Review: Contaminated by the Author's Liberal Bias
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
A decent story, but it's very short- the first three books are really the length of one book. Not a big problem, but don't expect to get a full boxed set- you're really getting one book, not three.As other reviewers pointed out, there are various holes in the plot, and numerous technical problems and oversights the author could have avoided. For example, a shotgun blast described as a "hail of bullets; a character with shotgun trumping two with rifles, including one who was behind a car;  heroes shouting greetings to one another when the creatures are attracted to noise. It seems the author knows little or nothing about firearms. That's okay, but find someone to proofread it who does.I deducted 2 stars because the author's couldn't manage to keep his liberal viewpoints from tainting the story. The hero, of course, is a vegetarian. Ok, fair enough. When you learn the contamination is spread through meat packing plants, so you begin to see who the villains are. The author starts showing his true colors when a character who was laid off said "My employer blamed it on the economy, but I think he just figured out he could make more money for himself." Spoken like someone who has never run a business- or a liberal- or both.Later, when they're discussing the source of the infection, the characters decide it could have been anyone. "Terrorists, right wing activists, crackpots- you name it." Right wing activists are right up there with terrorists and crackpots, huh? Why not not left wing activists? Because the author is a liberal, of course. The evil "agents" who are behind the nefarious plot are undoubtedly conservative members of the NRA.After a strong start, I lost interest in the story when the author kept injecting his liberal bias and distorted political agenda, effectively contaminating what could have been a good story. If you're a liberal, you might enjoy this story. If you're a conservative, it will just give you a headache.