Over the summer of 2014, I read Don't Turn Around by Michele Gagnon. Don't Turn Around is a science-fiction action thriller set in modern day Boston. Our heroine, Noa, has had a rough life. Noa has gone through every foster home in Boston, until she decides to stay off the grid and live a solitary life. Using her computer-hacking skills, Noa is nonexistent to the government, until she wakes up with an IV in her arm and no memory of what had happened.
Enter our hero, Peter Gregory. Peter lives a life of a king: he has a nice car, lives in a beautiful mansion and is the leader of a hacker network. Peter realizes that he needs people like Noa to be on his team of hackers. Even more so after a peculiar company invades his life. But neither of them know Noa holds the secret to it all, and people will go to any measure to stop them.
In Don't Turn Around, Gagnon's characters develop over the course of the story. They interact with one another and advance the plot of the story. The book's two main characters, Noa and Peter, play a key role in this. Noa propels the plot while Peter brings all the information together to fully understand the story.
Noa has been tested on by AMRF, the organization Peter is trying to take down, and has escaped their clutches. Noa now needs to figure out what they did to her, why she was taken and for what reason? This problem creates the whole plot line for Don't Turn Around. A text example to support this is, "Otherwise she would have woken up in a regular hospital, and there wouldn't be guards after her. No, this was something else (Gagnon 19)."
The link below directs you to a review on, Don't Turn Around. I think this review really goes into depth on the characterization. This also focuses on how elements of the plot affect the characters, mood and tone.
In Don't Turn Around, Gagnon's characters develop over the course of the story. They interact with one another and advance the plot of the story. The book's two main characters, Noa and Peter, play a key role in this. Noa propels the plot while Peter brings all the information together to fully understand the story.
Peter snoops in his father's office and stumbles upon files related to AMRF. When he does research on them, the company's people break into Peter's house and steal anything he was doing related to their company name. Now Peter and Noa share a common goal of taking down this scheme that has violated their lives. A text example that supports this is,"Twenty minutes after he started snooping around that firewall, a bunch of private security lackeys busted into his house (Gagnon 32)."
I found this book to be very intriguing and hard to put down. I sped through in a matter of days and got really annoyed by the ending. Everything started to look up for the characters and then Gagnon added a major plot twist. Now I know it is a series of books that I can't wait to read. I suggest this book to anyone looking for a excellent, quick read.
I found this book to be very intriguing and hard to put down. I sped through in a matter of days and got really annoyed by the ending. Everything started to look up for the characters and then Gagnon added a major plot twist. Now I know it is a series of books that I can't wait to read. I suggest this book to anyone looking for a excellent, quick read.
Below is a link to a video on my author's interview.
