I absolutely loved this book. It was a very quick read; so if you're looking for a book to finish in a day or so, this is a great one. The writing was beautiful. The storyline was quick and followed a very simple path. The characters were interesting, especially from the small town standpoint. I really enjoyed the anxiety that this book provoked because while it was a bit creepy (the government suddenly isolating the town and not giving the people inside much information or any answers to their questions, not letting an asthmatic out to refill her inhaler prescription, etc.), it wasn't over the top.

I would highly recommend this book.


Favorite lines:

"A slow burn panic set in, which made him do stupid things like wave the phone through the air in search of a better signal, as if the nonexistent message were a butterfly he was trying to catch with a net."

"Time seemed to split into two tracks, so that there was no time to move and yet infinite time to imagine the disaster that loomed in front of her."

"She always imagined a person would know, at a time like this, whether they were doing a good thing or a bad thing. But all she knew was that it was difficult, and that she wished she didn't have to do it."

"She often thought now about the power everybody had to ruin everybody else. You could do it by accident, just by showing up, or you could make the wrong decisions in such small pieces that by the time you realized what you were doing, it was too late."