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Book Review of The Things That Keep Us Here

The Things That Keep Us Here
PamelaH avatar reviewed on + 90 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2


What a pleasant surprise! Reading the back cover of the book didn't thrill me and I thought I'd find the typical "thriller" inside. Boy, was I mistaken! Buckley writes about the lives of a family and townspeople during a modern day pandemic. She really puts you inside the heads of both the man and woman in this story with genuine emotion, love, fear, terror, and survival. I never really thought about what might happen if such a thing as a pandemic occurred, but in reading her story, it all seems to play out. I will think about this story for a long time as a coming pandemic is certainly a possibility. This story kept me captive and I didn't want to put the book down. An excellent story, I'm very impressed, and am looking forward to reading her next book.