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A review by caitie95
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It by Gina Kolata
4.0
I found this really quite interesting, as the most I had ever really come across the 1918 flu previously was part of a documentary.
The author describes the science fairly well, without getting too bogged down in it (though since I already knew some of the information, it could make less sense to someone else) and had a very easy to read writing style. Some parts of it seemed a bit America-centric, but that's only to be expected and didn't really affect it. I enjoyed reading about the various assorted cast of people who'd become involved in the quest for knowledge of the flu, whom the author introduced in an entertaining manner.
The author describes the science fairly well, without getting too bogged down in it (though since I already knew some of the information, it could make less sense to someone else) and had a very easy to read writing style. Some parts of it seemed a bit America-centric, but that's only to be expected and didn't really affect it. I enjoyed reading about the various assorted cast of people who'd become involved in the quest for knowledge of the flu, whom the author introduced in an entertaining manner.