Trying to put the plot down on paper without giving too much away was a lot harder then I imagined. This book leads up to a pretty explosive finale, where all is finally revealed. When they finally get to the village they are met with hostility and defiance and discover that Rachel, their sister was murdered in a more complication and dangerous way then what they first thought. What follows is these two young lads fighting to track down the culprit of the crime. They find themselves fighting to have their sister’s body returned to them so she can be laid to rest. He can sense others feelings, he feels his sister’s death by whom he describes as The Dead Man and seems to understand why someone has done something before they do. Whilst Cole, the eldest of the two brothers has a way with his fists and can blank out his humanity to get answers Ruben has almost telepathic gifts. The premise of this book is about two young half-gypsy brothers, both with sort of non-human talents, who discover their sister has been left naked, raped and strangled in a grey village in Dartmoor. To me, there are a lot of things that are right with this book, but there are also quite a few bits that are wrong as well. I was originally worried that being 22 would impact how I read this book which lends itself to the ‘young adult/teen thriller’ genre, but I was pleasantly surprised. So, after a seven year waiting period I finally picked it up. I can’t really justify why I never read it, there was just something that seemed more exciting available on my book shelf. That’s seven years of having it and, not reading it. ****If you enjoyed The Bunker Diary and want to get inside more of your favourite books, then check out .uk for exclusive author interviews, competitions and much more.I’ve had this book since I was 15. Kevin is the author of Being, Black Rabbit Summer, Killing God (published as Dawn in the USA), iBoy and Naked for Penguin.

He had a varied working life, with jobs in a crematorium, a zoo, a garage and a post office, before - happily - giving it all up to write books.

Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and studied in Birmingham and London. Kevin Brooks has won the Branford Boase Award and been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Booktrust Teenage Prize, the Manchester Book Award and for the Carnegie Medal (for Martyn Pig, Road of the Dead and Black Rabbit Summer). If I'm right, the lift will come down in five minutes. There are six little rooms along the main corridor. It was still dark when I woke up this morning.Īs soon as my eyes opened I knew where I was.Ī low-ceilinged rectangular building made entirely of whitewashed concrete. Room meets Lord of the Flies, The Bunker Diary is award-winning, young adult writer Kevin Brooks's pulse-pounding exploration of what happens when your worst nightmare comes true - and how will you survive?

Kevin brooks the road of the dead