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CJ Tudor excels at creating stories that ooze atmosphere. Thrillers set during snowstorms is one of my favorite tropes, and this one delivered. I felt the cold and the terror of being trapped and in danger on all sides (especially in that cable car *shudder*). What exactly is The Academy, what was taught there, why were certain students selected to go to The Retreat? Why did they choose to participate? I just wanted to finish it. I ended up becoming so bored with the whole thing. I did not care at all what happened to anybody. I just wanted it to be over.
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C. J. Tudor's love of writing, especially the dark and macabre, started young. When her peers were reading Judy Blume, she was devouring Stephen King and James Herbert. What is the author trying to tell us? Is this an anti-vax book? When you read it you will know why this is a question. Is this book trying to tell us that scientists should never play "God" and there is a limit as to what they can accomplish? Or is anything fair game when fighting a deadly virus? There is a lot of blood and gore which does not bother me and it's a little dark also. I love dark books but I really didn't enjoy this world. I did not know that this was about a pandemic and I don't like pandemic books. I couldn't wait to finish this superb horror novel yet I still didn't want it to come to an end since the story and the characters were so mesmerizing that I felt as if I were in a reading trance. C.J. Tudor has written an awsome story with all the horror, tension, creepiness, blood, gore and surreal atmosphere that any reader could have asked for. I went into this book blind and what a fantastic treat it was, although even if readers think they have ideas about how this novel plays out they will be seriously mistaken! I just loved the parallels between each group of people thinking of how they would all intersect at some point but in my wildest imagination I never would have figured out where this author would make all the journeys evolve and intertwine. I was truly enraptured with everything in this book. Brilliant storyline, Brilliant writing, Brilliant characters and Brilliant Horror! Did I mention Brilliant? I plan to read this excellent book again someday! All horror readers, please don't miss out on this story especially if you love a claustrophobic and Snowbound atmospheric ride into terror! I love books set in cold environments. Not only are the characters up again the virus, but they are also up against the cold, and up against.... (read the book). There is a feeling of desperation running throughout the book. What does it take to survive? What does surviving mean?
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An exceptional thriller that blew me away with its original, high-octane plot, jaw-dropping twists and characters I cared about. When I wasn't reading The Drift I was thinking about it. A writer at the top of her game CLAIRE DOUGLAS I enjoyed the mystery of this story almost all the way through the book. I wanted to know how these three groups of people might be connected. It was hard to hope for the best for them when the best seems to be a dangerous and hopeless existence in a world that is all about survival. And it seems that many of these people don't have much of a future left without being trapped where they are because their choices were so limited even before the story begins.
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Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. After she was evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. They’ll need to work together to escape—with their sanity and secrets intact. If you enjoy the horror apocalypse thriller genre and enjoy pandemic books then this one might be your kind of book. What a clever well thought out book by C.J. Tudor! I will admit there were times when I thought "where is this all going?" and then Tudor took me there!!! Yet again, Tudor has blown me away with her well thought out plot, use of tension, level of danger, interesting characters and bleak environment.She firmly believes that there are no finer meals than takeaway pizza and champagne, or chips with curry sauce after a night out. The chills don’t just come from the snow laden landscape but also from the dystopian world following a viral outbreak that has destroyed life as we know it. I had no idea how these separate themes would come together, but C.J. Tudor seamlessly weaves the stories into an intricate pattern that left me exclaiming “OH”! out loud more than once. A Cable car has stopped, on its way to a place called “The Retreat”. Inside is MEG, a former detective, and a mother who lost her daughter to the virus. When she discovers a dead man amongst the occupants, she suspects that the car was halted on purpose. If you like high body counts, hopelessness, despair and the Walking Dead, this one may be for you. I'm sorry I wasted my time!
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