The Zodiac Paradox

The Zodiac Paradox by Christa Faust

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


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The plot isn't bad. A psychopath stalks and kills a number of people. Eventually he is dealt with. That part was okay and the author kept things moving. After reading some of the reviews, a number of people claim you need to see the television series before reading the book. Since I don't watch television or own on for that matter, I had no idea this book was based on one. Had I known, that would have been a big flashing red light because I've found books based on television or movies don't appeal to me. Actually i don't know if this book was based on the TV series or the latter was based on the book. What I disliked was one of the two main protagonists. It wasn't so much he was unlikable, I found him unbelievable which, for me, is much, much worse. Walter and Bell are young scientists. and good ones too. The author appears to have report-scraped sufficient Biomed jargon to make the case for their being brilliant. However Walter seems unable to have a rational thought in his body. I simply cannot buy the idea of a top-rated scientist charging off at a villain like Don Quixote at a windmill. Scientists are rational. Walter isn't. I was ready to DNF the book at the 40% mark but I hate doing that so persevered by telling myself it has to get better as it can't get any worse. And it did get better, largely because the author reduced his focus on Walter and more on the plot. It was still a bit of a struggle to get through it but I managed. I won't be reading any more books in this series.



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