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catsflipped's review against another edition
4.0
I did not find this book quite as engaging as the first, it is still well written and the story a great twist on most post apocalyptic books. However for me it didn't really gel, too many different groups to keep track of and for the most part completely unrelated in their stories.
It was good to continue to follow the lives of the characters introduced in book one and I feel that was all that was needed, there were too many extra inclusions that didn't think added anything to the book. Some of the new story lines were worth having, the introduction of an African influence and the desperate attempts of a failed goverment trying to claw back it's lost power had their place.
It was sad to discover this totally survivable event still ended in many deaths but not from the virus itself. True to human nature, instead of working together to survive many chose the way of survival of the fittest.
This book is still well worth reading and I look forward to seeing where the third book takes us - I have a horrible feeling that as suggested in this book we will be seeing one barbaric way of life replaced by another.
It was good to continue to follow the lives of the characters introduced in book one and I feel that was all that was needed, there were too many extra inclusions that didn't think added anything to the book. Some of the new story lines were worth having, the introduction of an African influence and the desperate attempts of a failed goverment trying to claw back it's lost power had their place.
It was sad to discover this totally survivable event still ended in many deaths but not from the virus itself. True to human nature, instead of working together to survive many chose the way of survival of the fittest.
This book is still well worth reading and I look forward to seeing where the third book takes us - I have a horrible feeling that as suggested in this book we will be seeing one barbaric way of life replaced by another.
bubblybookreviewer's review against another edition
4.0
Easy, fast-paced read, great ideas and strong female characters.
While this is a post-apocalyptic story where you might expect a lot of violence, surprisingly and refreshingly there is not. It is great to read about the potential people have to come together for good. Even better when it is the extremely smart scientists who are the heroes of the story.
The only negative I have are the detailed sex scenes between both women and men and women and women. In this sense, the book goes from a sci-fi, post-apocalyptic thriller to a hardcore romance and would have been more successful without.
But in saying that I was happy to skim those parts and follow some new characters and biological agents. I really enjoyed this book, would recommend it and will be buying the third in the series to read today.
While this is a post-apocalyptic story where you might expect a lot of violence, surprisingly and refreshingly there is not. It is great to read about the potential people have to come together for good. Even better when it is the extremely smart scientists who are the heroes of the story.
The only negative I have are the detailed sex scenes between both women and men and women and women. In this sense, the book goes from a sci-fi, post-apocalyptic thriller to a hardcore romance and would have been more successful without.
But in saying that I was happy to skim those parts and follow some new characters and biological agents. I really enjoyed this book, would recommend it and will be buying the third in the series to read today.
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