• Pines

  • Wayward Pines: 1
  • By: Blake Crouch
  • Narrated by: Max Meyers
  • Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (303 ratings)

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Pines

By: Blake Crouch
Narrated by: Max Meyers
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Publisher's summary

The first book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade

One way in. No way out.

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.

©2012 Blake Crouch (P)2022 Random House Audio

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The strongest of the three

I love the mystery and twists in this. It keeps you guessing until the end, hanging on to every sentence longing to know wtf is happening. You are really pulled into the protagonists shoes and feel his confusion and anxiety.

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Finally!

So happy this audiobook is finally available! Great book and fantastic performance! Highly recommend to you all

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Good story, decent narration.

The more I read Crouch the more I can predict what he will write, which I guess is kinda normal but it feels… lame. That’s the best way I know how to put it. If this were the first book I read by him, I would have been super impressed. However, this not being the case, the book was slightly predictable.
Not a dig, just how I felt. Overall the story kept me interested, and the narration was decent enough. Worth a read if you like Crouch’s stuff.

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Tremendous story

What a great story. Had me guessing the whole time, and never even contemplated the truth. Loved it!

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Gripping story telling

Book 1 complete, cant wait to listen to the next. Great story, great narration.

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Action packed

A great story, creepy and interesting, good twists. A great narrator, good length, no unnecessary fluff and never a dull moment. The action is sort of relentless and it did give me anxiety lol, but I think thrillers are supposed to do that!

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Wow

What a great story with twists and turns that keep the listener on the edge of their seat! Highly recommend if you’re looking for some fiction fix.

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dang

I loved this trilogy so much . plot twists and just an energetic story that had me drop my jaw a few times

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Big Reveal Made Up for Dragging Chase Scenes

I thought this was a good read, very suspenseful and engaging. The only downside for me were the chase scenes, which seemed slow and a bit excessive. The big reveal at the end made up for it though. overall I thought it was a clever story and I'm interested in reading the second book of the trilogy.

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Not bad

Was a decent passive listen and story but wasn’t a real immersive one you get lost in

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