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wyll's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
1.0
On the front of the book, a review compares it to Stephen King, which is true enough, but certainly not King at his best. This novel is reminiscent of Cell, and in the worst way possible, relying on a tired narrative in an attempt to prove the point of "technology is bad and dumbing us down." A pretentious concept and a pretentious work.
erinnow's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
wannabekingpin's review against another edition
2.0
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About the Book: A virus renders it’s victims dead in moments. Having landed in a completely dark and silent airport, crew pulls a virologist into the cabin, in hopes for some explanation, guidelines, a plan, anything. Instead they realize something’s moving outside. And death is already inside the plane full of passengers. Or, well, their bodies.
My Opinion: A psycho genius who is determined to crush the world for the only man who ever thought like she did, the only man who ever truly seen her. Killer zombie virus is neither killer, nor zombie, nor a virus. Past initial tension it deteriorates very fast into your run of the mill race against time thriller, padded with even more boring flashbacks, and a super-doctor with powers to predict events or something like that. A very upsetting read.
About the Book: A virus renders it’s victims dead in moments. Having landed in a completely dark and silent airport, crew pulls a virologist into the cabin, in hopes for some explanation, guidelines, a plan, anything. Instead they realize something’s moving outside. And death is already inside the plane full of passengers. Or, well, their bodies.
My Opinion: A psycho genius who is determined to crush the world for the only man who ever thought like she did, the only man who ever truly seen her. Killer zombie virus is neither killer, nor zombie, nor a virus. Past initial tension it deteriorates very fast into your run of the mill race against time thriller, padded with even more boring flashbacks, and a super-doctor with powers to predict events or something like that. A very upsetting read.
jervonyc's review against another edition
3.0
A fascinating and gripping techno-thriller weighed down by some pretty sophomoric prose.
melissadelongcox's review against another edition
4.0
DON’T READ ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK BEFORE YOU START IT!
Okay anyway - the beginning of this book is excellent, and I greatly enjoyed the remainder. What was going on was something I had never heard of in another story, so I was engaged the entire story. It was a quick read, too!
Okay anyway - the beginning of this book is excellent, and I greatly enjoyed the remainder. What was going on was something I had never heard of in another story, so I was engaged the entire story. It was a quick read, too!
lindseyschoono's review against another edition
2.0
This started off great but got worse as it went on. Disappointing. I had high hopes for this one.
k_dawned's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
thisislauraw's review
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
mpetruce's review against another edition
1.0
Put this one down. Some of the reason was technical. The editing overlooked missing words, the writing was too vague (like, who was being referred to or eve talking at some point; too many pronouns, or no pronouns at all), that sort of thing.
As for the story itself, being hit over the head with the drug-addled tortured genius who is sad because he knows he's a bad person oh woe is me I drove away the people I love or they died (maybe? it's hard to say and I didn't want to stick around long enough to find out). Then even as the main story has barely gotten going, we have a flashback, which slips into another character's perspective -- in that flashback -- which then starts moving to a flash sideways or something? I don't know.
As for the story itself, being hit over the head with the drug-addled tortured genius who is sad because he knows he's a bad person oh woe is me I drove away the people I love or they died (maybe? it's hard to say and I didn't want to stick around long enough to find out). Then even as the main story has barely gotten going, we have a flashback, which slips into another character's perspective -- in that flashback -- which then starts moving to a flash sideways or something? I don't know.