flat_castle 's review for:

The Infection by Craig DiLouie

5.0

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There's something that is really enjoyable here with the writing style. It's not, as with it seems many other novels I've picked up lately, first person and that helps. Without any disorienting jumping you're able to see how all the characters are reacting to something at any given point and understand them more for it. Each character is a self-admitted stereotype which gives a bit of a characterization shortcut in the begining, but by the end each is fleshed out and made his own person. I also liked the Screaming giving the world a vague sense of forewarning and putting people on edge, instead of the typical virus x evolves and spreads to people scenario.