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A review by karleighreads
Parasite by Mira Grant
4.0
I am not sure if I would enjoy living in this world (obviously before all the issues started) or not. The idea of having a parasite in my small intestines is really offputting but I do like the idea of not having to maintain medication anymore and having no allergies.
There were a lot of really neat comments throughout this book that really made you think about real life. Here are a few that stood out for me.
"We weren't living in literal bubbles, but we were sterilizing our environments more every year, and we were starting to see the effects... The human race was being faced with a choice: find a way o keep our systems in equilibrium they had evolved to maintain, or accept a future of chronic illness, increasing biological and neurological disorders, and potentially, eventually, extinction." pg 13
"..man was locked in a constant fight to control an environment that didn't want to be controlled. First, we made the world as clean and non-allergenic as we possibly could and, when that just made things worse, we created artificial infections to make ourselves healthier." pg 199
I can't say I really liked Sally's character, she was jumpy and scared all the time but I REALLY liked Tansy. Her character was everything, if I had a full book of just Tansy I would just be giggling the entire time. She had some of the best lines in the entire book. I love how she calls her body a "meat car". This book was good, I really enjoyed it and can't wait to begin the second one.
There were a lot of really neat comments throughout this book that really made you think about real life. Here are a few that stood out for me.
"We weren't living in literal bubbles, but we were sterilizing our environments more every year, and we were starting to see the effects... The human race was being faced with a choice: find a way o keep our systems in equilibrium they had evolved to maintain, or accept a future of chronic illness, increasing biological and neurological disorders, and potentially, eventually, extinction." pg 13
"..man was locked in a constant fight to control an environment that didn't want to be controlled. First, we made the world as clean and non-allergenic as we possibly could and, when that just made things worse, we created artificial infections to make ourselves healthier." pg 199
I can't say I really liked Sally's character, she was jumpy and scared all the time but I REALLY liked Tansy. Her character was everything, if I had a full book of just Tansy I would just be giggling the entire time. She had some of the best lines in the entire book. I love how she calls her body a "meat car". This book was good, I really enjoyed it and can't wait to begin the second one.