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I listened to the trilogy on audiobook while commuting to school. These are outstanding!
The author reads them, and he admits he doesn't do women's voices well. At all. He's right. I also laughed at him giving the female scientist a foreign accent while she's explaining how she was born and raised in the US, but people still think her "exotic".
The author reads them, and he admits he doesn't do women's voices well. At all. He's right. I also laughed at him giving the female scientist a foreign accent while she's explaining how she was born and raised in the US, but people still think her "exotic".
OOOh, I'm having trouble writing a review for this. It was a solid good. The story mainly follows Perry, an ex-football player, as he becomes infected with some kind of spore that starts growing into several cognitive beings within his body. It is at times quite gory as he decides to get rid of them is various gruesome ways. I liked his character and the back story that gives him the conviction to withstand so much pain. However I would have liked more focus on the emerging beings. He just gives us a glimmer of their story at the end. Can you say sequel?
INFECTED, by Scott Sigler, was certainly a different style of book. It was 339 page book that felt like a 100 page book. I did not expect it to turn out the way it did. In the beginning, I thought it was going to be like a zombie/virus book. You know the kind, right? I was so totally wrong.
The theme was very hidden but I think it was this, do not wait to get help if you know something is wrong. I mean, sure, the disease made you insane but you know, get help.
This book was at times very sad and heart-wrenching. Then there were the other times, the ones that made the book what it is. The gory and gag-inducing ones. There were many in there that made you wonder about the mental stability of the other. I did enjoy this book, despite the gory scenes. In fact, I think they made me love this book even more.
The plot goes a little something like this. There is a disease in America that is making people insane, paranoid, and murderous, often killing their friends and families. Only, it's not a disease in the normal sense. Originally, they thought it was Morgellons disease, a hallucinatory disease that not many doctors thought was real, on account of it being a hallucinatory disease. Most of it was in people's head, but not all the cases. The next thing they discovered was that it was really a parasite that invaded your brain and controlled you. They thought someone had made it, then they thought it was natural. It was a vicious cycle, going back and forth between the theories and not really having any idea about it. They needed a live victim. All their other subjects were already dead by the time the doctors got hold of them. There are multiple views, switching from Perry Dawsey, the infected person, Margaret Montoya, and Dew Phillips. They finally got one with Perry Dawsey, who had no idea what was happening to him, while going slowly insane.
This book was a five out of five because it kept me interested all the way through. It was well-written and a completely different book, with a mix of different genres all the way through. I loved it and I am looking forward to reading the second one.
The theme was very hidden but I think it was this, do not wait to get help if you know something is wrong. I mean, sure, the disease made you insane but you know, get help.
This book was at times very sad and heart-wrenching. Then there were the other times, the ones that made the book what it is. The gory and gag-inducing ones. There were many in there that made you wonder about the mental stability of the other. I did enjoy this book, despite the gory scenes. In fact, I think they made me love this book even more.
The plot goes a little something like this. There is a disease in America that is making people insane, paranoid, and murderous, often killing their friends and families. Only, it's not a disease in the normal sense. Originally, they thought it was Morgellons disease, a hallucinatory disease that not many doctors thought was real, on account of it being a hallucinatory disease. Most of it was in people's head, but not all the cases. The next thing they discovered was that it was really a parasite that invaded your brain and controlled you. They thought someone had made it, then they thought it was natural. It was a vicious cycle, going back and forth between the theories and not really having any idea about it. They needed a live victim. All their other subjects were already dead by the time the doctors got hold of them. There are multiple views, switching from Perry Dawsey, the infected person, Margaret Montoya, and Dew Phillips. They finally got one with Perry Dawsey, who had no idea what was happening to him, while going slowly insane.
This book was a five out of five because it kept me interested all the way through. It was well-written and a completely different book, with a mix of different genres all the way through. I loved it and I am looking forward to reading the second one.
This book is really, really not for the faint hearted. If you get grossed out easily, do not read this. Probably not a good idea to read it while eating your lunch, either.
I thought Infected was going to be another zombie novel. It wasn't. This is different, very much so. This isn't the shambling, mindless undead. We get offered something very different with this book. And you can feel it right from the first page. There's a real sense of race-against-the-clock, for all of the characters involved, and with every character we get to know, we care just that little bit more about what happens to them. There are moments where I cringed, moments where I sort of laughed, and moments where I thought I was going to be sick. From the other reviews, this book has drawn out some huge differences in opinion. For me, for any book to get such a strong reaction out of me is a plus, even if that reaction is making me feel a little queasy.
It did remind me a little of Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, in a really good way. If you think you can stomach it, I'd suggest giving this a go.
I thought Infected was going to be another zombie novel. It wasn't. This is different, very much so. This isn't the shambling, mindless undead. We get offered something very different with this book. And you can feel it right from the first page. There's a real sense of race-against-the-clock, for all of the characters involved, and with every character we get to know, we care just that little bit more about what happens to them. There are moments where I cringed, moments where I sort of laughed, and moments where I thought I was going to be sick. From the other reviews, this book has drawn out some huge differences in opinion. For me, for any book to get such a strong reaction out of me is a plus, even if that reaction is making me feel a little queasy.
It did remind me a little of Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, in a really good way. If you think you can stomach it, I'd suggest giving this a go.
I really liked this book a lot. I enjoyed the plot, the mystery, the hard science and the author wasn’t afraid to go all out in the horror aspect.
My only complaint is that when the characters are explaining the science they literally sound like a textbook. I’m a psychology major, and I could have sworn paragraphs were taken directly from my textbooks. I thought he could have had the characters actually explaining the science instead of just quoting textbooks off the top of their heads.
My only complaint is that when the characters are explaining the science they literally sound like a textbook. I’m a psychology major, and I could have sworn paragraphs were taken directly from my textbooks. I thought he could have had the characters actually explaining the science instead of just quoting textbooks off the top of their heads.
Amazing book! Wow! Every time I had an itch while reading this I got chills....definitely recommended with one caveat..I did sort of get sick of hearing about Margaret's sex drive. Still, excellent and can't wait to read the next!
Perry don’t know what actually caused the rashes on his body. He doesn’t know that those rashes are seven alien parasites burrowing under his skin. He tried to take out the parasites. Meanwhile, Margaret and her assistant, Amos is working harder to study the infected victims but couldn’t do so since the body somehow quickly rotting away before their eyes. Not enough information. Margaret need a live patient. While Perry, the rashes has turned into something else. The other rashes grown into blue triangles. He tries to remove it by himself. It doesn’t end up well. Perry heard voices. It’s the parasites. They communicate with Perry. Perry had to do something. He doesn’t want those blue thing in his body. He became a lunatic. He tries to take them out using forks and knife. That lunacy and paranoia has cost him his friend. He’s fugitive now and has to run away. He found someone with the same condition like him and she’s about to “hatch”. The same fate he will face if he doesn’t rip the rest of those alien inside his body off sooner. Both of them know that the parasites wants them to go to the woods where a portal to the parasites’ home planet were built. Platoon of soldiers were sent to the location and the portal was destroyed by airstrikes. But, that doesn’t mean their work is done.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes