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Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
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Leave The World Behind written by Rumaan Alam, Narrated by Marin Ireland
What would you do if you were renting an AirBnB deep in a rural area with your family when suddenly an older couple shows up at your door stating this is their home. There has been a “blackout” on the East Coast but have no other details and want to stay in their home while things are being figured out. This is a great premise for a thriller/suspense and I was immediately intrigued. Unfortunately, this novel fell flat and was incredibly boring. Every character was unrelateable and I think I actually hated some of the characters. There was absolutely NO character development. Plot was very slow and I was left extremely dissatisfied with the entire novel.
There were lots of problems with the plot, like what is up with the teeth, the random sex connotations that has nothing to do with anything. I get that something is “happening” and the author eludes to it multiple times that elsewhere in the world bad things were happening, planes were flying and crashing, people were dying but then says “but this character doesn’t know that and will NEVER find out.”. But he was forreal – you really will never find out. The plot goes nowhere.
Another issue I had was that there was no suspense. Every character was reliable. I knew exactly what they were thinking the entire time. This style of writing was odd and just didn’t fit with this novel. It was annoying because I thought no one would actually think like these characters in a situation like this. It seemed ridiculous. I think I would honestly scream if I was in a situation with these people. It was like a sit-com. Except it wasn’t funny. I don’t know what this book is. It’s not horror, not suspense/thriller, it wasn’t fast paced, in fact it was very slow and boring. It isn’t literary fiction. It was just really bad fiction that I couldn’t care about.
This book is severely disappointing and this may do better as a movie with the creepy music in the background and special effects.
I will say that the narrator, Marin Ireland ‘s voice is very soothing. She’s a great voice actress and I look forward to more of her works.
Thank you HarperAudio & Eccobooks for this audio listening copy of Leave The World Behind
I'm ready to Leave This Book Behind.
What would you do if you were renting an AirBnB deep in a rural area with your family when suddenly an older couple shows up at your door stating this is their home. There has been a “blackout” on the East Coast but have no other details and want to stay in their home while things are being figured out. This is a great premise for a thriller/suspense and I was immediately intrigued. Unfortunately, this novel fell flat and was incredibly boring. Every character was unrelateable and I think I actually hated some of the characters. There was absolutely NO character development. Plot was very slow and I was left extremely dissatisfied with the entire novel.
There were lots of problems with the plot, like what is up with the teeth, the random sex connotations that has nothing to do with anything. I get that something is “happening” and the author eludes to it multiple times that elsewhere in the world bad things were happening, planes were flying and crashing, people were dying but then says “but this character doesn’t know that and will NEVER find out.”. But he was forreal – you really will never find out. The plot goes nowhere.
Another issue I had was that there was no suspense. Every character was reliable. I knew exactly what they were thinking the entire time. This style of writing was odd and just didn’t fit with this novel. It was annoying because I thought no one would actually think like these characters in a situation like this. It seemed ridiculous. I think I would honestly scream if I was in a situation with these people. It was like a sit-com. Except it wasn’t funny. I don’t know what this book is. It’s not horror, not suspense/thriller, it wasn’t fast paced, in fact it was very slow and boring. It isn’t literary fiction. It was just really bad fiction that I couldn’t care about.
This book is severely disappointing and this may do better as a movie with the creepy music in the background and special effects.
I will say that the narrator, Marin Ireland ‘s voice is very soothing. She’s a great voice actress and I look forward to more of her works.
Thank you HarperAudio & Eccobooks for this audio listening copy of Leave The World Behind
I'm ready to Leave This Book Behind.