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Happy Booker rated it

12 years ago

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After watching that awesomely creepy book trailer for The Returned, I knew I had to read this! Unfortunately, for me, the book didn't quite live up to the promise of the trailer. The story is kind of strange, as you would expect from a story about people returning from the dead, but it had the poten...

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brb. reading. rated it

12 years ago

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...wow.This is a glorious, sad, thought-provoking journey of a book that I've read over the course of a day, from the first intriguing ideas to the inevitable, heartbreaking end. I'm sitting here a few minutes after finishing it trying to construct my review and blinking away a handful of tears.It'...

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me reading books rated it

12 years ago

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What happens if everyone who ever died returns? How does humanity react? Who or what are these Returned? Are they the same people they were before they died? Are they people? These are interesting questions that are addressed in this novel. Its premise sounded to me like the perfect set up to medita...

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The Aussie Zombie rated it

12 years ago

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Reading the synopsis of The Returned, you could be tempted to call this a zombie novel. After all, people returning from the dead are the essence of zombies, but even if there is that similarity, The Returned is definitely not what I would call a zombie story - and I'm completely OK with that.Inste...

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Momma182's Reviews rated it

12 years ago

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I won this book through Goodread's First Reads.When I read the synopsis of the book I thought I would like it. Never did I imagine that I would love it. [b:The Returned|17182421|The Returned|Jason Mott|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1372089735s/17182421.jpg|21762912] is about previously dead individu...

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