The Last Minute
A Fiction, Young Adult book. The Last Minute is, at times, a hard book to read. It...
9.21am: business as usual on a high street in England.9.22am: the explosions are heard for miles around, and in the early confusion there is talk of a gas leak, a plane crash, and even terrorism . . .The people of Heathwick had been preparing for Christmas unaware that many would die, and the rest would be transformed for ever. Travel with them, second-by-second, through...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 272 pages
- ISBN: 9780385616683 / 0
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The Last Minute is, at times, a hard book to read. It tells the story of a quiet high street and its inhabitants going about their everyday lives, one minute before a huge explosion changes everything. Each chapter is one second of that minute, as the countdown nears its grisly end. It's sad and is made that much worse because we get... Initially, I really liked the premise of this novel. Written in 'real-time', Updale's tale explores the 60 seconds leading up to an explosion that devastates a local high street claiming 65 lives. It serves to highlight both the significance and the smallness of every day humanity. However, after a while the second-by-second stories... a slow burner that builds tension and suspense throughout towards the final event. disappointing ending however ... ended very flat
