Helpful Score: 2
Spooky read about a scenerio that we could very possibly be living in the near future. Just the subject matter was enough to give me the heebie-jeebies and had me paranoid from about a third of the way into the book. This is the way I would imagine it would go down and seeing it in print really scared the heck out of me.
Had a few problems getting into the book at first, I found the news reports throughout the first 10 chapters to read more like a screenplay than a novel which really threw me off but once Chapter Eleven started I was sucked in and had trouble putting this book down!
On to the story...
I found Alex likable (unlike most of his neighbors) and also found most of his neighbors to be idiots and totally out of touch with what was happening around them. I believe it was a more than accurate picture of how this would go down when (not if) a pandemic strikes the world. Personally I thought Alex showed more restraint in dealing with "the Mansons" than I would have. I was verbally screaming in my head "shoot the bastard!".
Apocolyptic books are one of my favorite genres to read, especially when they are so believable and don't have zombies and mutants thrown in. This was a fast read for me, I stayed up way too late last night cause I just had to know how it ended and was not disappointed, I never saw that one coming! I hope the author continues on in this vein and writes more of this type of book.
Had a few problems getting into the book at first, I found the news reports throughout the first 10 chapters to read more like a screenplay than a novel which really threw me off but once Chapter Eleven started I was sucked in and had trouble putting this book down!
On to the story...
I found Alex likable (unlike most of his neighbors) and also found most of his neighbors to be idiots and totally out of touch with what was happening around them. I believe it was a more than accurate picture of how this would go down when (not if) a pandemic strikes the world. Personally I thought Alex showed more restraint in dealing with "the Mansons" than I would have. I was verbally screaming in my head "shoot the bastard!".
Apocolyptic books are one of my favorite genres to read, especially when they are so believable and don't have zombies and mutants thrown in. This was a fast read for me, I stayed up way too late last night cause I just had to know how it ended and was not disappointed, I never saw that one coming! I hope the author continues on in this vein and writes more of this type of book.
WOW!!! This book is amazing! One of the best books I've read in the genre. Alex is a great main character, and he is definitely someone you'd want on your team. The pandemic flu spreads very quickly in this book and Alex has his family fully prepared to ride it out within his own home. Not everything goes according to plan and evil comes out in full force when people are desperate. This book makes you think of all of the what if's and what would you do, given a situation like this. It is real, very real, and you will be on the edge of your seat throughout most of this book waiting to see what happens next. I highly recommend you go out and buy this book ASAP if you want to read a great pandemic thriller!
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