The Passengers

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OMG this book is absolutely brilliant! How have I not read a John Marrs book before this? Where has this author been all my life?! Seriously this book had me at the edge of my seat the entire wild ride. Writing/Prose: Well-written, engrossing, intelligent, masterly, absorbing, compelling, and compulsively readable. BUT, I see them ALL the time, and rarely hear about an accident. They are still in phase 4-a driver is present and can take over...if they are actually paying attention and not texting on their phone...

Passenger 1: A married young woman who is 7 months pregnant. She’s a teaching assistant who is driving to her husband’s workplace this morning.I’m really doubtful that Mr. Marrs is from this planet because he outsmarted most of the genius writers with this book. He is so talented, knows how to deceive the readers with his conspiratorial moves and amazing twists. Thank you so much to Elisha at Berkley Publishing for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book. It was an absolute pleasure reading this highly irresistible and fun novel!! Oh, and by the way, EVERYTHING from what is going on inside the cars, to what is going on inside the deliberation room, is being broadcast LIVE. And, the public will vote as well using tweets for who they think should be spared.

I want to thank Edelweiss, Berkley and the author for the arc of this book in exchange for a honest review. Thank you to Elisha at Penguin Publishing Group, Edelweiss, and John Marrs for an arc of this novel in exchange for an arc. This was a buddy read with Ms. Kaceey! We really enjoyed discussing the premise of this one and think all of you will too.

As is usual for me, I had the audiobook as well as the kindle edition of this book. Both were nicely done. The audiobook had multiple readers & sound effects, which always makes it more of an experience for me & makes the books really come alive. I really enjoyed it. As with other UK authors I read, I notice that there are always subtle differences between the audiobook & the US addition of the book, which always makes me wonder why. Nothing major. You don’t need to have read The One to enjoy The Passengers but they’re set in the same world. There are several mentions of Match Your DNA in this book, which won’t mean a lot to you if you haven’t read The One. I could not put this book down. I started feeling like I was a juror. I definitely could not be one of those jurors. I felt so sorry for them. I really loved the ending and the twists. Wonderful concept, ridiculously entertaining…an absolute pleasure, the malevolence and impishness of a young Roald Dahl.”—T. A. Cotterell, author of What Alice Knew