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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The writing is just bad, I’m sorry to say. The women are badly written, and the unprovoked racism toward random people really adds to it. I’m from the area the book is written about and the setting is written badly too. The author is either 1) not from the area and did poor research, or 2) is from the area but wants to sound superior and smart with his prose. It’s tiring, boring, somehow gross and eye rolling all at once. Like a middle schooler was directing the writing and an adult was doing the work. The way the main older male character speaks about others had me skipping his entire portions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail
What a fantastic book, could not put it down! The characters are varied and interesting. The way Sigler builds tension is just so different to other novels I have read. Just loved it!
People are going insane. They keep hearing voices and turn into killers. Killing people around them in addition to turn on themselves. The Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases is investigating this rash outbreak and what could be causing this. Margaret Montoya with the CDC detemines that there is one thing that all these people have in common......They have been colonized by a bioengineered parasite.
Perry Dawsey has been infected but there is something unique about him. For some odd reason the parasites need Perry. The parasites start communicating with Perry. They even grow eyes, so they can see what is going on. Perry doesn't know what to do. The only thing Perry knows is that the parasites need Perry to live. There is help on the way but help for who... Perry or The Parasites?
I have to tell you this book kept my interest going till the end. I have not come across many books like Infected and this is why. Infected delivers such a hugh whopping punch of "Holy Shit, I can't believe what just happened."
In just the first chapter. There was a man who called a radio station demanding to be put on the air as he had just murdered his family. His reasoning was because The Triangles told him so. Infected reminded me of the movie Bug with Ashley Judd and The X-Files only Infected was ten times better! Infected is my first book by Scott Sigler but after reading it I have to say it will not be my last time. I now have a new favorite author and his name is Scott Sigler. Infected was always running on full...full of intrigue, adventure, horror, and paranoia. So grab a copy of Scott Sigler's Infected but be warned you may lose sleep but don't worry as Mr. Sigler already has the sequel for Infected lined up with Contagious. I can't wait.
Perry Dawsey has been infected but there is something unique about him. For some odd reason the parasites need Perry. The parasites start communicating with Perry. They even grow eyes, so they can see what is going on. Perry doesn't know what to do. The only thing Perry knows is that the parasites need Perry to live. There is help on the way but help for who... Perry or The Parasites?
I have to tell you this book kept my interest going till the end. I have not come across many books like Infected and this is why. Infected delivers such a hugh whopping punch of "Holy Shit, I can't believe what just happened."
In just the first chapter. There was a man who called a radio station demanding to be put on the air as he had just murdered his family. His reasoning was because The Triangles told him so. Infected reminded me of the movie Bug with Ashley Judd and The X-Files only Infected was ten times better! Infected is my first book by Scott Sigler but after reading it I have to say it will not be my last time. I now have a new favorite author and his name is Scott Sigler. Infected was always running on full...full of intrigue, adventure, horror, and paranoia. So grab a copy of Scott Sigler's Infected but be warned you may lose sleep but don't worry as Mr. Sigler already has the sequel for Infected lined up with Contagious. I can't wait.
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If it weren’t for the book club I’m in or the fact that this is one of my fiancé’s favorites, I probably would have DNFed this. Overly graphic and horribly sexist and not enough of interesting characters to make me actually care about this.
The plot was interesting enough, but the tone was simultaneously too vulgar and too dull for me to really enjoy. I'm sure it's a lot of fun for someone who shares the same interests as the author, but as someone who doesn't really like football, potty humor, extreme gore, etc., it just didn't engage me. The writing is competent, and I didn't hate it, but I wasn't enjoying it enough to finish it, either.
This was pretty gross and much more 'Alien' than dystopian. Kept reading for some reason, but had to skim gross parts. Clearly written for a male audience. Will not read any more in the series.
It's not a good sign when a book makes you think: "I wish this book was written by Dean Koontz".
Because no matter how bad Koontz had become in recent years, he's still miles better than this author. There was a germ of a good book here, with a central idea that could have been Koontz at his best, but the characters and prose were amateurish and cliche'd, as if written by someone who has done countless writing excercises, but has never actually read a book.
Because no matter how bad Koontz had become in recent years, he's still miles better than this author. There was a germ of a good book here, with a central idea that could have been Koontz at his best, but the characters and prose were amateurish and cliche'd, as if written by someone who has done countless writing excercises, but has never actually read a book.
I was introduced to Scott Sigler through the GFL series (Which I absolutely love).
While I did enjoy this book, I just didn't connect with the characters as strongly as I would have liked.
I will definitely give the sequel a shot however as I feel the story needs to level up to the grander stage.
While I did enjoy this book, I just didn't connect with the characters as strongly as I would have liked.
I will definitely give the sequel a shot however as I feel the story needs to level up to the grander stage.