Review: So-so
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
Not bad...not great.Theresa MacPhail has certainly researched her topic. Of this there is no doubt. I liked the realism of the spread of the disease. However, writing interludes from the virus's point of view was bizarre to say the least. I think it took away from the overall read. Also, there are so many different characters, and MacPhail bounces from this person to that person to the next person and after awhile, you stop really caring about them because they're so one-dimensional. Were it me, I'd focus on patient zero and his wife, maybe the family with the two young children who died, and the parents really only were married for the kids' sake, and maybe Brian and Casey. Other than that, ditch the other people. Ms. MacPhail should continue writing, because while this story wasn't a home run, she's got good talent and will only get better.