3.5 stars. Perrotta's writing is as good as ever - I enjoy his observations of suburban, everyday life. He attempted something unusual with the book, and I'm glad for it, but it was somewhat depressing. If you're going to write about huge numbers of people disappearing from earth, of course it's not...
On October 14th, a large number of people up and disappeared. No one really knows what happened as it defied all explanation. Some were determined to label it The Rapture but as the author is quick to point out, it wasn’t purely Christians. As it happens, it appeared to be random selection. The ...
I'm still digesting this book, but I'm waffling between giving it three or four stars. In some ways, the Rapture-like event is merely a plot device to explore how any major, catastrophic event transforms the lives of those effected. The book is a quick read, and the characters are well-drawn and poi...
I found myself completely enthralled with this book, the story of a family whose four members each have their own strategy for handling a rapture-like event called the Sudden Departure. Let me start out by saying that Christian theology has almost nothing to do with this story, which was something o...
Goodreads freebie.Typical Tom Perotta novel which follows the inhabitants of a suburban town after a Rapture-like event where millions of people around the world suddenly disappear into thin air.The event is referred to as the Sudden Departure, as those who disappeared aren't necessarily believers, ...
Here’s an especially compelling idea for a book: A Rapture-like event occurs and millions of people disappear from the earth. What happens to those who are left behind, the leftovers? And what were the stories of those who disappeared? This is the basic plot behind Tom Perrotta’s book, The Leftover...
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