by Aaron Starmer
The cover is what hooked me into the book the moment I spotted it online. When I discovered it at my library, I was ready to go on the journey with Martin Maple. I liked the premise and wanted to get to discover why Martin’s father chose to raise them in isolation---and what really happened on the “...
This is the kind of book I love. Without giving too much away, I'll just say I love time travel books and mystery books. It took me a little while to process the end, but it was good, so damn good.I do wonder about Nigel. What was the deal with the Nigel character? There were a couple of holes in th...
I enjoyed every moment of this book right up to the last two chapters, then everything fell apart. Without divulging any pertinent details: the how and why behind everyone's disappearance made made absolutely no sense. (Perhaps my less-than-stellar grasp of science is responsible, but given a number...
I really enjoyed this one - it had a solid mystery and I loved the time-travel aspect of it. The ending felt very satisfying for me... it's good stuff.
The characters in The Only Ones by Aaron Starmer have to face things that would scare the crap out of anyone. What would you do if everyone around you suddenly disappeared? I don’t mean just the people you know. I mean everyone. Martin Maple has always lived a mostly solitary life – so it takes him ...
even though I found much of the ideas and descriptions and character traits to be refreshing - it's a post-"apocalyptic" survival novel where no one really has to worry about surviving because there are only a couple people left on the planet and they have a monster truck to gather supplies -- I nev...