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Redaction: Extinction Level Event
Six months after an Influenza Pandemic swept across the globe, the world is starting to emerge from quarantine. But Pestilence Free Day is short-lived. For an unseen enemy has just been unleashed.
Five people. Seven days.
A brilliant scientist with an apocalyptic forecast
A soldier that needs an enemy to fight
A college student venturing into a changed world
An insurance salesman who exploits every opportunity
A juvenile delinquent desperate to leave his past behind
Redaction: Humanity is about to be erased from the Book of Life
Word Length: 150,000, Edited by TL Hockett, Cathleen Ross
WARNING: This book contains violence, crude language and disturbing sexual references
Five people. Seven days.
A brilliant scientist with an apocalyptic forecast
A soldier that needs an enemy to fight
A college student venturing into a changed world
An insurance salesman who exploits every opportunity
A juvenile delinquent desperate to leave his past behind
Redaction: Humanity is about to be erased from the Book of Life
Word Length: 150,000, Edited by TL Hockett, Cathleen Ross
WARNING: This book contains violence, crude language and disturbing sexual references
382 pages, Paperback
First published October 31, 2011
142 people are currently reading
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About the author
Linda Andrews
67 books92 followersLinda Andrews lives with her husband and three children in Phoenix, Arizona. When she announced to her family that her paranormal romance was to be published, her sister pronounce: "What else would she write? She’s never been normal."
All kidding aside, writing has become a surprising passion. So just how did a scientist start to write paranormal romances? What other option is there when you’re married to romantic man and live in a haunted house?
If you’ve enjoyed her stories or want to share your own paranormal experience feel free to email the author at linda@authorlindaandrews.com She’d love to hear from you.
All kidding aside, writing has become a surprising passion. So just how did a scientist start to write paranormal romances? What other option is there when you’re married to romantic man and live in a haunted house?
If you’ve enjoyed her stories or want to share your own paranormal experience feel free to email the author at linda@authorlindaandrews.com She’d love to hear from you.
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April 7, 2012
Tedious...is the only word that I can think of right now. Sad really. I love zombies (none in this book), but I'm ALWAYS up for a good post-apocalyptic yarn, and one that has a slow march towards the extinction of the human race - as opposed to some instant worldwide cataclysmic event where everyone perishes at once - will catch my attention every time. Not that the cataclysmic ones don't thrill me, but the slower ones give you more time to get to know the characters and care (or not) about them. There was only one character in this book I really liked, and I don't think it was one we're supposed to care about.
There are plot threads all over the place that are not even remotely connected, sub-par (nearly nonexistent) editing, and a nearly inexplicable journey to somewhere.
It's hard to write this review because this is my FAVORITE genre to read, but I have read so much spectacular PA stuff over the last thirty years, that this one pales in comparison. This book took me weeks to get through; it normally would have taken me a day or so, if it held my interest.
I hear the story is continuing, but I don't think I will be following it. I didn't care enough about anyone in the book to find out what happens to them.
The author has some great ideas, and I hope she keeps at it, honing and developing her stories (and hiring an editor) and writing skills, because I think that, eventually, she'll write something amazing.
There are plot threads all over the place that are not even remotely connected, sub-par (nearly nonexistent) editing, and a nearly inexplicable journey to somewhere.
It's hard to write this review because this is my FAVORITE genre to read, but I have read so much spectacular PA stuff over the last thirty years, that this one pales in comparison. This book took me weeks to get through; it normally would have taken me a day or so, if it held my interest.
I hear the story is continuing, but I don't think I will be following it. I didn't care enough about anyone in the book to find out what happens to them.
The author has some great ideas, and I hope she keeps at it, honing and developing her stories (and hiring an editor) and writing skills, because I think that, eventually, she'll write something amazing.
June 22, 2012
Awful. For starters; get an editor. Disjointed dialog, unnecessary descriptions, and a incredible number of superfluous commas. Most of the errors would be easily caught with a simple grammar check.
And then there is the actual writing. Unbelievable characters with constantly changing motivations. When they do stay true to themselves, we are beaten over the head with the repetition. Character conversations are often difficult to follow as they are constantly interjected with the most menial descriptions.
I think the worst part though was the addition of a character that had no real point to the storyline. It felt as though he was added in a desperate attempt to add length to the book by adding blatant sex and violence. The ridiculousness of the character is basically proven with the lack of end to his storyline. It's like the author just gave up on him and quit writing.
An interesting idea that could have been very good, but overall, poorly executed and badly written.
And then there is the actual writing. Unbelievable characters with constantly changing motivations. When they do stay true to themselves, we are beaten over the head with the repetition. Character conversations are often difficult to follow as they are constantly interjected with the most menial descriptions.
I think the worst part though was the addition of a character that had no real point to the storyline. It felt as though he was added in a desperate attempt to add length to the book by adding blatant sex and violence. The ridiculousness of the character is basically proven with the lack of end to his storyline. It's like the author just gave up on him and quit writing.
An interesting idea that could have been very good, but overall, poorly executed and badly written.
February 22, 2012
Or is it really the POST-apocalypse? An assortment of divergent characters must face the stark reality in this dark, gripping read written in Andrews' vibrant, in-the-moment style. Good luck getting to sleep after this one!
April 16, 2012
Redaction is a mind-bending novel of what could happen when the next pandemic hits Earth. Seemingly bent on eradicating the human race, the pandemic kills off a large percentage of the infected. Now there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The virulence seems to have stopped spreading and people emerge to rejoice in still being alive. However, their celebrations are a bit premature as a second wave, stronger than the first, sweeps across the globe. Now less than 1% of the world’s population is expected to survive. Five very different people (a scientist, a college student, a soldier, a juvenile delinquent, and an insurance salesman) have seven days to try to prevent the end of the human race forever. Or will they be too late?
Ms. Andrews has created a chilling look at the world in the throes of true crisis. The five main characters’ stories seem separate, but as the race is on their lives coincide and intertwine in ways you’d never believe. Containing excellent world- and character-building, Redaction is a haunting story that will stay with you for long after you’ve finished. I don’t think it’s possible to look at your fellow humans and the world itself the same after reading this novel. The ending could have been more polished, but the open story lines leave enough room for a sequel in the future.
Ms. Andrews has created a chilling look at the world in the throes of true crisis. The five main characters’ stories seem separate, but as the race is on their lives coincide and intertwine in ways you’d never believe. Containing excellent world- and character-building, Redaction is a haunting story that will stay with you for long after you’ve finished. I don’t think it’s possible to look at your fellow humans and the world itself the same after reading this novel. The ending could have been more polished, but the open story lines leave enough room for a sequel in the future.
November 15, 2011
REDACTION by Linda Andrews gave me the chills. She's crafted a scary, well-told tale of what "will" happen to our world "when" the next pandemic hits.
Ms Andrews' story jumps in just as people believe the worst of the pandemic, that's killed over thirty percent of the people infected, is over. How wrong they are. A new wave is about to devastate the fragile remains of society. And there's nothing anyone can do to prevent it. The best they can do is try to be among the one percent predicted to survive.
Ms Andrews story follows five main characters - a scientist, her teenaged niece, a soldier, a young Hispanic boy, and a creepy insurance salesman (love the type-casting here.) Their stories start out separately then merge together as the tension mounts. And boy does it mount!
Sheep. Dogs. Wolves. Lobos. This is how according to one character the human population breaks down after society collapses. Which would you be? All I know is that when the pandemic hits those who die first will be the lucky ones.
So if you want a book that will keep you up reading, and then if you're lucky enough to fall asleep, will give you nightmares, pick up and read REDACTION by Linda Andrews.
Ms Andrews' story jumps in just as people believe the worst of the pandemic, that's killed over thirty percent of the people infected, is over. How wrong they are. A new wave is about to devastate the fragile remains of society. And there's nothing anyone can do to prevent it. The best they can do is try to be among the one percent predicted to survive.
Ms Andrews story follows five main characters - a scientist, her teenaged niece, a soldier, a young Hispanic boy, and a creepy insurance salesman (love the type-casting here.) Their stories start out separately then merge together as the tension mounts. And boy does it mount!
Sheep. Dogs. Wolves. Lobos. This is how according to one character the human population breaks down after society collapses. Which would you be? All I know is that when the pandemic hits those who die first will be the lucky ones.
So if you want a book that will keep you up reading, and then if you're lucky enough to fall asleep, will give you nightmares, pick up and read REDACTION by Linda Andrews.
November 11, 2012
I am a fool for EOTWAWKI books... A fact probably kept hidden from my friends who read "literature." Whatever the reason for "the end," This was a great little book and I am starting the sequel tonight. Flu, Radiation, rats, anthrax... It has it all. No zombies, alas. If you are not into this genre, you might give this as a try for your foray. I enjoyed it, and it and it's an easy read.
March 17, 2014
Great read, if you like Apocalypse survival books then this is wonderful. I would highly recommend this book!
December 21, 2017
Solid 3.5/5
January 17, 2020
Absolutely love this book I highly recommend! The plot line thickens each page. The characters are relatable and each have there own quirks that are charming and lovable. Can't wait to finish reading the series 😁
March 31, 2018
Couldn't put it down. The characters are so well developed and the scenarios are mind boggling. Made me stay up late and put off work just to read it. Highly recommend!
June 22, 2018
Entertaining
It's a bit cheesey. The characters are a bit one dimensional. But damn it, I am going to read the next book to find out what happens to them.
It's a bit cheesey. The characters are a bit one dimensional. But damn it, I am going to read the next book to find out what happens to them.
September 22, 2019
Fantastic
This has to be one of the best thought out well planned book I have ever read. I loved the realism of this book and the characters. Can’t wait to read more.
This has to be one of the best thought out well planned book I have ever read. I loved the realism of this book and the characters. Can’t wait to read more.
May 12, 2020
Nothing like a bit of escapism fiction I mean nothing like lol
August 22, 2020
Good read
This virus is crazy! This book has little bit of everything from gang's, murders to the government doesn't know how to run anything! Great book
This virus is crazy! This book has little bit of everything from gang's, murders to the government doesn't know how to run anything! Great book
November 10, 2020
Was slow starting but it picked up fairly quick and turned out to be a good book. Enjoyed it
June 24, 2013
While this book was amusing enough to keep me interested and I can't complain about the price (under a dollar), I feel the story could have been a lot better given the potential of the content. I mean, what's more action packed than an extinction level event?
I enjoyed the concept itself and I think a lot of people who enjoy end of the world scenarios would also enjoy it. I felt there was plenty of action and it was fast enough paced that I was not bored. There were a few characters I enjoyed, namely Manny, and was able to connect to them just enough to care what happened to them. I enjoyed the main character, Mavis, to some extent, but feel the dialog changes mentioned later in my review would make her more believable. I also don't understand why the author goes out of her way to create this strong, intelligent, independent aunt and doctor, then muddies the waters with the military adulation. I understand why Mavis would mesh well with a military man, but why not leave it at that? I personally felt it didn't mesh with her non traditional character.
The first major problem with this book is that it needs an editor, badly. Lots of comma errors, punctuation issues, spelling errors and instances of using the wrong word.
The dialog was also so bad as to be nearly painful and often quite repetitive. I found the constant use of abbreviations and military lingo to be distracting and trite, not to mention really forced sounding. I also feel the author made use of some dated or misused slang (chil-lax and referring to b*tch slapping a door open)that just sounded hackneyed. The dated internet speak abbreviations were downright comical, the opposite of the author's presumed intent. I think any self respecting editor would have caught these issues and fixed them.
I also absolutely loathed Trent Powers. And not in the way the author was aiming for, either. He was boring, silly, cliched and irritating. It was as if American Psycho's Patrick Bateman was reprised by an 8th grader for a creative writing prompt. It was just really lazy, sloppy writing in the worst way. An attempt to add more interest that, in my view, did the exact opposite. I hated the character to the extent I feel the book would have been better and more interesting without him and that he was the single worst feature of the novel.
Overall, I will likely read the sequel, but wouldn't if it were full priced. I am hoping an editor and some experience will improve this next novel.
I enjoyed the concept itself and I think a lot of people who enjoy end of the world scenarios would also enjoy it. I felt there was plenty of action and it was fast enough paced that I was not bored. There were a few characters I enjoyed, namely Manny, and was able to connect to them just enough to care what happened to them. I enjoyed the main character, Mavis, to some extent, but feel the dialog changes mentioned later in my review would make her more believable. I also don't understand why the author goes out of her way to create this strong, intelligent, independent aunt and doctor, then muddies the waters with the military adulation. I understand why Mavis would mesh well with a military man, but why not leave it at that? I personally felt it didn't mesh with her non traditional character.
The first major problem with this book is that it needs an editor, badly. Lots of comma errors, punctuation issues, spelling errors and instances of using the wrong word.
The dialog was also so bad as to be nearly painful and often quite repetitive. I found the constant use of abbreviations and military lingo to be distracting and trite, not to mention really forced sounding. I also feel the author made use of some dated or misused slang (chil-lax and referring to b*tch slapping a door open)that just sounded hackneyed. The dated internet speak abbreviations were downright comical, the opposite of the author's presumed intent. I think any self respecting editor would have caught these issues and fixed them.
I also absolutely loathed Trent Powers. And not in the way the author was aiming for, either. He was boring, silly, cliched and irritating. It was as if American Psycho's Patrick Bateman was reprised by an 8th grader for a creative writing prompt. It was just really lazy, sloppy writing in the worst way. An attempt to add more interest that, in my view, did the exact opposite. I hated the character to the extent I feel the book would have been better and more interesting without him and that he was the single worst feature of the novel.
Overall, I will likely read the sequel, but wouldn't if it were full priced. I am hoping an editor and some experience will improve this next novel.
May 9, 2013
It has potential, but ... what an ordeal to read.
This was a heavy slog. First, stop describing every object every character encounters -- how many times does the coffee have to be described? Second, the story is compelling enough, surviving an extinction-level event -- why introduce the psychopath? Third, why the heavy emphasis on male horniness? It's like most of the men in this book have nothing but sex on the brain -- it is pretty offensive to me and I'm a woman. Fourth, is there a particular reason people could not DRIVE to the gathering point? Even if they have to drive over lawns, it would've been faster than moving thousands on foot. Fifth, is every single elected official stupid and crass? ... and so on. Not one flipping plot point is wrapped up in the first book.
Mainly this novel bugged me because it could've been so much better. I don't buy the alleged attack by the Chinese -- what would be the point? Why would they wipe out their biggest customer and debtor? Zero sense. Why couldn't the reappearance of a mutated redaction been enough?
I would like to see what happens to the survivors next, but the thought of having to get through not one, but TWO, sequels to find out makes me shudder. Do you have the Cliff Notes version?
I'm also wondering about the science behind it all -- I don't get the sense that the author really knows what she's talking about because she doesn't provide any details, especially about the nuclear fuel rods being exposed. This is where more detail would've been welcome but nooooo, instead we learn in excruciating detail the content of Mavis's pantry. And if redaction didn't kill her husband and son, what did kill them?
This was a heavy slog. First, stop describing every object every character encounters -- how many times does the coffee have to be described? Second, the story is compelling enough, surviving an extinction-level event -- why introduce the psychopath? Third, why the heavy emphasis on male horniness? It's like most of the men in this book have nothing but sex on the brain -- it is pretty offensive to me and I'm a woman. Fourth, is there a particular reason people could not DRIVE to the gathering point? Even if they have to drive over lawns, it would've been faster than moving thousands on foot. Fifth, is every single elected official stupid and crass? ... and so on. Not one flipping plot point is wrapped up in the first book.
Mainly this novel bugged me because it could've been so much better. I don't buy the alleged attack by the Chinese -- what would be the point? Why would they wipe out their biggest customer and debtor? Zero sense. Why couldn't the reappearance of a mutated redaction been enough?
I would like to see what happens to the survivors next, but the thought of having to get through not one, but TWO, sequels to find out makes me shudder. Do you have the Cliff Notes version?
I'm also wondering about the science behind it all -- I don't get the sense that the author really knows what she's talking about because she doesn't provide any details, especially about the nuclear fuel rods being exposed. This is where more detail would've been welcome but nooooo, instead we learn in excruciating detail the content of Mavis's pantry. And if redaction didn't kill her husband and son, what did kill them?
March 1, 2017
Not a zombie book....interesting character development with a few flaws in the storyline, but otherwise a decent read.
December 2, 2012
"Redaction" by Linda Andrews was a decent book in my current favorite genre of books. This would by apocalyptic dystopian fiction. It was average though and would not put it in the great category of something I would read again in the future. There was not enough worldwide depth to it and little detail of the gradual collapse of civilization. I also did not realize it was the first book in a planned series and will not be reading the sequel unless I run out of dystopian books.
A virus has come from somewhere and people are dying everywhere. The military is still functional and somehow the Internet never quits working. I never quite figured that one out. As usual, self sufficient people continue to plod along and the urban areas dissolve into gang activity, robberies and murder. Parts of the book just did not fit like power, a burger joint that continued to operate, the doctor who is in charge of the military, and some other odds and ends. The main character is a woman doctor who is working on the virus cause and cure who interacts with the surgeon general throughout the book via the Internet. Ho Hum book.
August 4, 2015
Wow! What a movie! No. It wasn't a movie. It really was the Kindle version of a book that has text-to-speech. But it was easily as good as any other disaster movie on SyFy. It was written from several people's points of view. We even get inside the evil, bad guy's head. Yuck! Yuck! But it made it a better read, I think, by being able to see what these people are going through in their end days. post a horrid disease in which most of the population has died. These are the leftovers. But their survival looks questionable.
I loved most of the characters. I loved how these people inhabited their world and dealt with the cards dealt them. I think that is what makes a good disaster book or movie. Show us how we can be good in the face of the bad. Show us how to turn our thoughts around to make sure we are caring people in crises. What else matters in the end but how you treat your fellow beings on the planet?
I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. By the way, with the Fire, I have my text-to-speech set to British female. That makes everything sound like Julie Andrews is reading to me. It makes nearly every book better!
I loved most of the characters. I loved how these people inhabited their world and dealt with the cards dealt them. I think that is what makes a good disaster book or movie. Show us how we can be good in the face of the bad. Show us how to turn our thoughts around to make sure we are caring people in crises. What else matters in the end but how you treat your fellow beings on the planet?
I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. By the way, with the Fire, I have my text-to-speech set to British female. That makes everything sound like Julie Andrews is reading to me. It makes nearly every book better!
January 12, 2013
Enjoyed this book in some ways, not so much in others:
LIKES: -Though you don't really get to know the characters that well, they are likable. Not overly developed, but not bad
-Good concept...I'm into end of the world stories lately and this one was pretty good in that it was plausible
-Written well enough that it kept me going
DISLIKES: -The descriptions are excessive & annoying. I don't need to know the color, texture, material and feel of every item people encounter in every other paragraph. Showing instead of telling a story is one thing, but there was way too much.
-While it's good to have a villain, the "bad guy" in this seems untouchable. Maybe I wasn't following it quite right, but he is practically killed more than once and always comes back, seemingly with no side effects. I was confused on that.
-I never want to hear the term "the ninos" again...
I did read the other 2 books, and thought they were better done. All in all though, this was a good book.
LIKES: -Though you don't really get to know the characters that well, they are likable. Not overly developed, but not bad
-Good concept...I'm into end of the world stories lately and this one was pretty good in that it was plausible
-Written well enough that it kept me going
DISLIKES: -The descriptions are excessive & annoying. I don't need to know the color, texture, material and feel of every item people encounter in every other paragraph. Showing instead of telling a story is one thing, but there was way too much.
-While it's good to have a villain, the "bad guy" in this seems untouchable. Maybe I wasn't following it quite right, but he is practically killed more than once and always comes back, seemingly with no side effects. I was confused on that.
-I never want to hear the term "the ninos" again...
I did read the other 2 books, and thought they were better done. All in all though, this was a good book.
November 5, 2015
A Frighteningly Realistic Dystopia
After a virus sweeps through the USA, people are quick to resume life as normal as possible as quickly as they can...with a few changes. Paper money is no longer accepted, everything is wrapped up as much as possible to prevent germs from spreading and of course, with so many people gone, movies and other jobs are no longer available. It seems the possibility of the virus returning is not even a passing thought in anyone's mind, even the remaining government. However, one doctor feels that the potential for another outbreak is more than possible and when she is proven correct, things get even worse as there are simply not enough people to keep the power plants going. The only option is to flee from the coming radiation. That is...if they can survive long enough.
The suspense and drama in this book will have any reader on the edge of their seats. Chills will be chasing one another as this is all to possible and you will be racing to read the next book in the series.
After a virus sweeps through the USA, people are quick to resume life as normal as possible as quickly as they can...with a few changes. Paper money is no longer accepted, everything is wrapped up as much as possible to prevent germs from spreading and of course, with so many people gone, movies and other jobs are no longer available. It seems the possibility of the virus returning is not even a passing thought in anyone's mind, even the remaining government. However, one doctor feels that the potential for another outbreak is more than possible and when she is proven correct, things get even worse as there are simply not enough people to keep the power plants going. The only option is to flee from the coming radiation. That is...if they can survive long enough.
The suspense and drama in this book will have any reader on the edge of their seats. Chills will be chasing one another as this is all to possible and you will be racing to read the next book in the series.
October 26, 2012
Spine- chilling and gave me nightmares
Alot of people have given this book a low star rating due to it dragging on a bit and requiring an editor and undeveloped characters. I disagree. The main characters may start of shallow but by the end of the book u r hoping for all of their survival. I did feel that the story could have done with a bit of tightening in places and the character Trent and Those from the mission could be dropped as u can get a bit lost as to who is who as their are a few to many characters in this book but I can see why the author has included them from different backgrounds all in this fight for survival together.
This is not a zombie book, but a more terrifying post-apoctolyptic novel as this could actually happen and how the human race will survive when it does!! The recent cases of swine flu and bird flu were nothing compared to the events described in this book.
March 13, 2013
Okay, so I read this entire book. I kept reading because stories like this interest me. But if I had not been interested, I would have stopped because there is a lot of things wrong with this book. I bought the nook version and I had highlighted and noted just a bunch of little things but then It became too much so I had to stop highlighting.
There are some issues with confusing or unclear descriptions or ideas.
A few possessives of inanimate objects.
The one thing that really bothered me was one character: Trent Powers. He started out as a Patrick Bateman that degenerated into a Michael Scott. He was cold and calculating in the beginning while you are made to believe he is heartless killer but then he becomes a joke by the end.
But I like this book. I was able to skip over the spelling, grammar and other errors just because I have run into them in my own writing but I can see how some readers would not be able.
There are some issues with confusing or unclear descriptions or ideas.
A few possessives of inanimate objects.
The one thing that really bothered me was one character: Trent Powers. He started out as a Patrick Bateman that degenerated into a Michael Scott. He was cold and calculating in the beginning while you are made to believe he is heartless killer but then he becomes a joke by the end.
But I like this book. I was able to skip over the spelling, grammar and other errors just because I have run into them in my own writing but I can see how some readers would not be able.
March 13, 2012
For me there is too many books out at the minute focusing on the concept of an influenza pandemic. The concept of this novel was interesting and well though out and for me that part of the novel stood out when compared to other novels out at the minute concerning the same basic plot.
However I feel the characters were not fully developed enough to allow the reader to relate to them. At times I felt like the influenza pandemic was the main focus of the novel and the characters it affected were just there because they had to be.
The ending for me was rushed as if the author just wanted the novel to be finished.
Overall it was an interesting concept and a good basic plot but for me it just didn’t stand out when compared to other novels out at the minute dealing with the same concept.
This review was first published on http://everybookhasasoul.wordpress.com
However I feel the characters were not fully developed enough to allow the reader to relate to them. At times I felt like the influenza pandemic was the main focus of the novel and the characters it affected were just there because they had to be.
The ending for me was rushed as if the author just wanted the novel to be finished.
Overall it was an interesting concept and a good basic plot but for me it just didn’t stand out when compared to other novels out at the minute dealing with the same concept.
This review was first published on http://everybookhasasoul.wordpress.com
January 5, 2013
It's a great premise, and some of the characters are pretty well developed.
But others were less so, and I found the "romance" between the two main characters a bit contrived and unrealistic. Not sure that people in those circumstances would be fumbling through would-be romance the way they did. Teenagers, maybe. Grown adults, less so.
Also think the book could have used another round of editing. Too many typos and errors for a published work.
Finally, the main "villain," so to speak, got on my last nerve. I get it, he's this pathetic excuse for a human being, but at what point is his evil, women-hating caricature just that? A caricature? I almost expected him to twirl the tips of his mustache the way he was so conniving. Then again, I did want him to die a painful death, so I guess it worked...
I don't think I can read the sequels, sorry to say.
But others were less so, and I found the "romance" between the two main characters a bit contrived and unrealistic. Not sure that people in those circumstances would be fumbling through would-be romance the way they did. Teenagers, maybe. Grown adults, less so.
Also think the book could have used another round of editing. Too many typos and errors for a published work.
Finally, the main "villain," so to speak, got on my last nerve. I get it, he's this pathetic excuse for a human being, but at what point is his evil, women-hating caricature just that? A caricature? I almost expected him to twirl the tips of his mustache the way he was so conniving. Then again, I did want him to die a painful death, so I guess it worked...
I don't think I can read the sequels, sorry to say.
February 8, 2016
Brainless Incredibly brainless, with a good dose of tedium thrown into the mix. From the author's habit of describing the most mundane things in great detail (a character spends a whole page wiping a counter-top, and the author interrupts the flow every time someone gasps), to the incredibly juvenileway the author writes romance (it reads more like a teenager's fanatsy), this was really not worth the time it took to read.
Redaction has been likened to Stephen King's The Stand, but the only thing the two have in common is a killer 'flu. In terms of plot, characterization and writing quality, they are worlds apart.
Redaction has been likened to Stephen King's The Stand, but the only thing the two have in common is a killer 'flu. In terms of plot, characterization and writing quality, they are worlds apart.
January 24, 2012
What a poorly written story. The concept had a lot of potential but the writing was horrendous. Conversations were disjointed and confusing. Pronouns were misplaced. It was as if the author would do rewrites and add in sentences but forget what the original gist of the paragraph was. It was as if there was no editor to catch mistakes. There were so many misplaced commas it was tough to read. The personal relationships read like a trashy novel and the characters deserved better than that. It would get one star if the concept weren't so interesting.
July 4, 2014
I found this while searching for a decent book amongst the surge of self-published Zombie books. I didn't expect much, but I was pleasantly surprised. The characters have depth and all, even the bad guys, are interesting. The writing isn't as well done as, say, The Stand or Swan Song, but the story itself throughout the trilogy is very engaging and I found it hard to put down before I'd finished. It left me wanting a lot more, as any good story should, I'd definitely recommend it to any post-apocalyptic fans.
November 20, 2012
Flu is wiping out mankind. As is the Black Death, Hanta Virus and, uh, Anthrax. Everything gets thrown at humanity in this, including a serial killer.
It started out as a 5-star book but... it has pace issues. I think it's going to be a trilogy; nevertheless, Book One lagged after the halfway mark, considering Stephen King's The Stand managed to rattle through an outbreak of plague, post-Apocalypse civilisation and Good v Evil in one (admittedly weighty) tome.
It started out as a 5-star book but... it has pace issues. I think it's going to be a trilogy; nevertheless, Book One lagged after the halfway mark, considering Stephen King's The Stand managed to rattle through an outbreak of plague, post-Apocalypse civilisation and Good v Evil in one (admittedly weighty) tome.
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