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Snowbound (2010)

by Blake Crouch(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0312425732 (ISBN13: 9780312425739)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Minotaur Books

review 1: I like Blake Crouch. I was excited to read Snowbound, more so because the settings were Alaska, (my home state) and Arizona, (where I lived for a bit). Rarely happens both places in the same book. The settings were realistic for me. Where I was lost was more in the characters and plot. The book started out awesome. I suspended my reality check though when the smart guy on the run with a very ill daughter, (who needs daily therapy), goes along with an FBI agent with no question. I mean we have this guy whose wife goes missing and is presumed dead. The cops believe he killed her. Being a defense attorney he knows where this leads so he takes his daughter and runs. He is smart enough to stay hidden for a long time. Then up pops this FBI agent, whose only proof of anything is ... moreto quickly flash a badge and he gives in. He packs up his daughter and meekly follows the FBI agent even when it becomes clear she is not working for the FBI. I knew reality had checked out at that point. Being someone who enjoys fantasy, (and Crouch), I switched my brain over to that. That worked well until the story flipped over to scenarios that you find in just about every average thriller. I figured out what was going to happen before I reached the end, at one point near the end I could have written the ending myself. I was that sure of how it would end. I don't know, maybe being a Crouch fan had me expecting more. Maybe I set the bar too high. I enjoyed it buy expected more. If this is the first book by Blake Crouch you read, please give him another chance, (if you didn't like it). He does write some awesome thrillers. This one just isn't his best.
review 2: Snowbound by Blake Crouch - Will Innis wakes up one morning to discover that his wife (Rachael) has not returned from work. The police find her deserted car on a lonely desert highway, but there is no sign of her. They accuse Will of murdering Rachael. Will and his young daughter (Devlin) go into hiding under assumed names in another state. After several years, an FBI officer (Kalyn) finds them, but she believes he is innocent. She has information about what might have happened to Rachael. Will, his daughter, and Kalyn begin a long hard journey to find Rachael, which turns into a terrifying battle to save their own lives. It’s another very consuming, violent, and satisfying thriller by Blake Crouch. I have read five of his books and I plan to continue reading more of them, although I need to take some time to recover before starting another one. less

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