The characters are left in a situation that is dire, or one character may possibly be dead. I think it’s because, as the name suggest, most cliffhangers end in the manner of some character hanging from a cliff. Yet, in my opinion, I find most cliffhanger endings to be frustrating. They create not just a sense of anticipation, but a need for the next book to come out so that some plot point can be resolved. I have mixed feelings about cliffhangers. There will be people out there who may nitpick it to death, but, for me, I just enjoyed the heck out of this fun story. Even if you struggle with the ending, the journey there is impressive, full of great characters, disturbing situations and an overall feeling that you never know what’s behind the next turn. Quick Thoughts:Feedback is an effective follow up to Variant, bringing it all together with an ending that works. Wells and his wife and three children live in Utah.Feedback by Robison Wells (Benson Fisher, Bk. Wells is an advocate for mental illness he has panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and agoraphobia. He then switched gears and wanted to help readers find good books by awarding good Latter-day Saint fiction and the Whitney Awards were born.
Wells ran the LDS Fiction Review Database on his website for a year with the goal to link Latter-day Saint fiction to reviews, and hoped to raise awareness of and respect for the quality of Latter-day Saint fiction. His titles include On Second Thought (2004), Wake Me When It’s Over (2005), The Counterfeit (2006), Variant (2011), Feedback (2012), Going Dark (2013, Blackout (2013), and Dead Zone (2014). Robison ultimately was the first in the group to be published. Instead, Dan invited Robison to write a few chapters and come join his writing group, which included Brandon Sanderson. His brother, author Dan Wells, was then pursuing a degree in English at BYU, so Robison shared his idea and suggested Dan use it. Six years later (2009) he earned his MBA degree in marketing from Brigham Young University.ĭuring college, his first book idea surfaced. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Utah, with an emphasis in international relations and a minor in history. He started college as an architecture major, but soon moved onto history, anthropology, and political science. He had a number of creative interests during his teen years-including painting, set design, architectural design-but writing was not one of them. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served on the board of directors of LDStorymakers, the sponsor of the Whitney Awards. He served as president of the Whitney Awards Committee from its inception in 2007 to 2010. Robison Wells is a novelist and founder of the Whitney Awards, an awards program for Latter-day Saint fiction.
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