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Whiteout
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Meh.
My sometimes-sarcastic commentary
1. Oh no! A book about the potential for a deadly virus that causes the sufferer to bleed from basically everywhere. Oh how new and and exciting. Especially in 2003.
2. The completely believable heroine of the day, Toni, trained in engineering, decides to be a police officer, shamed off the job, now a security director for a lab that holds aforementioned bloody virus (and a cure. Ok, a cure that actually doesnt' work --poor rabbits and lowly lab tech).
3. Creepy sub-plot of two teenagers trying desperately to get it on when they witness their respective families being terrorized by thugs / virus-thieves. AND FURTHER creepiness when these two lovebirds (ick, ages 14 and 16) discuss their mutual possession of condoms--WEEEEEE. How old is Ken Follett and why the bleep does he care about the sex lives of two teens?! Bleck.
4. Oh, and let's not forget that you get through the entire blizzardy mess to find out the dastardly virus-spreader villain is someone we haven't met and is mentioned twice the entire book.
I gave it two stars for the occasional suspense.
My sometimes-sarcastic commentary
1. Oh no! A book about the potential for a deadly virus that causes the sufferer to bleed from basically everywhere. Oh how new and and exciting. Especially in 2003.
2. The completely believable heroine of the day, Toni, trained in engineering, decides to be a police officer, shamed off the job, now a security director for a lab that holds aforementioned bloody virus (and a cure. Ok, a cure that actually doesnt' work --poor rabbits and lowly lab tech).
3. Creepy sub-plot of two teenagers trying desperately to get it on when they witness their respective families being terrorized by thugs / virus-thieves. AND FURTHER creepiness when these two lovebirds (ick, ages 14 and 16) discuss their mutual possession of condoms--WEEEEEE. How old is Ken Follett and why the bleep does he care about the sex lives of two teens?! Bleck.
4. Oh, and let's not forget that you get through the entire blizzardy mess to find out the dastardly virus-spreader villain is someone we haven't met and is mentioned twice the entire book.
I gave it two stars for the occasional suspense.
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