Perhaps I wouldn't have picked up on it if I hadn't already seen a diverse cast in the show, but it was like coming to a lesser, whitewashed version of the story I've come to love. And the pearly-whiteness of the cast of characters practically glows from the pages. It's impossible not to notice how every woman becomes hot or 'cute'. Pines is built on a fantastic idea - no, really, a truly epic idea - and that strength just about manages to carry the book despite some poor writing, an asshole protagonist, and an exceptional lack of diversity that, given the situation, has even more troubling implications than usual.Ĭoming into this book after watching the show definitely affects how you view it. Yes, I know the 'reveal' has been spoiled, but that really wasn't my problem with it. The strengthening sense that something was very, very wrong.Īs with The Magicians, I have to confess I like the TV series Wayward Pines far better than the book. Night Shyamalan, starring Matt Dillon and premiering May 14th on FOX.Īnd the base emotion underlying it all that was getting harder and harder to ignore. The international runaway bestseller is now a Major Television Event from executive producer M. Why can’t he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out? Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the world he thought he knew, from the man he thought he was, until he must face a horrifying fact-he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.Ģ013 International Thriller Award Nominee

As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers.

The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels…off. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier.

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