We have seen it all, watched it all - the man who loses his memory after every 5 minutes. The man who faints when he hears a loud noise/sudden actions. This one, in 3 A.M., is way beyond our imagination. I was hooked from the good read blurbs, and got interested in the book within 6 pages. Here's what the goodreads says:
The condition in itself is very tricky - for instance, he'd never see the sunlight in his lifetime. For him to do a normal thing like watching an episode of Game of Thrones (yes, that comes in the novel) is a Himalayan task. What happens if he decides to involve himself in one of the biggest case in the history of United States of America? How would he pull that off when he can't do anything between 4 AM to 3 AM? I know you have a lot of questions formed inside your mind as soon as you read that he's awake for only one hour in a day. This book takes us into that very one hour of his life in a day and doesn't bore you at all.
A thriller is at it's best when you cannot expect a twist and this sure is one. I tried to pause in-between to guess the killer and couldn't find out at all. The suspense is high and the whole thing happens only between 3AM and 4AM. You get to know how precious a minute of this man's life is when we waste it just like that. The author has made several attempts to let us know about that for sure.
Since this is a short novella there's no room for character development, so to speak. We are provided with enough information on how Henry lives and a little bit about his history and some of the questions that we have as soon as we read that blurb. The conversations between Lassie and Henry are hilarious.
What did I miss? Well, this story certainly was fast paced for I finished this in two sittings, mostly at the wee hours. I even pinged in a WhatsApp group that "Me back to 3 A.M. until 3AM" and that raised several questions about my "steady state" :D I felt like that this story started and ended very quickly. There are some questions left unanswered, probably left for our own imagination. This kind of things happens when the novel is very short. There's a sequel to it - 3.10 A.M. and I believe it should have some more details that were missing in this short novella although it wouldn't impact your reading experience of 3 A.M. BTW, 3.10 A.M. starts where 3 A.M ends!
PS: This book is free in Kindle, Google Books (and you can even find a lot of ePub and PDF in the world wide web if you like that piracy thrill) etc. There's a teaser for his sequel 3.10 A.M. also present in that free copy. The paperback version of this book costs an unbelievable Rs. 464 in Amazon :shock:. 3.10 A.M as well as all his other eBooks are not free (Except Unforseen) :) And yes, I posted this blog at 3 A.M. :)
Henry Bins has Henry Bins.
A sleeping disorder, named after him.
He is awake for one hour a day.
He wakes up at 3 a.m. then falls asleep at 4 a.m.
Life is simple.
Until he hears the woman scream.
And sees the man leave the house across the street.
But not just any man.
The President of the United States.
The condition in itself is very tricky - for instance, he'd never see the sunlight in his lifetime. For him to do a normal thing like watching an episode of Game of Thrones (yes, that comes in the novel) is a Himalayan task. What happens if he decides to involve himself in one of the biggest case in the history of United States of America? How would he pull that off when he can't do anything between 4 AM to 3 AM? I know you have a lot of questions formed inside your mind as soon as you read that he's awake for only one hour in a day. This book takes us into that very one hour of his life in a day and doesn't bore you at all.
A thriller is at it's best when you cannot expect a twist and this sure is one. I tried to pause in-between to guess the killer and couldn't find out at all. The suspense is high and the whole thing happens only between 3AM and 4AM. You get to know how precious a minute of this man's life is when we waste it just like that. The author has made several attempts to let us know about that for sure.
Since this is a short novella there's no room for character development, so to speak. We are provided with enough information on how Henry lives and a little bit about his history and some of the questions that we have as soon as we read that blurb. The conversations between Lassie and Henry are hilarious.
What did I miss? Well, this story certainly was fast paced for I finished this in two sittings, mostly at the wee hours. I even pinged in a WhatsApp group that "Me back to 3 A.M. until 3AM" and that raised several questions about my "steady state" :D I felt like that this story started and ended very quickly. There are some questions left unanswered, probably left for our own imagination. This kind of things happens when the novel is very short. There's a sequel to it - 3.10 A.M. and I believe it should have some more details that were missing in this short novella although it wouldn't impact your reading experience of 3 A.M. BTW, 3.10 A.M. starts where 3 A.M ends!
PS: This book is free in Kindle, Google Books (and you can even find a lot of ePub and PDF in the world wide web if you like that piracy thrill) etc. There's a teaser for his sequel 3.10 A.M. also present in that free copy. The paperback version of this book costs an unbelievable Rs. 464 in Amazon :shock:. 3.10 A.M as well as all his other eBooks are not free (Except Unforseen) :) And yes, I posted this blog at 3 A.M. :)
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