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Just Jennifer
, August 01, 2012
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I thought I was going to have a hard time reading this one. I love thrillers, however if is too “real” I have a hard time reading them. The less realistic the easier for me. However once I got into this one I couldn’t put it down. The threat of biological warfare is something that scares the crap out of me. And while this book was scary ��" in that it could really happen ��" it was so well written that I easily got past my fears.
I liked that it took us “behind the scenes”. If a situation like this were to really occur I don’t think many of us would really know what was going on. I think the media would “protect” us from the truth of what the government is really doing. Being able to get a look at how the government might handle this kind of situation really made me think. It made me wonder if I’d really want to know what the government was doing: going on covert operations, not “stepping-in” to prevent the threat on an official level, creating a new virus, back door deals, and so much more. I think in a situation like this ignorance just might be bliss. The stress and chaos that was introduced into the lives of Camp and Leslie is not something that most people could deal with. And even as trained as they are to deal with this stuff it still got to them.
Even despite the fact that if I were living through this kind of situation I don’t think I’d want to know ��" it was an amazing story to read. It was so fast-paced, there really was no down time. Even the somber opening to the story was quickly replaced with the start of the situation that carries the book along. I liked the characters ��" although I didn’t fully connect with any of them. I’ve never been in the situations they were in, and I found it hard to think of them as “normal” people with abnormal lives. There’s no way I could do any of what they did without going crazy ��" composure under pressure isn’t my strong suit, even under a normal amount of pressure. So while I didn’t connect with them personally I do think they were exceptional characters.
The writing was awesome ��" there was so much to this story I can’t believe that it all flowed so well. It is a great author that can have so many balls in the air and not drop one of them. I didn’t feel like any parts of the story were brushed off. Every time the story took on a new aspect it was followed through with. Nothing was left open-ended. I didn’t really think about it while I was reading, but once I finished the book I was amazed at the skill of McKellips to keep so much in order!
This was an amazing story and was exceptionally well written. I liked having a look behind the scenes of the government to see how they would handle a bio-weapons situation. I can’t wait to get a hold of another of McKellips’ books!
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