Review: I love this series, I found this book disconnected sometimes
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2012
**spoiler alert**I like this series very much, it's easily in my top 5, so I enjoyed this installment a lot, as usual. I had a few niggling issues.It's disconnected. The two episodes of the book are not clearly marked, so I wasn't ready for the transition between one case and the other. The second one began when the previous one wasn't really closed.I didn't have the impression that Roan's degeneration was well planned, it slowed and accelarated in an erratic way. I should probably re-read it paying more attention to the sequence of changes/health deterioration. I know that Roan's condition is unique, so no one has a clue about it, not even he, but as a reader I should be able to anticipate a pattern. For example: when Roan seemed to have developed a sort of organic shield. That part was almost dropped when the other problem arose. Or possibly it was use as a mean to force Roan to do a body scan. Anyway, I couldn't get a handle on the whole thing, and instead of being angsty, I felt confused.I am not bothered by the cliffhangerish ending, but I can't help dreading the next installment.Dylan was more hands on than usual and I started to see a more solid personality, he's emerging in the long run. Holden has his streak of cruelty and badassness, but he's too developing into a more rounded character. The Scott development was VERY interesting.What I hope for: I hope Roan is able to claw his way out of the lion for once and I hope the result is not destructive. I AM NOT READY to lose Roan, no way, it's like losing your pension fund when you're close to retirement. NO WAY. I want Roan to become - even if reluctantly - the leader of the Infected, especially as an outlaw, but I hope he won't lose his friends in the process. I think this is the ultimate challenge, not the control of his lion or of his virus, but more "political" awareness and fighting adversities for the rights of his people in Roan's way, of course, with his abrasive, smartass, uncompromising personality.