Let's get this settled first: I don't like metafiction, and that is a problem since The Three is just that; a work of fiction that contains a work of fiction. Still, I am impressed, because it is a very well crafted book. You can tell that Lotz has done her research and covered a lot of angles.
The story centers itself on three young children, who miraculously survives three simultaneous plane crashes. That three planes go down at the same time would be odd in itself, but the fact that these children survives is nothing short of, I just wrote it, a miracle.
But a miracle doesn't necessarily need to be benevolent, does it? In a message from an American passenger who lived just long enough to send one final text, she asks that someone looks after her dog, and suggests that something might be amiss with the boy who survived on her plane, causing both paranoia and a hoard of conspiracies.
Although well written, the biggest problem with The Three is the tangible lack of horror. After a long, and quite intriguing, buildup I expected fireworks and a crescendo. Sadly, this piece failed to ignite, and I feel a bit cheated.
If you want to read a well researched book about humans and their irrationality, this is a book for you. But then again, you only have to read the news for that. If you want to read a good scary book, look elsewhere.
The story centers itself on three young children, who miraculously survives three simultaneous plane crashes. That three planes go down at the same time would be odd in itself, but the fact that these children survives is nothing short of, I just wrote it, a miracle.
But a miracle doesn't necessarily need to be benevolent, does it? In a message from an American passenger who lived just long enough to send one final text, she asks that someone looks after her dog, and suggests that something might be amiss with the boy who survived on her plane, causing both paranoia and a hoard of conspiracies.
Although well written, the biggest problem with The Three is the tangible lack of horror. After a long, and quite intriguing, buildup I expected fireworks and a crescendo. Sadly, this piece failed to ignite, and I feel a bit cheated.
If you want to read a well researched book about humans and their irrationality, this is a book for you. But then again, you only have to read the news for that. If you want to read a good scary book, look elsewhere.
