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Quarantine edition by John Brinling Literature Fiction eBooks

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Quarantine edition by John Brinling Literature Fiction eBooks

This book has potential. But I'm afraid in its current state, it is a difficult read. There are parts that are excellent, but far too many parts where the action drags, and the story stagnates. The introduction foreshadows the end far too much and is something of a plot spoiler itself.

The editing is ... well, one almost wants to say nonexistent. The word PASSED, for example, is always used when PAST would be correct. At least that misuse is consistent, throughout the book.

Sometimes the tenses don't match. There are other grammatical issues and misused words but I won't elaborate further on those. It's always easy to let the mind insert the correct word, but over time this becomes tedious and makes the reading more of a chore than it ought to be.

Having said that, I did find the story interesting enough to, eventually, finish it. The author gets points for that, as I have read (or attempted to read) books where the misuse of words and grammar, and/or the dragging plot ,become simply unbearable and, despite a promising beginning or a good story idea, the book simply becomes unreadable and has to be tossed by the wayside for something more worthy of a reader's time.

Some people may find this one unreadable. I won't go that far, as it was readable, albeit a bit painfully so...


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Quarantine edition by John Brinling Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

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The book description caught my interest, looking like it might be a really interesting read. Post-apocalypse, aliens, mutants, Africa . . . it had it all going.

As a LONG time reader of SciFi, the plot sounded great, however, the execution has left me wanting. Perhaps I overly identified with the protagonists miserable situation that went on and on and on . . . At this point in my reading, he's just 'jumped out of the frying pan, into the fire' and I'm having a hard time wanting to finish this book. Part of it, may also be the contradictions (PLOT SPOILER). For example, the ruling race are so desperate to repopulate, that immigrants are lured in under other pretenses, and then put to stud; eventually to be eaten. Yet, they are executing people as examples, practicing infanticide, burning crops and chasing people away from fertile land. I'm confused, are they trying to REpopulate or DEpopulate? For now, at 62% read, it's getting put down. Just does not seem to be 'my cup of tea'.

Normally, a book I can't bring myself to finish would warrant a '1-Star' rating; a book I have to push myself to finish, a '2-Star'. For me, even though I have not finished, '2-Stars' due to an interesting plot and fairly well developed main character.
Even though I have read and really enjoyed the authors other books, I had held off reading "Quarantine" because I saw in the description the words, science fiction, aliens, and mutants. Sci-Fi is not a genre that I enjoyed, that is until now! I loved this book, in fact this may very well be my favorite book of his! I was hooked within the first few pages, there is so much packed into this book, all of the descriptions of the area, the various characters, etc.. are incredibly vivid, it's like you are right there seeing, hearing and smelling it all. It has been a true page turner, I found it very difficult to stop reading it, my dishes need washed and I told myself just one more page, that one page then turned into 2 pages, then 3 pages. Needless to say, my dishes didn't get done that night! So even if you don't think this is a genre that you will enjoy, give it a try. I think you will be pleasantly surprised like I was. What a gem of a book!
I was immediately drawn into this book as the general concept was really fascinating. A land ravaged by disease, then rebuilt as a special place to which you might move, but could never leave. A 6-month quarantine to acclimate you to the virus you would then forever carry. That is intriguing enough, but add in the fact that the protagonist quickly realizes that things are not what they seem, and he's been misled in many ways. Then experience the suspense as, slowly, the pieces of the puzzle start to come together to form a horrific picture Paul could never have imagined. I really wanted to know what would happen next, how it all would end. There were twists and turns that were enthralling at first, but there were so many, it got a little old. Just when I thought we were wrapping it all up, something unexpected happened, and a whole new aspect of the story was introduced. Fascinating, surely, but I think a more succinct and focused storyline would have done this story great justice.

I was somewhat conflicted about the writing style. It's very wordy, and there is quite a bit of extraneous explanation that takes away from the power of the storyline. We would be in the middle of a pretty interesting and somewhat exciting plot event when suddenly there would be an entire tangent explaining some background that would have been better introduced in a more gradual way. The extra exclamation marks and some oddly-placed question marks were more distracting than I might have though they'd be, and it changed the whole feel of the book. The copy I read was also in need of a thorough editing; there was a number of minor mistakes that were distracting to my reading pleasure.

With a solid editing pass for sentence clarity and appropriate punctuation use, and some serious revising to take out extraneous explanation and tighten the storyline (maybe even taking out a turn or two to make the storyline more solid), this book could easily be a 4 star (or higher) book for me.

3.5 /5 stars- full review at GraceKrispy's MotherLode blog
This book has potential. But I'm afraid in its current state, it is a difficult read. There are parts that are excellent, but far too many parts where the action drags, and the story stagnates. The introduction foreshadows the end far too much and is something of a plot spoiler itself.

The editing is ... well, one almost wants to say nonexistent. The word PASSED, for example, is always used when PAST would be correct. At least that misuse is consistent, throughout the book.

Sometimes the tenses don't match. There are other grammatical issues and misused words but I won't elaborate further on those. It's always easy to let the mind insert the correct word, but over time this becomes tedious and makes the reading more of a chore than it ought to be.

Having said that, I did find the story interesting enough to, eventually, finish it. The author gets points for that, as I have read (or attempted to read) books where the misuse of words and grammar, and/or the dragging plot ,become simply unbearable and, despite a promising beginning or a good story idea, the book simply becomes unreadable and has to be tossed by the wayside for something more worthy of a reader's time.

Some people may find this one unreadable. I won't go that far, as it was readable, albeit a bit painfully so...