Review: not thrilled with this thriller.....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 21, 2012
i see i am coming late to the party, this is not the first in the series, but it is the only one i have read. perhaps that makes some difference, but.....i kept waiting for the big action scenes, and all i kept reading, for the most part, up to close to the end, were procedural scenes of discussions between brit gov. and scientific officials, along with police and the m.e. a lot of discussions. and internal thoughts of the main character.i did not find it a thrilling book, far from it, although it was well written, and the characters were fairly well done. as for the mystery/thriller part, believe me when i say that if i could see "who done it" way ahead, and guessed the ending, it's not too complex. i am usually the last to get things like clues, and although i enjoy detective books, every once in a while, it's the 12th of never when i can guess the ending or the identity of the bad guy/guys ahead of time....making this a not too dramatic book.for me, i was disappointed, and won't be revisiting the character/books/series.i just read and loved "bangkok 8"....now there is a thriller with action, verve, endless change-ups and startling surprises, along with a main character who was, to say the very least, out of the ordinary. did i guess anything that happened in this book? no, not close, not even a little. i am not comparing the two books, they are really like apples and oranges, i am just saying that "the lazarus strain" was uninteresting for me. no offense to anyone.