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The Grays by Whitley Strieber
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The Grays

by Whitley Strieber

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Fabulous storyline makes up for the bland-ish writing style. Characters a bit flat, too... but all in all a very entertaining and fascinating read. ( )
  wispywillow | Oct 4, 2009 |
The content of this book was quite interesting, but the book still seemed to act like a double dose of Tylenol PM. I think this is largely due to the fact that this novel is very poorly written. The structure of the book is just awful. ( )
  777Penny | Jun 17, 2009 |
In an attempt to cover everything, Strieber manages to only skim many of the issues and themes of the novel.

Characters emotions are unrealistic; there seems to be no degrees of emotions, i.e., characters are either extremely happy or extremely angry or extremely frightened. This occurs even before the mounting tension of the plot.

Settings would change mid-paragraph without informing the reader, leading to confusion during action sequences.

Overall, this book should have been longer to allow for more exploration, and an editor should have been a little more demanding of the author. This is not one of Strieber's better works. ( )
  Michael_P | Apr 29, 2008 |
I was prepared to not like this, but ended up reading it in less than 48 hours. It turned out to be a page turner...very believable (for those of us willing to suspend our disbelief just a bit) Fans of Communion will not be disappointed. I was a little let down by the ending, and it seems to have been set up for a sequel...lots of dangling ends. ( )
  lorielibrarian | Sep 13, 2006 |
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We are not alone. Millions of people are confronting aliens that authorities say do not exist. Whitley Strieber--author of the legendary, #1 bestselling book Communion, which detailed his own close encounters--now returns to the riddle of aliens with The Grays. Drawing from a lifetime of research and his own experiences, Strieber offers up a fictional account of the conspiracy behind the alien presence on Earth while also giving us a startling look inside the alien mind that will astound, frighten, and enthrall readers.
Meet the Three Thieves, a group of Grays assigned to duty in a small Kentucky town. They have been preparing a child for generations. Innocent Conner Callaghan will face the ultimate terror as he struggles to understand who he has been breed to become, and what he must do to save humanity.
Meet Colonel Michael Morax, who strives to keep the secret of the Grays from the public for reasons so sinister, yet believable, that they read like truth . . . and very well may be.
And then there's Lauren Glass, government "empath" to the last surviving captive Gray, known only as B for Bob. Her unique talent to communicate with this captive Gray may be the only way humans can unravel their ultimate plan.
But when B for Bob suddenly escapes the highly secure underground Air Force facility that he's been captive in for years, it triggers a mass undertaking in that small Kentucky town. A frantic race begins, as the government must outmaneuver the Grays to keep the secret of the presence intact.
The Grays is a mind-bending journey behind the curtain of secrecy that surrounds the subject of aliens, written by the field's great master.


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