Reviews

Parasite by Mira Grant

harvestreads's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.25

Lowest possible number of stars (0.25 stars). I marked pace as slow. Please know that it is indeed slow. Extremely slow. Painfully slow. At the 30% mark in the audiobook I upped the audio speed to 200% because the pacing was just unbearable. This book should have been a single creepy short story and 0 more books should have been written—I’m not going to continue reading this 10-novel series because I don’t think this author is anywhere near clever enough to do anything interesting with their own premise. I correctly guessed the twist partway through chapter 1 yet the author insists on waiting until the final paragraph to tell us what we already knew the entire time. I can’t believe this book is like, 500 pages in print when it should have been 7 pages in a spec fic anthology, and not a particularly noteworthy spec fic anthology either.

cryptidenthusiast's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

emms_across_formats's review

1.0

DNF at 10%

Boring, slow, predictable.

Sally isn’t Sally, it’s the tapeworm.

Tell me I’m wrong and I’ll pick the book back up.

the_wanlorn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Suffers from an unfortunate case of the dead lesbians. It turns out that annoys me even when I know the author's representation in other series is A+ and not at all dead.

brieparis's review

3.0

Read my full review here: https://mylitfit.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/parasite-by-mira-grant/?frame-nonce=5a1b022347

essentialnpc's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

queen_mab_h's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Fully unsatisfied with the ending and the twists overall. 

jmoses's review

3.0

Some interesting ideas, and an entertaining read, but predictable and repetitive. Not excited for the next one.

Feed was +so+ much better.

booklover160's review

5.0

Amazing. If you're tired of the same old zombie story and want a refreshing take on a virus, this is the book for you. It's slow to start, but it builds all the same. When you finish the book, and you think back to that slow build, everything will become clear. It's such a beautifully crafted tale that reveals everything at a perfect pace which is both tantalizingly slow and thrillingly fast. It's a real ride from start to finish.

scuttlingclaws's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0