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mamaxke 's review for:
Night of the Purple Moon
by Scott Cramer
This was really not very good. The premise was both interesting and horrible. There is a comet that is crossing paths with the earth. Space dust enters the atmosphere which brings a bacteria that kills all the adults. That part was cool enough. But then it gets into the horrible part - it apparently attacks people post-puberty. Because it attacks estrogen and testosterone. (Yup. Both. Cause that makes sense.) and adults have higher levels. But apparently teens actually going through puberty...they're fine. And I mean, really if it were attacking the hormones then it would eventually kill everyone. Because everyone has hormones. But apparently this bacteria only attacks when you have a stable adult amount. And then one of the characters talks about how her boobs are growing - but she's safe because she hasn't gotten her period and that's the start of puberty. (Which, in case you know as much as this author, is not correct. That is technically the end.) Also according to this author the older kids should all have more to worry about than the younger ones.
And then there are a whole bunch of other believability issues as well. But at that point you kind of expect it all with such a badly thought out premise.
I mean, even if I am going to believe that hundreds of CDC scientists were quarantined and therefore survived the outbreak...why does it take them so long to develop the medicine? I get that it takes time for the process in normal life...but when everyone is dying? They don't speed things up? And then how on earth were all those scientists also pilots? Who could fly the antibiotics around the country? And where did they get the planes?
Ugh. Okay. I'm done. There were more problems of course. And I will most definitely not be reading the rest of the trilogy. I'm really glad this was a freebie I picked up.
And then there are a whole bunch of other believability issues as well. But at that point you kind of expect it all with such a badly thought out premise.
I mean, even if I am going to believe that hundreds of CDC scientists were quarantined and therefore survived the outbreak...why does it take them so long to develop the medicine? I get that it takes time for the process in normal life...but when everyone is dying? They don't speed things up? And then how on earth were all those scientists also pilots? Who could fly the antibiotics around the country? And where did they get the planes?
Ugh. Okay. I'm done. There were more problems of course. And I will most definitely not be reading the rest of the trilogy. I'm really glad this was a freebie I picked up.