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maureensbooks89's review
3.0
In ‘Base’ we meet Doctor Ruth Parker. Ruth has seen the beginning of the end of the world when she was working as a doctor in a hospital. A lot of patients turned into ‘braindeads’ and now Ruth and her two friends have been stuck at their apartment for a view months. Hiding from the braindeads and hoping to survive. When Captain Jack Lang rescues Ruth and her friends she isn’t as thankful as Jack would expect. Ruth isn’t used to being told what to do, especially not by men. But now she has to accept that Jack’s in charge and that he is the dominant type and doesn’t take no for an answer.
The beginning of this book was a little disappointing to me. I had a lot of expectations about this book and the beginning with how Jack ‘rescued’ Ruth and her friends felt off to me. I didn’t like the way Ruth’s friends were all in for going away with strange men and being their property. I probably felt just the way Ruth was feeling about being manhandled. It felt wrong and a long way from the romance I was hoping to read about.
But I kept going and slowly on this book began to grow on me. The two main characters Jack and Ruth began to connect more and I really started to get why they were the way they are.
What I enjoyed most about this book was the whole ‘braindead’ concept. I’ve read a view books about the end of the world in which people changed into a sort-of zombie, and this was a nice change to those books since it also involved some romance. It’s not like there was a lot of actual fighting in this book but the whole ‘braindead’ concept really made this a fun read.
There are some sexy scenes in this book, and although I found them a little strange I did enjoy reading most of them and I think these scenes fitted the main characters perfectly. Not what I expected but not bad.
This book was shorter than I thought it would be, but the ending was exactly right. Overall I did enjoy the last half of the book and I do think back to a fun read.
The beginning of this book was a little disappointing to me. I had a lot of expectations about this book and the beginning with how Jack ‘rescued’ Ruth and her friends felt off to me. I didn’t like the way Ruth’s friends were all in for going away with strange men and being their property. I probably felt just the way Ruth was feeling about being manhandled. It felt wrong and a long way from the romance I was hoping to read about.
But I kept going and slowly on this book began to grow on me. The two main characters Jack and Ruth began to connect more and I really started to get why they were the way they are.
What I enjoyed most about this book was the whole ‘braindead’ concept. I’ve read a view books about the end of the world in which people changed into a sort-of zombie, and this was a nice change to those books since it also involved some romance. It’s not like there was a lot of actual fighting in this book but the whole ‘braindead’ concept really made this a fun read.
There are some sexy scenes in this book, and although I found them a little strange I did enjoy reading most of them and I think these scenes fitted the main characters perfectly. Not what I expected but not bad.
This book was shorter than I thought it would be, but the ending was exactly right. Overall I did enjoy the last half of the book and I do think back to a fun read.
deannasworld's review
4.0
It's a world gone mad and the zombie apocalypse has happened, or in this case, invasion of the braindeads. Cathleen Ross spins a fascinating tale of survival in a world where neighbours are eating neighbours, husbands having to kill wives who have turned, and only the strongest and toughest survive.
In the heart of all the craziness is Jack Lang, Navy captain. He's the leader of a group of highly disciplined Navy men who have answered his call to protect the few people there is left to protect from the braindeads. He's strong, tenacious and autocratic. His word is law and everything he does is for the survival of his people. I love Jack. If he wasn't so principled and so filled with integrity, if he wasn't so much about doing what's right for the protection of his people, he's be a total alphahole. As it is, he'd come across as a lot more of an alphahole with the way he treats Ruth, if not for all these qualities of his. Oh! Did I mention he's super hot? How could I forget that? I think it's because my Kindle melted from the heat he generated and it affected my brain!!
Ruth, on the other hand, has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. She's mean, selfish, opinionated, out of touch with reality and ungrateful. She also has the typical god complex that so many successful surgeons and doctors have. I don't understand why Jack likes her as much as he does, but then again, his choices are limited and she is physically attractive. It's a pity her personality is such a pill. It had a huge impact on how much I enjoyed the story. For the most part, I do not mind an independent, strong female character, but she needs to have qualities that make her likable. With Ruth those qualities don't show until almost too late, after she's been given a big dose of the reality of the world she now inhabits, and by then, my opinion of her had already cemented in my mind. After that, she shows a bravery and compassion that is admirable though I find myself hesitating over trusting her to not trample all over Jack after her behaviour in the beginning. It's not till the very end I stop waiting for the other shoe to drop.
The thing I really enjoyed about this story is that it's set in Mosman, an area I'm fairly familiar with. I even had lunch there very recently and saw where the naval base is located. I loved being able to picture in my mind where everything was. I know the Harbour Bridge and the Spit Bridge very well, and have even sat in the traffic while the Spit Bridge was raised to let tall ships through. I loved being able to visualise all of that. It brought so much of the story to life for me.
I would have liked to learn more about the virus, it's origins and finding a cure. I wanted to know why the antiviral worked on one person and not on another. Ms Ross has hinted about most of it but my inquisitive mind wants more information so I hope there will be another book which delves more into it.
In the heart of all the craziness is Jack Lang, Navy captain. He's the leader of a group of highly disciplined Navy men who have answered his call to protect the few people there is left to protect from the braindeads. He's strong, tenacious and autocratic. His word is law and everything he does is for the survival of his people. I love Jack. If he wasn't so principled and so filled with integrity, if he wasn't so much about doing what's right for the protection of his people, he's be a total alphahole. As it is, he'd come across as a lot more of an alphahole with the way he treats Ruth, if not for all these qualities of his. Oh! Did I mention he's super hot? How could I forget that? I think it's because my Kindle melted from the heat he generated and it affected my brain!!
Ruth, on the other hand, has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. She's mean, selfish, opinionated, out of touch with reality and ungrateful. She also has the typical god complex that so many successful surgeons and doctors have. I don't understand why Jack likes her as much as he does, but then again, his choices are limited and she is physically attractive. It's a pity her personality is such a pill. It had a huge impact on how much I enjoyed the story. For the most part, I do not mind an independent, strong female character, but she needs to have qualities that make her likable. With Ruth those qualities don't show until almost too late, after she's been given a big dose of the reality of the world she now inhabits, and by then, my opinion of her had already cemented in my mind. After that, she shows a bravery and compassion that is admirable though I find myself hesitating over trusting her to not trample all over Jack after her behaviour in the beginning. It's not till the very end I stop waiting for the other shoe to drop.
The thing I really enjoyed about this story is that it's set in Mosman, an area I'm fairly familiar with. I even had lunch there very recently and saw where the naval base is located. I loved being able to picture in my mind where everything was. I know the Harbour Bridge and the Spit Bridge very well, and have even sat in the traffic while the Spit Bridge was raised to let tall ships through. I loved being able to visualise all of that. It brought so much of the story to life for me.
I would have liked to learn more about the virus, it's origins and finding a cure. I wanted to know why the antiviral worked on one person and not on another. Ms Ross has hinted about most of it but my inquisitive mind wants more information so I hope there will be another book which delves more into it.
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