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Don't Turn Around sounded like a promising book. It had a different plot, interesting sounding characters and I felt it had the potential to be great. For the most part, it was. The only thing I can fault is not being able to fully connect with the characters, however I'm going to hope that since this is the first in a series, there will more to the next two books.

Noa is a foster kid runaway. She lives off the grid and has found ways of taking care of herself. She's a genius when it comes to hacking and she's got a pretty severe attachment to her computer. She wakes up one day on a cold table, an IV in her arm, and a scar down her chest. Right away, we are thrown into the middle of the action.

Don't Turn Around really packs in the action. Peter and Noa are constantly on the move, running and hiding from the people that cut Noa open. There are very few safe places they can go and they aren't sure who they can trust. Gagnon writes the action very well. It's clear enough to picture in your head, but it's not too simple. It really plays out like an action movie.

I'm glad there wasn't a full-blown romance in this book. It would have felt a little rushed and possibly a little forced, I think. Instead, there's a foundation built. There's clearly something there, but it's not a love story yet. I like that there's the potential, but that the focus was kept on the mystery aspect of the plot.

Overall, Don't Turn Around is a strong start to a promising series. I wish there had been a little more character building, but the base is there and I feel like Gagnon could really do something great with this series. I can't wait to see what comes next.


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Don't Turn Around Michelle Gagnon Books Reviews

I ended up reading this one via Pitch Dark Books read along and I am so glad that I decided to join. Not only did I get to read a great book! But, I was also fortunate enough to win a copy of book two Dont Look Now! So how great is that! For me this book had no issues which was great! I have heard others compare this to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I haven't read those so I cant say. I do think it compared to Lauren Oliver's Delirium series as well as Susan Young's The Program. But that is in no way a bad thing. Where Delirium and The Program are slow this one is jam packed with action. Never letting up or getting stagnate! There is enough plot to go on for a few more books so you deff wont be disappointed with this one! The mystery that lingers here is also great. With a great cast of characters both good and bad guys this book will have you reading until the very last page!
With all of these books being turned into movies and tv shows. This is definitely one I would want to see! This was such a great book mystery, thriller, with a touch of science fiction. I so can't wait to read book two! @pitchdarkbooks#dontturnaround

"*I received a copy of this book for free to review, this in no way influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own."
Aaaah . . . I've got to remember that this is billed as the first in a trilogy. Nevertheless, every book should have some sort of fulfillment for the reader. I liked this, with reservations, until about a fourth from the ending. Then it fell apart for me, as everyone acted Too Stupid to Live.

A renegade "medical research" experiment is going on, and it's connected all the way to the top levels of government. The author must have an interest in the Mengele experiments or something. Readers get a lot of details about these places where they take teens off the street (who won't be missed, they think) and do surgeries and experiments on them, supposedly to find a cure for a new disease that strikes adolescents. But anyway, four alienated teenaged hackers and their cohorts try to shut the conspiracy down. The two POV characters, Peter and Noa, each experience abuse at the hands of the wicked cadre, and neither has parents who will protect them (hers are gone, and his are jerks.) Tropes from other literature abound, such as "the wrong son died" from ORDINARY PEOPLE (the film) and "foster care stinks" from various other films and novels. Nothing highly original. I mean, everyone's got some problem driving him or her.

Many implausible or impossible things take place, but the pace of the novel and the way that the author gets readers rooting for the main characters kept me reading, in hopes that something would make better sense. The idea that you could transplant a second (enlarged) thymus gland into a late teenager and not have to give them anti-rejection medication is a show-stopper. How did they cross-match the tissue? Why do they think that the gland would "teach" T-cells to destroy particular viruses or whatever, when they don't even know that it's a virus they are trying to combat? Have they ever heard of the pituitary gland, the master endocrine gland that by hormone action tells these other glands what to do? The death of a helper character seemed quite needless. The ending just leaves you hanging. The budding romances are abruptly "oh, whatever"-ed away with little explanation.

However . . . it IS a fast ride and you might have fun reading about how the two characters manage to escape those who are chasing them on foot, again and again, through the Harvard campus and across the city of Boston. I may just be too picky. After all, there were no major punctuation problems or howling misuses of words like the stuff I find in so many books. Still, unless you plan to get the sequels and try to make sense of it all, it's just cupcake reading to pass the time on a plane. I mean, nothing of great philosophical value here. Read OKAY FOR NOW by Gary Schmidt if you want something with "deep inner meaning" that will leave you thoughtful, and APRIL, MAYBE JUNE by Shalanna Collins (heard of her? LOL) for a book with a philosophical underpinning. I find that sort of book far more rewarding in exchange for my time spent reading.
Don't Turn Around sounded like a promising book. It had a different plot, interesting sounding characters and I felt it had the potential to be great. For the most part, it was. The only thing I can fault is not being able to fully connect with the characters, however I'm going to hope that since this is the first in a series, there will more to the next two books.

Noa is a foster kid runaway. She lives off the grid and has found ways of taking care of herself. She's a genius when it comes to hacking and she's got a pretty severe attachment to her computer. She wakes up one day on a cold table, an IV in her arm, and a scar down her chest. Right away, we are thrown into the middle of the action.

Don't Turn Around really packs in the action. Peter and Noa are constantly on the move, running and hiding from the people that cut Noa open. There are very few safe places they can go and they aren't sure who they can trust. Gagnon writes the action very well. It's clear enough to picture in your head, but it's not too simple. It really plays out like an action movie.

I'm glad there wasn't a full-blown romance in this book. It would have felt a little rushed and possibly a little forced, I think. Instead, there's a foundation built. There's clearly something there, but it's not a love story yet. I like that there's the potential, but that the focus was kept on the mystery aspect of the plot.

Overall, Don't Turn Around is a strong start to a promising series. I wish there had been a little more character building, but the base is there and I feel like Gagnon could really do something great with this series. I can't wait to see what comes next.