![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() exceptional gifts for making nerves jangle and skin crawl. "The book to beat.in the 'Is it the next "Gone Girl"?' sweepstakes. But it's also a great novel, full stop, without any of the usual genre caveats, and I can think of no higher recommendation than that you'll want to read it twice: First insatiably, speeding through to find out just what's going to happen, and then again slowly, to savor the sharp, dare I say literary, insights about her characters that Abbott effortlessly scatters throughout." "Adam Sternbergh, Slate"" "The Fever is a potboiler in the truest, best sense of that devalued word: Its ingredients are expertly combined, patiently agitated, and heated to an inexorable boil. "The Fever" holds true to its title: It's dark, disturbing, strangely beautiful and utterly unshakeable." "Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl"" "With "The Fever," Megan Abbott has created a mesmerizing, modern portrait of teenage life today: Brutal crushes, competing allegiances and first-bloom sensuality, all magnified by the rush and crush of technology. ![]()
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