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Not a page-turner, an absolute page-ripper!
My Kindle predicted this one would take me 22 hours to read but I suppose Kindle's software allowed for tea and bathroom breaks which I simply skipped so I could keep reading!The novel starts as traumatised abuse survivor Maggie turns up at Frank's roadhouse, bleeding and covered in mud. Inside the roadhouse are Frank, his teen grand-daughter Allie, and a handful of customers. It quickly transpires Maggie has an entire town of psychotic murderers on her trail. It's not giving anything away to say it is soon obvious this is not going to end well for anyone.The novel is written in two parts or timelines ... 'then' and 'now' ... which eventually converge. If you are a reader who likes a more straightforward narrative structure, this may irk you, but I found it to be a good way to provide a little backstory while at the same time preserving the central mystery of who the heck was Maggie and how the heck did she end up on the run from a cast of extras from Mad Max?The Hunted is also a novel that contains graphic and unrelenting violence, which the cover of the UK edition conveyed much better than the cover of the Australian version. The UK cover shows a lone farmhouse on a horizon of dripping blood and meat hooks. Fantastic cover art, and much more descriptive than the rather tame Australian cover which merely shows a brooding storm red sky.Amazon classified The Hunted as a 'kidnap thriller' but very quickly I found myself looking at it as a combat novel. Bergmoser writes fantastic hand-to-hand, close-combat sequences that would be right at home in any military thriller, and his never say die anti-hero Maggie reminded me very favourably of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in the original Alien movies.Yes, there are shades of Wolf Creek here, but true aficionados of Aussie schlock cinema might also fondly recognise themes from Peter Weir's, 'The Cars That Ate Paris'. The character of Maggie is a standout and I personally hope Bergmoser one day shows us where her travels and search for meaning amongst the wreckage of her life take her next.Who will enjoy The Hunted? This is a book for anyone who loves a fast-paced, blood-soaked thriller that will leave you wondering where your weekend went.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2020
The novel starts as traumatised abuse survivor Maggie turns up at Frank's roadhouse, bleeding and covered in mud. Inside the roadhouse are Frank, his teen grand-daughter Allie, and a handful of customers. It quickly transpires Maggie has an entire town of psychotic murderers on her trail. It's not giving anything away to say it is soon obvious this is not going to end well for anyone.
The novel is written in two parts or timelines ... 'then' and 'now' ... which eventually converge. If you are a reader who likes a more straightforward narrative structure, this may irk you, but I found it to be a good way to provide a little backstory while at the same time preserving the central mystery of who the heck was Maggie and how the heck did she end up on the run from a cast of extras from Mad Max?
The Hunted is also a novel that contains graphic and unrelenting violence, which the cover of the UK edition conveyed much better than the cover of the Australian version. The UK cover shows a lone farmhouse on a horizon of dripping blood and meat hooks. Fantastic cover art, and much more descriptive than the rather tame Australian cover which merely shows a brooding storm red sky.
Amazon classified The Hunted as a 'kidnap thriller' but very quickly I found myself looking at it as a combat novel. Bergmoser writes fantastic hand-to-hand, close-combat sequences that would be right at home in any military thriller, and his never say die anti-hero Maggie reminded me very favourably of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in the original Alien movies.
Yes, there are shades of Wolf Creek here, but true aficionados of Aussie schlock cinema might also fondly recognise themes from Peter Weir's, 'The Cars That Ate Paris'. The character of Maggie is a standout and I personally hope Bergmoser one day shows us where her travels and search for meaning amongst the wreckage of her life take her next.
Who will enjoy The Hunted? This is a book for anyone who loves a fast-paced, blood-soaked thriller that will leave you wondering where your weekend went.
Not a page-turner, an absolute page-ripper!
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2020
My Kindle predicted this one would take me 22 hours to read but I suppose Kindle's software allowed for tea and bathroom breaks which I simply skipped so I could keep reading!Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2020
The novel starts as traumatised abuse survivor Maggie turns up at Frank's roadhouse, bleeding and covered in mud. Inside the roadhouse are Frank, his teen grand-daughter Allie, and a handful of customers. It quickly transpires Maggie has an entire town of psychotic murderers on her trail. It's not giving anything away to say it is soon obvious this is not going to end well for anyone.
The novel is written in two parts or timelines ... 'then' and 'now' ... which eventually converge. If you are a reader who likes a more straightforward narrative structure, this may irk you, but I found it to be a good way to provide a little backstory while at the same time preserving the central mystery of who the heck was Maggie and how the heck did she end up on the run from a cast of extras from Mad Max?
The Hunted is also a novel that contains graphic and unrelenting violence, which the cover of the UK edition conveyed much better than the cover of the Australian version. The UK cover shows a lone farmhouse on a horizon of dripping blood and meat hooks. Fantastic cover art, and much more descriptive than the rather tame Australian cover which merely shows a brooding storm red sky.
Amazon classified The Hunted as a 'kidnap thriller' but very quickly I found myself looking at it as a combat novel. Bergmoser writes fantastic hand-to-hand, close-combat sequences that would be right at home in any military thriller, and his never say die anti-hero Maggie reminded me very favourably of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in the original Alien movies.
Yes, there are shades of Wolf Creek here, but true aficionados of Aussie schlock cinema might also fondly recognise themes from Peter Weir's, 'The Cars That Ate Paris'. The character of Maggie is a standout and I personally hope Bergmoser one day shows us where her travels and search for meaning amongst the wreckage of her life take her next.
Who will enjoy The Hunted? This is a book for anyone who loves a fast-paced, blood-soaked thriller that will leave you wondering where your weekend went.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2020
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