The Returned by Jason Mott
What would life be like if the dead returned to life—not as
zombies, but real, living people? Jason
Mott imagines it would cause havoc. He
paints the picture of Harold and Lucille, and what their life was like when
their dead son, 8 year old Jacob returned one day. Not only Jacob returns, but millions of
others, so many that the world doesn’t know what to do with them. In the end, the returned are kept in camps,
away from the “true living.” Life
spirals out of control. Will anyone be
left alive? Will the returned
disappear? When and how?
Jason Mott writes an imaginative tale, which waxed a bit
long in my estimation. I enjoyed seeing
the growth in Harold and Lucille and their character development, but felt that
the entire book took too long to reach its climax. Although the premise was intriguing, the story
fell short in my estimation. I would
have preferred a more swiftly moving plot. This is not a book that I would recommend.
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