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jay_the_hippie 's review for:
The Hot Zone
by Richard Preston
(1) This is definitely the scariest nonfiction book I have ever read. Ebola and Marsburg are horrific viruses. I really do wish the effects presented here were made up.
(2) I learned a lot about viruses in general (and the filovirus family in particular), about Africa, about the work of the CDC, and especially about how viruses are rated and handled. When the zombie uprising occurs, I'm going to check this book out of the library again so I can construct my own virus-safe facility. (As most scientists have concluded that the zombie plague will be caused by an as-yet-unkown virus, I am assuming that I'll want a virus safe stronghold, with the rest of the known world being a hot zone.)
(3) While the people are presented a little bit journalistically -- a little distant from me as reader -- I still did care about many of them. I guess you can't just add some quirky characteristics to real people to make them easier to recognize as soon as they step onto the page.
(4) The last chapter was my least favorite. Why do I so often dislike the way books end? I would say that for the first 3/4 of the book, I really didn't want to put it down. After that, the suspense felt a little forced.
(5) Yes, I will be looking for other books by this author. Learning new things is one of my favorite reasons to read.
(2) I learned a lot about viruses in general (and the filovirus family in particular), about Africa, about the work of the CDC, and especially about how viruses are rated and handled. When the zombie uprising occurs, I'm going to check this book out of the library again so I can construct my own virus-safe facility. (As most scientists have concluded that the zombie plague will be caused by an as-yet-unkown virus, I am assuming that I'll want a virus safe stronghold, with the rest of the known world being a hot zone.)
(3) While the people are presented a little bit journalistically -- a little distant from me as reader -- I still did care about many of them. I guess you can't just add some quirky characteristics to real people to make them easier to recognize as soon as they step onto the page.
(4) The last chapter was my least favorite. Why do I so often dislike the way books end? I would say that for the first 3/4 of the book, I really didn't want to put it down. After that, the suspense felt a little forced.
(5) Yes, I will be looking for other books by this author. Learning new things is one of my favorite reasons to read.