By Alexandra OlivaThe second loaner from my boss L.
Almost 3 years later, I had to look up the premise of The Last One to remember what it was about. Since L. was quite stoked that I enjoyed Dark Matter so much, he immediately lent me this “literary” post-apocalyptic novel about Survivor-type contestants.
Sadly, The Last One proved to be a mild dud. I recall not enjoying the inner dialogue of the protagonist and finding the secondary characters annoyingly two-dimensional.
My colleague/manager L. lent this to me. I think we were talking about books we had read, and how he likes to follow up on amazon recommendations for contemporary sci fi. He actually likes to purchase hardcovers as he prefers the bigger format. He was psyched to lend me Dark Matter, which turned out to be a big hit with both myself and Olman, whom I lent the book to after I was done.
I read the book over the weekend; I think
OIman read it in a single evening!
That’s how tight and gripping a thriller it was.
Crouch also wrote the series Wayward Pines.
