As the concluding book to his Infected Trilogy, Scott Sigler ends it with a muted bang. Compared to the WRITING in Contagious, Pandemic's flow felt like a summer action movie script with brief voice overs so we can hear the thoughts of select characters. The chapters tend to be short, switching between the four major groups, more often as the book progressed. The suspense and buildup was just not the same as his much earlier Infectious and Contagious books. I guess six years really changes a person's style and flow.
I gave this book 3 stars because despite the jerky pacing, the basic storyline works. I could have lived without the half-page chapters that could easily have been handled from a 3rd person's point of view instead. The SEALs were great, if stereotyped. Agent Otto and Dr. Montoya are back, but NOT the primary characters. That mantle passed on to the "next generation." Part of the storyline covers how this transition happens.
BTW. I've read enough epidemiology material to agree with how the alien plague became the Pandemic. The political reactions are also believable, even if they were typecast Cold War roles. I just wish Sigler had used a different pacing model than an ADHD Summer Action Film.
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Kuzu
I gave this book 3 stars because despite the jerky pacing, the basic storyline works. I could have lived without the half-page chapters that could easily have been handled from a 3rd person's point of view instead. The SEALs were great, if stereotyped. Agent Otto and Dr. Montoya are back, but NOT the primary characters. That mantle passed on to the "next generation." Part of the storyline covers how this transition happens.
BTW. I've read enough epidemiology material to agree with how the alien plague became the Pandemic. The political reactions are also believable, even if they were typecast Cold War roles. I just wish Sigler had used a different pacing model than an ADHD Summer Action Film.
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Kuzu
