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The Three

By: Sarah Lotz
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Melanie McHugh
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Lost meets The Passage in this incredible new thriller, for all fans of The Shining Girls and Stephen King.

They're here... The boy. The boy watch the boy watch the dead people oh Lordy there's so many... They're coming for me now. We're all going soon. All of us. Pastor Len warn them that the boy he's not to­­. The last words of Pamela May Donald (1961 - 2012)

Black Thursday. The day that will never be forgotten. The day that four passenger planes crash, at almost exactly the same moment, at four different points around the globe.

There are only four survivors. Three are children, who emerge from the wreckage seemingly unhurt. But they are not unchanged. And the fourth is Pamela May Donald, who lives just long enough to record a voice message on her phone. A message that will change the world. The message is a warning.

2014, British Fantasy Society Best Newcomer, Winner

©2014 Sarah Lotz (P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton Action & Adventure Fantasy Historical Historical Fiction Horror Victorian

Critic reviews

THE THREE is really wonderful. A cross between Michael Crichton and Shirley Jackson, hard to put down and vastly entertaining. (Stephen King)
Sarah Lotz is a ferociously imaginative storyteller whose twisty plots will kick the stairs out from under you. She's a talent to watch. (Lauren Beukes)
The finest thriller I've read in years. Dark, subtle and completely unputdownable, I was enthralled from the opening line to the last. (Sarah Pinborough)
One of the finest, freakiest horror novels I've read. (Chuck Wendig)
The author's use of the oral-history format, with its shifting voices and points of view, is a stroke of genius: the reader is in a state of near-constant confusion at the beginning, which is slowly replaced by unease and then dread as the various commentators start to see the bigger picture. A very creepy, very effective novel. (David Pitt)
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What did you like best about The Three? What did you like least?

The performances by the two actors memorable in their variety The general story and the way the story was told was very disappointing.

Has The Three put you off other books in this genre?

The starting premise of the book was good and I would happily listen to another book that started from the same point. But please don't take me to the same end point again.

What does Andrew Wincott and Melanie McHugh bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I loved their characters

Did The Three inspire you to do anything?

I was completely uninspired by the story. However, I never give up on a talking book and got to the end.

Excellent performance shame about the story

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I listened to this after reading 'Impossible' by the same author. 'Three' was intruigung but nowhere near as much as 'Impossible' which had me totally hooked. I really like Sarah's style of writing. Looking forward to listening to more of her work in the future

Great Story Telling

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The Three is okay, not great in my opinion. It's another one of those books that pin a whole load of interviews together to build a story. I am personally not a big fan of this style, it is a little like the shaky cam bandwagon movies that followed 'The Blair Witch Project'
I got this cheap so I don't feel robbed in any way, it is a good story, well narrated, just not great and that I think is due solely to it's style

World War Z Clone

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This book came highly recommended but it's a very tedious story. It starts off with such potential and I was looking forward to an intriguing story, but but it's almost as if the author runs out of inspiration and can't think how to draw the book to an end

Promised much but almost as if the author ran out of ideas

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

No. I think it would be a better read than listen, in the same way that some plays should not be staged. The repetition of Twitter etc. streams was stomach churning. The readers are both talented and managed several accents with varying degrees of satisfaction. The South African accents in particular were way off the mark and I would suggest either not doing an accent at all or pay another reader who is comfortable with these accents.

Any additional comments?

This is an author to watch and I would definitely want to read more of her work. A well-researched book and interesting story line.

Painful

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