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This book was very scary because we really had a close call that very few of us knew about. I lived about 20 minutes from the quaratine center at that time. It is well written and moves you along while educating you.
I read this mostly because I wasn't feeling well, and my less page-turny books weren't able to hold my attention. This may or may not have been a good idea, since the book details the effects of filoviruses. They are not pleasant. They're something you don't want to come down with, and (luckily) you probably won't.
Although this is non-fiction, it reads like a thriller. You will be biting your nails, hoping that people you've come to care about don't break with Ebola. It feels like brain candy, a ...more
Although this is non-fiction, it reads like a thriller. You will be biting your nails, hoping that people you've come to care about don't break with Ebola. It feels like brain candy, a ...more
I definitely read this in high school, shortly before going on a disastrous date with a boy who thought it was wise to put the moves on me while watching the movie version. Lame boy, that boy. I re-read it last week while at my parent's cabin, a place they've stocked exclusively with pulp fiction and thrillers and books like The Hot Zone. The first chapter is delicious in a terrible, terrible way: Preston describes a patient "crashing" with the Marburg Virus. Halfway through, the book devolves i
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This is definitely a page turner... It opens up with a dude catching ebola and follows his story until he explodes all over the floor--what more could you ask for in a first chapter? I've heard that some of Preston's descriptions of the effects of ebola are "exaggerated," but I didn't mind.
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Scary book regarding the spread of the Ebola Virus. Read quite awhile ago.
Little fact: Richard Preston is the brother of Douglas Preston of Preston and Childs.
Little fact: Richard Preston is the brother of Douglas Preston of Preston and Childs.
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