Run

Pulse racing. Adrenaline fuelled. Heart pumping.

Perfect for those who enjoy:
- The worlds gone mad storylines
- A race against time
- Graphic and compulsive reading
- Pulse racing reads
- Apocalyptic books

With thanks to Panmacmillan and Netgalley for an ARC copy in return for an honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read this book in return for an honest review. I absolutely flew through this book in no time and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! I’m a massive fan of this genre and found the book to be really well written and the story was so intriguing. The scenes were so descriptive that I felt as though I was there with the family on the run. A brilliantly written, fast paced story that I would highly recommend. 5 stars

Oh my goodness this is a heart in your mouth book all the way through! I literally had to read a true crime book at bedtime as that was more relaxing than Run.

Hats off to Blake who knows how to write amazing action thrillers. I know I can count on him to blow me off my feet.

My first book by this Author and let me tell you I will be going back to read his previous work. Not my usual kind of book but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I went in blind and I'm glad I did. You won't regret buying this, that's for sure.

With the success of Dark Matter, most of Blake Crouch's blacklist is now being traditionally published, including Run which was self published in 2011.

In this heart-wrenching thriller, we follow Jack and Dee, a couple about to separate, as they try to escape a US that has turned into the purge with their teenage daughter and seven-year-old son. Based on the promotional blurb and tagine, I had thought this book would be a slow breakdown of the events affecting the country, followed by their decision to run. Instead, we are thrust into the action almost immediately, as the family flees their home and violence ensues. It does get quite dark, so I would suggest finding a list of trigger warnings if there is one, as some scenes will probably haunt my nightmares for the next little while! That said, the emotion is where this book shines, as we breathlessly hope that the family will make it through this ordeal, living their highs and lows right alongside them.

A recommended read for fans of Blake Crouch, The Children of Men, and emotional speculative fiction.

Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A horrifying but gripping page-turner.
Dee and Jack grab their kids and car keys one night as people in their town start to murder their neighbours. It’s organised manslaughter as the family desperately make their way towards the Canadian border, trying to stay alive and avoid the groups of civilians hunting for the ‘unaffected’.
Several nights ago, many of the population witnessed a unique aurora event, which seems to be causing them to hunt down and slaughter those who didn’t.
Dee and Jack’s situation becomes increasingly desperate as they try to keep their family alive and together on the race to the border, through towns and cities devastated by warfare, searching for supplies and water to survive long enough to reach safety, if such a thing exists anymore.
This was pacy, with short, action-packed chapters and very hard to put down.
Five stars from me, with thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the chance to read an ARC.
Originally self-published some years ago, this was the story that got the attention of an agent and launched Blake Crouch’s full-time writing career. It’s now being traditionally published by Pan Macmillian and is out on 10th October.

This is the very definition of a page turner. I devoured this in one sitting and just had to know how it ended.