Leave The World Behind: Review
Leave The World Behind, by Sam Esmail, is a taut mix of apocalypse and drama. Two families are thrown together in a Long Island vacation home by mysterious events disrupting modern communication that only get stranger. One vacationing family is surprised late at night by the owners arrival. The vacationing wife is suspicious while the husband is more accommodating. This is just one of the many tensions aggravated by the increasingly dire straits in which they find themselves as more bizarre incidents suggest that the communication breakdown is no accident, and that some sort of massive psychological and cyber attack is underway. Trapped together, with limited information and no easy exit, the families have to decide how to survive their predicament, and each other.
I thought this book was very modern, interesting, and a little terrifying. It was a believable tale about how some moderate disruptions by a nefarious entity could lead to rapid failing of society. The Netflix adaptation is also quite good.
Rating:
- Recommend? Yes
- Buy as a gift? Yes
Last modified on 6 Nov 2024 by AO
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