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Ouch.... seems I am of the faint-hearted sort. At the point where Monet starts to literally disintegrate on his plane trip, I got a kind of anxiety attack and had to stop reading. :(
...so... it looks like I might literally not be able to read this book...
UPDATE:
I did it! ..and Preston did apparently later admit that he had slightly exaggerated here and there. I must admit that I found his visit to Kitum cave, towards the end of the book, to be a spot of melodrama, as was quite a bit of the rest ...more
...so... it looks like I might literally not be able to read this book...
UPDATE:
I did it! ..and Preston did apparently later admit that he had slightly exaggerated here and there. I must admit that I found his visit to Kitum cave, towards the end of the book, to be a spot of melodrama, as was quite a bit of the rest ...more
Nov 14, 2009
Tippy
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
Shelves:
disease,
suspense-thriller
Anti-climatic. Well written, for the most part. I have definitely read scarier non-fiction shit about these diseases. Just take a look at the beginning chapters of the Coming Plague. *shivers* However, he built up what he had to work with, and he did a good job of creating suspense. It just doesn't pay off. And seriously, why is it so scary when this shit hits America? Hemorrhagic fevers have killed people all over the world, but it's a thriller when it reaches DC, even though it only ever infec
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Nov 04, 2018
Chris
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
nonfiction,
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