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mariakureads 's review for:
Outbreak
by Robin Cook
So prior to this being returned to the library, I was a good 60% in and was enjoying the concept of the book even though I was under the impression that this was the same as the film of the same name (FYI, it's not) but overall it wasn't bad but it was returned and so I placed myself back on the queue to loan it and I got it back and after reading the last 40% realized that maybe I should have stopped where I was.
The last 40% showed Marissa still being chased by goons as she bumbles and fumbles through how this virus spread, where it started and the people involved and yet with no experience manages to bypass all of these thugs and goons after her. She hardly seems aware if her surroundings so I find this hard to believe but I felt a bit disconnected in this latter half - maybe it was because there was a big lapse from when I started to now but the first half was more on the science and writings of Ebola and other viruses and the latter felt like a try at an action film with a sad try at a romance between Marissa and her boss. Which earlier in the book she rebuked and felt a little cringy being around but somehow at the end of the book she asks him if he's free?!?!?
Not to mention that there are two other guys that she's being hit on that could be viable options, so what if both look suspicious for different reasons but with so many after her, her love life was the least of my problems as they should have been hers too as she's going all over the US trying to solve the mystery behind these cases.
This left me thinking it was meh so there's little chance I might continue to be honest.
The last 40% showed Marissa still being chased by goons as she bumbles and fumbles through how this virus spread, where it started and the people involved and yet with no experience manages to bypass all of these thugs and goons after her. She hardly seems aware if her surroundings so I find this hard to believe but I felt a bit disconnected in this latter half - maybe it was because there was a big lapse from when I started to now but the first half was more on the science and writings of Ebola and other viruses and the latter felt like a try at an action film with a sad try at a romance between Marissa and her boss. Which earlier in the book she rebuked and felt a little cringy being around but somehow at the end of the book she asks him if he's free?!?!?
Not to mention that there are two other guys that she's being hit on that could be viable options, so what if both look suspicious for different reasons but with so many after her, her love life was the least of my problems as they should have been hers too as she's going all over the US trying to solve the mystery behind these cases.
This left me thinking it was meh so there's little chance I might continue to be honest.