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词条 The Arrivals
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| author = Melissa Marr
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Weird West
| published = 2013, William Morrow
| media_type = Print, e-book, audiobook
| pages = 288 pages
| isbn = 0061826960
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}}The Arrivals is a 2013 Weird West novel by American author Melissa Marr.[1] It is her second adult novel, following her 2011 novel Graveminder. It was first published on July 2, 2013 through William Morrow and follows a group of people that must find a way to survive in strange new surroundings.[2]

Synopsis

When recovering alcoholic Chloe walks into her apartment to find her fiancé having sex with her boss, the first thing she does is walk into a bar and break the sobriety she's worked so hard for. She passes out and awakens in a strange new world called The Wasteland. In this land magic and gunfights are a way of life, as is the rampant corruption that threatens everyone in it. Siblings Kitty and Jack inform her that she is an "Arrival", a person that has arrived in this world from another time and place. Chloe also discovers that the Arrivals are capable of coming back to life if they die, although nobody knows why this happens and this regeneration is not always guaranteed. Together she and the siblings' rag-tag band must fight against Ajani, a wealthy but insane man set on bending The Wasteland to his will.

Reception

Critical reception for The Arrivals was mostly positive.[3][4] USA Today commented that the brother and sister pair of Kitty and Jack were some of the most interesting characters in the book, also stating that "the core concept – of people on a path of redemption in a throwback afterlife – is just too fascinating to ignore".[5] Tor.com commented that while they enjoyed the book overall, the work also felt unfinished but that "Wanting more of what a storyteller has revealed can only be considered a recommendation".[6]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Review: The Arrivals|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Arrivals-Melissa-Marr/pid=6059289|publisher=Booklist|accessdate=28 December 2013}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=The Arrivals May Be the Weirdest Western Yet|url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/07/geeks-guide-melissa-marr/|publisher=Wired|accessdate=28 December 2013|date=20 July 2013}}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Whitcomb|first=Laura|title=Book World: Tales of the weird West in "The Arrivals" by Melissa Marr|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-arrivals-by-melissa-marr/2013/07/30/65c6eec4-f302-11e2-bdae-0d1f78989e8a_story.html|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=28 December 2013|date=30 July 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Review: The Arrivals|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-182696-2|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=28 December 2013}}
5. ^{{cite news|last=Truitt|first=Brian|title="The Arrivals" is quite a departure|url=http://books.usatoday.com/book/%E2%80%98the-arrivals-is-quite-a-departure/r851966|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=28 December 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web|last=Bedford|first=Robert|title=Weird West Resurrection World: The Arrivals by Melissa Marr|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/06/book-review-the-arrivals-by-melissa-marr|publisher=Tor.com|accessdate=28 December 2013}}
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