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A review by judesamson
V-Wars by Jonathan Maberry
4.0
Overall it's well-written (although I am really surprised at how many mistakes there actually were). It was a little off-kilter to follow and I'm not sure if there was something wonky with the audiobook version or if that's just how it was written. The jumping from section to section being different characters was fine but there seemed to be some oddities with the timeline. Again, this might have been an issue with the audiobook copy. Some of the writing is definitely heavy-handed though, going from descriptive to nauseatingly over-done as it seems like some of the writers didn't know how to give a good punch with their words and keep going with the story - they had to hammer you over the head with some descriptions or points trying to be made. And, again, I'm surprised about some of the fairly simple things that are incorrect and other things that didn't seem to really make sense. For example - the Statue of Liberty has not been part of New York since New Jersey sued for it in 1998 - 14 years prior to this being published it would seem. Other things such as the DA guy announcing his plan to run for a fourth term on a Sunday. It's pointed out very clearly that he did it on Mother's Day and that's always on a Sunday and it's laughable to think any government worker is doing anything on a weekend. Even then - why is the reporter suddenly so interested in buddying up to him in the off-chance there will be dirt to find on his FOURTH campaign? If there was going to be anything it would have surely come out already in 12 years prior he's already been in office. It was a very poor foreshadowing attempt on the writer's part. The one writer seems to be a relative of Data from ST:TNG because, while they use some contractions, they avoid normal contractions at an abnormal rate that it becomes very jarring and makes it hard to flow with the story.
Given the popularity and the fact that it's headed into a TV Series (although The Passage seems like it was written by a 10-year-old and that got a series, albeit a canceled one) I'm surprised there isn't more to this. Overall, it's entertaining and you get a lot of information on the characters unlike other books that try to jam a whole ensemble cast into the first few pages and thus the reader doesn't know who-is-who nor do they care - this gives us "real-ish" characters although I'd say it's more leaning toward caricatures.
Given the popularity and the fact that it's headed into a TV Series (although The Passage seems like it was written by a 10-year-old and that got a series, albeit a canceled one) I'm surprised there isn't more to this. Overall, it's entertaining and you get a lot of information on the characters unlike other books that try to jam a whole ensemble cast into the first few pages and thus the reader doesn't know who-is-who nor do they care - this gives us "real-ish" characters although I'd say it's more leaning toward caricatures.