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Contagion by Erin Bowman

5 reviews

ezwolf's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This is an okay sci-fi horror book and if you’re looking for the same kind of horror I am, with isolation and limited time, this might be something to try. 

But I did almost drop it right away because of the way the POV switched constantly and often between paragraphs. It was very confusing from an audiobook standpoint. I feel like it also made it hard to get attached to any of the characters. Over time you’re only left with a handful, but it takes a bit to get there. 
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brittanylee0302's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

This book was ROUGH. I was really looking forward to this book because of its great ratings, & honestly the only reason I didn't DNF was because of the ratings being so good. This book had so many flaws, it was YA & while I usually don't mind that, it bothered me that so many people were in positions that seemed unrealistic for their ages & seemed even more unrealistic because of the way they communicated with each other. Very much screamed YA & not the good kind. The chapters were the worst though, 40 to 65 pages in a chapter was just too much for me. There were such better ways to break them down, which brings me to my next point. The povs were a little confusing & messy & I didn't care to read them all especially when they weren't main characters. & the abbreviations that weren't explained at all or were explained to late to be useful really iced the confusing cake for me. If you aren't a usually sci-fi reader, you probably will spend a lot of time confused, I know I did. That all being said, this book was also very very predictable but despite that, I was still invested. Just not sure if I was invested enough to read the next one. 
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clrouse's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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cait's review

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adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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rosyeehaw's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

i really loved this book, i finished it within 3 days WHILE annotating it, it was so good, however i wish there was a bit more romance because i LOVE romance, but overall it was really good :)
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