Remember I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes...

Lilysmom · ‎03-09-2010

I loved that book. His new one, called THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST Is out now.

Michael Connelly also has a new one out called THE LATE SHOW.

They both look good! LM

sunala · ‎03-09-2010

@Lilysmom wrote:
I loved that book. His new one, called THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST Is out now.

Michael Connelly also has a new one out called THE LATE SHOW.

They both look good! LM

@LilysmomI think I started I am Pilgrim about 3 times, but it was too gory for me and I had to let it go. Maybe I should keep reading a bit? Will that first crime scene disappear? It really turned my stomach!

Tell me what you think? Thanks!

"That's a great first pancake."
Lady Gaga, to Tony Bennett

Lilysmom · ‎03-09-2010

@sunala, here is a review. There are parts that are gory. Like the reviewer, I ignore or speedread through. For some reason, I can't copy the full version here.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/971806375 LM

CANDLEQUEEN · ‎03-09-2010

Sounds really good, I will try to find it!

IntoSkincare · ‎06-01-2015

@Lilysmom wrote:
I loved that book. His new one, called THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST Is out now.

Michael Connelly also has a new one out called THE LATE SHOW.

They both look good! LM

I don't believe is out yet... I've been waiting for this release ever since reading 'I Am Pilgrim' a couple of years ago but the publication date has been pushed back multiple times. I thought it's out this Fall (originally scheduled for this past May).

sunala · ‎03-09-2010

@Lilysmom wrote:
@sunala, here is a review. There are parts that are gory. Like the reviewer, I ignore or speedread through. For some reason, I can't copy the full version here.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/971806375 LM

@Lilysmom - thanks for the review. After trying to read it several times, I finally decided it's time to let it go. There are just too many books out there patiently waiting for me!

I'm glad for all of you that loved it!

"That's a great first pancake."
Lady Gaga, to Tony Bennett

Lilysmom · ‎03-09-2010

@IntoSkincare wrote:
@Lilysmom wrote:
I loved that book. His new one, called THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST Is out now.

Michael Connelly also has a new one out called THE LATE SHOW.

They both look good! LM
I don't believe is out yet... I've been waiting for this release ever since reading 'I Am Pilgrim' a couple of years ago but the publication date has been pushed back multiple times. I thought it's out this Fall (originally scheduled for this past May).

@IntoSkincare, I got an email from Goodreads saying it was to be released in July. I just looked online and I can buy at Chaperts Indigo. On the Indigo site it says 'not sold in stores'. On Amazon.ca, it is only available to pre-order only. I am in Canada. That's frustrating isn't it? LM

sk888888 · ‎08-11-2010

I've been anxiously awaiting this one as well. Amazon doesn't have a pub date for it yet ): but I'll be first in line!

sk888888 · ‎08-11-2010

@sunala, we like the same sort of thing (though I do tend more toward the ghoulish...) - the writing in I Am Pilgrim is top-notch; but I'm not entirely sure you'd be able to last through the rest of the book (no spoilers here, but it does get gorier - is that even a word)?

All the ladies in my bookclub loved it, but I am pretty darn sure there was a lot of skimming at a couple of points in the book.

ritasNo1Fan · ‎03-12-2010

I AM PILGRIM is so well written, one of my all time favorites. I love the writer's style and I wish other writers were so talented. I just tried to get through another similar novel and I kept thinking that if it had been written in his style instead of so many unneeded characters and descriptions, this boring, mediocre novel would have been just as great as I Am Pilgrim. Plus I did not think it was <gory<. Gore does not bother me anyway..I wish other authors were as talented as this guy. I cannot finish " slow" books, no matter what the plot is about. I guess my imagination has to be switched to " on " instead of having the writer spell everything out to me. Love it!!