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The Quiet (2011)

by Robert S. Wilson(Favorite Author)

3.13 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1463771738 (ISBN13: 9781463771737)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Empire of Blood Books

review 1: A quick story about waking up one day and the world is totally different. I enjoyed this book. I gave it three stars. I cannot give a novella a higher rating because of length of the story. Not enough time to be totally invested so this one received my highest rating for a novella. I thought the author did a good job with the character not knowing what was happening. I could feel the tension of the character. If you want a quick read that will keep your interest, I would give this one a try.
review 2: I'm not exactly 100% sure how I feel about this book, so for the time being I'm going to give it a 3/5.The story, itself, was interesting; a man struggling to perceive what happened to his world and trying to discover if he is or is not alone among living things.... more I think the problem for me is simply a problem I have with a lot of short fiction--something about it feels superficial or incomplete. I have a hard time truly enjoying short works because I'm used to reading large novels by authors who take the time to paint a scene before me. That, however, is very tricky to do in a novella format unless you limit the story to only one or two scenes and keep it very simple.The ending of the book was interesting and it raised a few thoughts in my mind, but I won't give anything away. I liked the idea behind it and I liked where it went, I just can't help feeling that I would have gotten more out of it if I had known the characters better and if I had been giving some extra pages of description to really FEEL what was happening instead of being something of an outside witness which is what I get from most short fictions.All in all a good story. Just short. less

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