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tattoobookbabe's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely incredible storyline!! If you’re a fan of The Hot Zone or The Cobra Event, READ THIS! I started this and could NOT put it down! I borrowed this from the library and liked it so much I’m buying my own copy 😍
Only negatives were a lot of medical terms and NASA acronyms (glossary in the back) but, for me, it didn’t take away from the story being told!
Only negatives were a lot of medical terms and NASA acronyms (glossary in the back) but, for me, it didn’t take away from the story being told!
maureensbooks89's review against another edition
4.0
‘Gravity’ by Tess Gerritsen has been a book I wanted to read for a long time now. It’s been standing on my bookshelf for a couple of years. Somehow I never started reading it. Until last week that is.
Immediately after I started reading ‘Gravity’ I was pulled in by this story. I liked the way this story had a lot of medical stuff in it. It really came in handy that I’m a nurse I and I work at a Traumatology department. I loved it. I also loved the way you just knew right from the start that Jack and Emma still loved each other very much. They just needed a little help to get back on track.
‘Gravity’ is a very exciting and tragic story. I loved that this story took place in space. I learned a lot of stuff I didn’t knew before, like for example that the space shuttle has workspaces at every corner of the room, above and below. Fascinating.
Tess Gerritsen really wrote this super exciting and cleverly-thought- off story. I just couldn’t put it down and really wanted to know how this story would end. At times this story really was scary and I would climb close to my boyfriend just to be sure that I was save.
I give 4 stars to ‘Gravity’ by Tess Gerritsen!
Immediately after I started reading ‘Gravity’ I was pulled in by this story. I liked the way this story had a lot of medical stuff in it. It really came in handy that I’m a nurse I and I work at a Traumatology department. I loved it. I also loved the way you just knew right from the start that Jack and Emma still loved each other very much. They just needed a little help to get back on track.
‘Gravity’ is a very exciting and tragic story. I loved that this story took place in space. I learned a lot of stuff I didn’t knew before, like for example that the space shuttle has workspaces at every corner of the room, above and below. Fascinating.
Tess Gerritsen really wrote this super exciting and cleverly-thought- off story. I just couldn’t put it down and really wanted to know how this story would end. At times this story really was scary and I would climb close to my boyfriend just to be sure that I was save.
I give 4 stars to ‘Gravity’ by Tess Gerritsen!
horrorbound's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
susysstories's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Thrilling, suspenseful, great characters, good writing. I'd say, read it!
thosedarkpages's review against another edition
4.0
I've read a number of Gerritsen novels over the years; predominantly the Rizzoli + Isles series. Gravity was quite a jump from those, what with it being in space and all. At first I wasn't so sure how I'd connect with it as it's not my usual kind of setting for a read. HOWEVER, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The claustrophobia element of it had me feeling genuinely tense throughout, not to mention the detailed + downright disgusting (love it!!) descriptions of the symptoms, disease progression etc. The only slight issue was, whilst I admire the research, the use of a number of NASA terminology. There is a glossary at the back but I found myself not bothering going backwards + forwards to look up abbreviations. Still a definite 4 star read, without a doubt
hsdmon's review against another edition
4.0
Het begin was nogal langzaam en het duurde even voordat ik er goed in zat... maar daarna kun je ook niet meer stoppen met lezen.
smlozinski's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, wow, wow.
I REALLY enjoyed this one. I've been thrift shop hunting for a copy of Michael Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain", and this definitely fulfilled my craving for a space-y medical thriller in the meantime.
Tess Gerritsen has quickly become one of my favorite authors. I read "Bloodstream" and "The Silent Girl" (Rizzoli & Isles #9) this year and really enjoyed both of them, but this was by far my favorite. I read it over the chaos of Christmas, sneaking little moments with my Kindle whenever I could, and I ripped through it in 2 days. I would be nursing my daughter at 4AM and end up staying up longer to read in the middle of the night!
It's a very fast paced and exciting novel. It has a very cinematic feel (man, Gravity the Sandra Bullock movie would have been WAY better based on this novel) and it's quite scary. If body horror bothers you, I wouldn't read this. BUT the whole medical mystery aspect is fascinating, and the fact that it takes place mostly in space added an interesting dimension to the usual medical thriller genre.
I liked the characters - there was quite a large cast, but I found it pretty easy to keep track of who was who, and I liked how the various plotlines all ended up tying together. THAT SAID, there are a couple of things in this book that may strike you as implausible. This didn't bother me, though. Frankly, I find the whole idea that we somehow *know* that there is in fact a gazillion trillion galaxies or whatever implausible, too.
Like many sci-fi novels, this book is pretty atheistic in worldview, but again, as a work of science fiction I don't get too bothered by the fact that I don't agree with all of the fictional/speculative conclusions. Early on a character does refer to another character who is a creationist as a "scientific moron" who wants schools to "throw out biology and teach the Bible" which is of course a pretty silly strawman of what creationists (of various viewpoints) think, but what can you do. I enjoy reading different perspectives and having an additional element to discuss.
All in all, I really really enjoyed this story and I was sad to finish it. I am trying to pace myself on reading Tess Gerritsen's entire backlist. ;)
Blog post of review can be found here.
I REALLY enjoyed this one. I've been thrift shop hunting for a copy of Michael Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain", and this definitely fulfilled my craving for a space-y medical thriller in the meantime.
Tess Gerritsen has quickly become one of my favorite authors. I read "Bloodstream" and "The Silent Girl" (Rizzoli & Isles #9) this year and really enjoyed both of them, but this was by far my favorite. I read it over the chaos of Christmas, sneaking little moments with my Kindle whenever I could, and I ripped through it in 2 days. I would be nursing my daughter at 4AM and end up staying up longer to read in the middle of the night!
It's a very fast paced and exciting novel. It has a very cinematic feel (man, Gravity the Sandra Bullock movie would have been WAY better based on this novel) and it's quite scary. If body horror bothers you, I wouldn't read this. BUT the whole medical mystery aspect is fascinating, and the fact that it takes place mostly in space added an interesting dimension to the usual medical thriller genre.
I liked the characters - there was quite a large cast, but I found it pretty easy to keep track of who was who, and I liked how the various plotlines all ended up tying together. THAT SAID, there are a couple of things in this book that may strike you as implausible. This didn't bother me, though. Frankly, I find the whole idea that we somehow *know* that there is in fact a gazillion trillion galaxies or whatever implausible, too.
Like many sci-fi novels, this book is pretty atheistic in worldview, but again, as a work of science fiction I don't get too bothered by the fact that I don't agree with all of the fictional/speculative conclusions. Early on a character does refer to another character who is a creationist as a "scientific moron" who wants schools to "throw out biology and teach the Bible" which is of course a pretty silly strawman of what creationists (of various viewpoints) think, but what can you do. I enjoy reading different perspectives and having an additional element to discuss.
All in all, I really really enjoyed this story and I was sad to finish it. I am trying to pace myself on reading Tess Gerritsen's entire backlist. ;)
Blog post of review can be found here.
kate_elizabeth's review against another edition
4.0
I checked this out thinking it was the book version of the movie "Gravity," where Sandra Bullock gets stranded in space after satellite debris cripples the space shuttle. It's not - the author, in fact, filed a lawsuit alleging that the producers stole her idea; it was later dismissed as speculative - but it is a space thriller and it's super pulpy and nerdy and good. Totally hooked. Totally going to read more Tess Gerritsen.