out. This being one of my all time favorites and a really great read, I'd say check it out if you want to read a 5-star mystery thriller. The next installation in this series is titled Wayward and is the book that I am currently reading. Blake Crouch has done well here too by using the same kind of descriptive language and creative thinking that he showed in the first book. Another good mystery set in the town of Wayward Pines. I am enjoying this book also. If you are interested in any other thriller mysteries that can also be somewhat graphic, I strongly recommend picking up one of his books. Others I liked were Run, Desert Places, Abandon, And of course Pines, and Wayward. Now, I'm not a big fan of reading, as I prefer a well-done TV show, but when reading the Pines series and the book Run, I actually had fun reading them and would stay up late at night to read or keep them on my phone to read anytime I could during class. Blake Crouch is one of, if not my favorite, author and you would be missing out if you didn't take a look at one of these books.

 

My Favorite (Run)

 

Wayward: Tone and Mood

Because I just started my book and there hasn't been any dialogue yet from the main character, I will be talking about his tone from the last book. Ethan's tone in the last book was mainly cold and serious as he was an FBI agent and was on a mission. I remember his tone starting to change from this later on in the book as he began to figure out what the mystery was behind this town. It had changed to the solemn tone of someone who is on their own and is just trying to take care of business. As for the mood in the book I am starting to feel that a good portion of the book will have the happy, American-Dream, white Pickett fence feel, but I think this will change later on in the book as problems start to occur around the town and people start to see the truth. I cannot remember many times when a character was persuading another character except for in the last book, when Ethan had escaped town and met the facility manager who convinced him to stay and watch over the town as sheriff. he used a commanding, stern tone and just laid out the truth, didn't sugarcoat anything. I think this made him more intimidating.

Wayward: Analysis post

So far in this book, we have been introduced to a small town, set back in the woods. this town is circled by an electric fence, overwatch marksmen, and pale, grueling beasts. Being the second book in the series, Already know why this is like this but in this post I am focusing on the thoughts of one of the marksmen. using this thought we can assume what life is like outside of the town. It's not fun. this quote is describing his thoughts on the "Townies". "He didn't hate them. He didn't want their life. He had long ago accepted his role as protector. Guardian. Home was sterile, windowless room inside a mountain, and he had made as much peace with that fact as a man could hope to make. But that on a lovely morning as he gazed down in to what was literally the last vestige of paradise on the face of the earth, there wasn't a pang of nostalgia. Of homesickness for what had one been". Reading this quote we can clearly tell that he misses being in the town but he finds it better to know the truth of the outside world and what the earth is really like.

New Book

I have stopped reading Under the Dome by Stephen King and I have picked up a new book called Wayward  by Blake Crouch. I have read 5 or 6 of his books so far and I really enjoys them. Wayward is the next book in one of his series, it is actually the sequel to the first book I read by him, Pines. I think I'm destined to enjoy this book a lot more than I did my previous one. as for the posts on it for this weeks requirements, they might not be very in depth considering that I have just started the book.

Blogger Re-do: Reading Skills

I am re-doing my post on reading skills of the book that was my first post. This book has not interested me very much so for now I have stopped reading it so this prediction wont have very much else to back it up. I am thinking that this book reminds me of a TV series that I watched about 7 months ago called "Jericho". It was about a small town that was isolated after a nuclear bomb hit a nearby city and foreign forces started to invade. I am reminded of this show because in each story a town was put in the dark and the citizens had to work together to survive and figure out what was happening. As I said in the post before this, I am abandoning this book so I don't really have much else to say besides comparing the two stories and their struggles.

Book update

As I read further into the book I am thinking more and more of abandoning this book. It's becoming harder and harder for me to read and I am becoming less interested. I think the next book that I want to start will be much more fast paced and action packed. I see maybe one or two books on my list that I like but I'm not sure yet.