Descent, Tim Johnston
Descent, Tim Johnston
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Descent

Author: Tim Johnston

Narrator: R. C. Bray, Xe Sands

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/06/2015


Synopsis

From the day Caitlin vanishes the lives of her family members are irrevocably altered, each assuming blame for that day's tragic events. As the initial days of hope are replaced by weeks of anxiety and despair, they find themselves increasingly isolated, each wondering: Is she still alive? Will we ever know what happened?

Pursuing every angle and refusing to surrender the belief that his daughter is still alive, Caitlin's father struggles through the mountainous terrain, prodding both his son and the local authorities to keep up the search. It is through a most unlikely source, however, that they finally find an answer, in a climax that is stunning in both its execution and resolution.

Written with precision and elegance, Johnston captures characters' emotions, divergent thoughts, and moments of bleak loneliness as they search for answers. Descent is both a taut and gripping thriller and a work of outstanding literary merit, a combination of great story and beautiful writing that is certain to garner comparisons with the work of such bestselling writers as Cormac McCarthy and Dennis Lehane.

About Tim Johnston

Tim Johnston, a native of Iowa City, is the author of The Current and the New York Times bestseller Descent, as well as a young adult novel, Never So Green, and the story collection Irish Girl, winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on July 07, 2018

i seem to be the outlier with this book. everyone else is rave city, and i'm just "meh." i thought it was okay, but it was both a little familiar and a little forgettable. while i was reading it, i was enjoying it, but at the end of the day it didn't really stick to my ribs. there are definitely som......more

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on January 07, 2016

DNF Hugely not a fan of the leaden "literary" writing style, and the family dynamics aren't nearly as compelling as they should be. The way things wrap up neatly into a pretty bow made me roll my eyes, and as a thriller, this isn't a very suspenseful read, either. Best part:(view spoiler)[Captive girl chops off h (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by JanB on March 26, 2019

"A daughter was your life; it was as simple as that. Her body was the only body, her heart the only heart. The most absolute, the most terrible love.” A parent’s worst nightmare: Grant and Angela, and their two children, Sean and Caitlin, take a much-needed vacation in the Rocky Mountains before Cai......more

Goodreads review by Jason on January 22, 2015

2 Stars Ugggh, I suffered through Descent. I guess I really thought that it would focus much more the tragedy and the location. Instead, I was soooooo bored with the family drama. I guess that I should have felt something, but as a Man that steers away from dramatic and mushy books this was not my c......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on December 16, 2019

Here is another suspense thriller I am torn on. Some of my updates while reading mentioned my confusion. While the story did become clearer while I read, there was still something about the way it was written that felt a little off to me. Some of my reader friends did not seem to mind, but I figure......more