#108 in Thriller
Pines
- 320
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Pines” is a fast thriller built on one mystery: a federal agent comes to in a small town where nothing adds up. The questions pile up quickly enough to carry the reader through in a few sittings, and some readers find the resolution a satisfying answer to them. Others find the hero implausibly indestructible and the women poorly served, or would have liked more time with the town’s eeriness.
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About the book
The first book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a mission: locate two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation turns up more questions than answers: 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 farther from the world he knew, from the man he was, until he must face a horrifying fact – he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. The nail-bitingly suspenseful opening installment in Blake Crouch’s blockbuster Wayward Pines trilogy, Pines is at once a brilliant mystery tale and the first step into a genre-bending saga of suspense, science fiction, and horror. The series continues with Wayward.
Reading order · The Wayward Pines Trilogy
Full order & progress →- PinesThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - Wayward
7.97.9 / 10 - The Last Town
7.87.8 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 714 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 83% of the weight and the score stays at 7.7 — the Thriller average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.9 | 13 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 701 | 98% |
Frequently asked
How long is Pines?
It has 320 pages — shorter than 81% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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