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danacanterino's review against another edition
2.0
2/5
No soy fan de este tipo de terror, por lo que soy un poco injusta al calificarlo así. Pero me pareció bastante aburrido por lo predecible que fue. Los personajes sí fueron interesantes y me gustó el salto de tiempo que hubo. Pero lo demás fue un total no, no, para mí.
No soy fan de este tipo de terror, por lo que soy un poco injusta al calificarlo así. Pero me pareció bastante aburrido por lo predecible que fue. Los personajes sí fueron interesantes y me gustó el salto de tiempo que hubo. Pero lo demás fue un total no, no, para mí.
kaylynritke's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
wjlongiii's review against another edition
5.0
This book was so much fun...creepy and gross at times, but great fun regardless. I highly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of fast-paced action oriented horror.
mykai33's review against another edition
3.0
cliche but an easy read about an almost zombie apocalypse.
skippydelicious's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
ccollard58's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it. Grand adventure, great characters, hilarious dialog, sci-fi bio-protagonists... what's not to like?
OK, i would have liked a little more science. The initial direction was heading into Andromeda Strain territory, but the biology detail kind of petered out. Maybe Michael Crichton just ruined it for everyone by being so awesome, but the author could have done a lot more with the lifeform IMO. We are all familiar with Ophiocordyceps by now so you have to do better than just a faster growing version.
Still, very fun read. i stayed up late to finish it and i haven't done that very often lately :)
OK, i would have liked a little more science. The initial direction was heading into Andromeda Strain territory, but the biology detail kind of petered out. Maybe Michael Crichton just ruined it for everyone by being so awesome, but the author could have done a lot more with the lifeform IMO. We are all familiar with Ophiocordyceps by now so you have to do better than just a faster growing version.
Still, very fun read. i stayed up late to finish it and i haven't done that very often lately :)
mexcryptid's review against another edition
3.5
Cold Storage succeeds in giving readers a suffocating ticking clock, a perilous race to stop a somewhat-sentient fungus from twisting mankind into world-ending spore factories. Where it falters, at times, is in the presentation of its shifting points of view. Early on, I struggled with tracking whose perspective we were in. While later chapters provide clear-cut breaks by chapter separations, earlier chapters shift between paragraphs, making for a destabilizing first impression. Additionally, while I was excited to read a Crichton-esque, science-driven thriller with a Latino at its center, I was disappointed to realize Robert Diaz was a much smaller part of the book than the dust jacket led me to believe. This isn’t to say the rest of the cast isn’t made up of strong characters, in fact, Teacup and Naomi are great outsider perspectives to help build the books tension. All in all, Cold Storage is a solid entry in the growing category of the cordyceps-will-end-life-as-we-know-it genre.
butterdog4's review against another edition
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
zmull's review against another edition
4.0
David Koepp is a screenwriter so I was expecting a popcorn thriller of a novel. It's that, but he's obviously enjoying having a more expansive format with a novel so there are several digression into character backstories to wouldn't fly in a film. The digressions keep it from being as plotty as most thrillers, but it reads fast and is surprisingly funny. It's a good time.