published by Stone
Garden
ISBN-10:
1600760902
ISBN-13:
978-1600760907
reviewed by Mistophiles
08.08.2008
Sub-Tropical Remote Locations. Malevolent Viruses and Bacterium. A
Initially, this book began as a hang-at-the-edge-of-your-seat internet
serial. The story caught on, fans wanted more, and Contagion was
born.
Characters and plot both are reminiscent of action packed, over-the-top Soap
Operas, so (besides the occasional eye roll) I found myself reading, and
reading, and reading some more. And that's really the point isn't
it? Capture the reader’s attention and KEEP them reading.
It's dark, it's different, it's pleasantly
sinister. It's a Withersin 2.5 ravens out of 5.
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reviewed by Adam Armstrong
09.14.2008
In the heart of
The world renowned doctor Quentin Forsythe has gone on a relief
mission in
This book has a lot of things wrong with it. Almost every noun is
preceded by an adjective. There are way too many adverbs. No one in the book
ever just says anything; he said and she said are perfect dialog tags, every
one in this book was prompting, barking, snarling, or some other silly thing.
And they can’t just prompt, or return, or address, or ejaculate there has to be
some kind of goofy action crammed into every line of dialog. Words are being
used wrong often enough to make me wonder about heavy thesaurus usage. There is
no subtlety, every character announces what they are feeling or thinking to the
room whether anyone’s around to hear it or not. This isn’t even touching on the
plot, the characters, or the research.
There are some uses for books such as this. Experienced writers
can get a giggle or two out of it and writer’s new to the field could learn
quite a few things. Writing groups and writing classes should pick up a few
copies to dissect.
1 out of 5