Foe

"A quick engaging read. We open on a farm with a couple and green headlights appear down the drive. A man at the door. The rest are daunting days waiting for the call.<br/><br/>I very much enjoyed this story. The suspense was palpable. Every door knock, every whisper had me on the edge on my seat. The only sad thing was that about halfway I already knew the twist. Which made the second half less enjoyable.<br/><br/>Hard to put down I finish in about 5 hours. The characters were well balanced. Besides the spoiler in the middle, information was withheld enough to make you beg for more. The ending did have a nice bonus but it wasn't enough for me.<br/><br/>I just thought that one to many secrets were revealed. The writing style had an even flow. Definitely impressed with this author so far. I believe I will try some more of their books."

"I'm going to start out by saying that this book was promising. The synopsis was intriguing, and I was curious to see where it was going to go. <br/><br/>Here's what I liked: some parts of it were reminiscent of The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay - there are similar themes like isolation, intrusion, family, etc. If you enjoyed The Cabin at the End of the World, there's a chance you will enjoy Foe (I'm not promising that, though, because I did really like Cabin). I appreciated the short chapters, and at the times when I was interested, it was easy to stay involved in the story. I liked that it was a sci-fi mystery, and it sort of reminded me of the beginning of Interstellar. <br/><br/>Now for what I didn't like: first on the list is the fact that quotation marks were only given to certain characters. I don't like writing with gimmicks. I feel like something like this is only put in there so that the author can be seen as clever. It's not clever; it's a cheap ploy to get future literature teachers to notice you. It's annoying to have to re-read sections after realizing that a character had actually been speaking to someone else. Just tell me a story without playing games. <br/><br/>My next issue is predictability. I figured this book out entirely too early on, and it's because the author relied too heavily on foreshadowing. Everything was given away easily, and then the rest of the book is a very slow journey to get to the point where it's finally revealed that you were right all along. This would have worked better as a short story. Too much was revealed too early for a 250-ish page book. <br/><br/>This is a character study of incredibly flat characters. Nothing happened for so long. Part of me feels like this was written with a plan for a TV show in mind. It is Black Mirror-esque, but the depth that Black Mirror offers is missing from Foe. The characters in Foe are sacrificed for the sake of having a twisty plot. <br/><br/>I wish I had something better to say, but I just don't. This is my second try with an Iain Reid book, and it's also my last. I hope everyone else has a better time with this one than I did."

"Iain Reid is definitely a talented author! Although I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I’m Thinking Of Ending Things, it brings the same level of eeriness that you just can’t pinpoint. You know something is definitely wrong… but you don’t know what it is! I will say that I did see the biggest twist coming, but the story still held some surprises and went places I wasn’t expecting. I was a little disappointed by the amount of typos. All in all, a good read, just not the author’s best work."

"very good"

"A new all time favorite. Beautifully written. This was my first time reading anything by Iain Reid and I absolutely loved the way this story was told. And while the big twist was fairly predictable and could be seen pretty early on, it didn't take away from the story one bit, at least not for me. The last few pages completely gripped me and left me speechless. I haven't been able to get it out of my mind since I finished reading. In my humble opinion, this was a perfect book."

"It is my all time favourite book! So good !"

"I read this book awhile ago. But by the end I loved it and was mind blown! I didn’t think that’s how it would of ended at all! What about you? "

"The story had this great creepy vibe and I was anxious to figure out what would happen. "