Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

The Drift by C.J. Tudor

34 reviews

luminousbluebells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gore, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

kthrasher's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bigcandle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was an impulse buy - I went to order a new book from my local, and saw The Drift. Really loved The Chalk Man and I do love me some apocalypse stuff.

This was a very fun read. Tudor is so good at keeping you on your toes by pulling you in and out of different plot points by switching point of view or time period. I read it in a day on my train ride, and I'm glad I did! 

I think it was, at times, a bit overwhelming how many characters were packed into the scenarios, and how similar a lot of their modes of speaking were. This improved with time but, overall, a bit more diversity could have made things more interesting. Having read two of her books, I'm noticing Tudor definitely has a preference for sort of moody, emotionally dysfunctional, often analytical, traumatised characters who don't have much time or sympathy for others around them. They're flawed characters and purposefully so, but it would be good to see a bit more range in personality. Meg and Hannah's characters did develop and become more well rounded as things unfolded.

I really did not buy Carter as his age. Sean behaved much younger, more controlled, more thoughtful and brave, while Carter came off like a disgruntled and awkward teenager most of the time. It was just a bit jarring, and I couldn't help but picture Carter as an early twenty year old

Overall - fucking fun and a good bit of horror sci-fi. It's fucked up, action-packed and very tense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Incest, Rape, and Slavery

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

Meh. I liked the setting and the way it’s sort of an anthology story but with a spin on it. But the whole epidemic never works for me and I found the actual plot itself predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Antisemitism

terrik_409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

laurenvoice's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The Drift was full of some great twists and turns; some were expected and some unexpected.

The Drift was dark, tense and twisty! I didn't think I would enjoy a story about a pandemic, but I enjoyed this. It was intriguing to see one of the character's experiences from the start to the "end" of the pandemic. However, it was frustrating how one or two questions were left unanswered. Nonetheless, I will one hundred per cent be reading another novel by C.J. Tudor as that was some master storytelling! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

georgie_kc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This is one of the most satisfying thrillers I've read in a LONG time! I loved the locked-room elements and the three separate stories. Watching all the pieces slot together was so good, with the author providing just enough details for the reader to get there at the same time as the characters do. It made for some really shocking but totally plausible twists and I just ate it up! Loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Fatphobia and Vomit

ateodozja's review against another edition

It's on me - I was expecting a completely different book, and I'm not okay with reading about viruses/plagues just yet. The premise still sounds intriguing and I may get back to the book at some point, but I needed to move on for now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Fatphobia

_thugbug_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexism