Reviews

Parasite by Mira Grant

marisowl's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Starting with the things I didn't like: the premise has been done before, and some characters are flat and unrealistic. The main plot twist is easily guessed in the first chapters of the book.

That being said, I think Mira Grant does a good enough job developing the story, I liked it enough to jump directly into the next one in the Trilogy.

theflowerwitch's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

mayhap's review

2.0

I enjoyed the Newsflesh trilogy quite a bit, but this book didn't really do it for me. A lot of the things that people who disliked the Newsflesh books pointed out as weaknesses actually worked as strengths for me, in a contextually-specific sort of ju jitsu that didn't happen here, so now I think I know how the people who hated those books and howled whenever one showed up on the Hugo ballot felt.

I pretty much never read with an eye to predicting what's going to happen next—afterwards, sure, I'll happily take it apart, but along the way I'm aiming for being swept up in the story, which is why I also strongly prefer wholly unspoiled readings—so when I say that a plot point is telegraphed exactly halfway through the book and then put aside until the very end of the book in a way that completely disrupted my reading, I want it to be clear that this is genuinely incredibly blatant.

jellyflesh_'s review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

tayparks's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

kllyholt's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

rachelkc's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

arijones91's review

For a premise this good, this book is soooooo damn slow with a MC who is extremely annoying!!! 

I couldn’t stand listening to another diatribe about “how she needs to know things” while also

WITHHOLDING THE NECESSARY INFO THAT CAN “HELP”

. It’s a bit too much ‘pot calling the kettle’ if you ask me.

I knew she was a worm at like the 50% mark, but naively thought they were going to play with that for the last half.

I hate that I read as far as I did.

rachel_darling's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

ratgirl17's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5