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Title: Avoid Like the Plague
Review: The first two-thirds are efficient and fast-paced. But the last 130 pages... unbelievable, and unbelievably tedious.Without compuction, four criminals steal a virus that will kill millions. They decide to do so despite a sudden increase in lab security, and despite knowing that their escape will be complicated by a blizzard. They can't bring themselves to shoot guards who learn their names, plans, and descriptions. They take a family hostage and give them more than enough information to ensure failure, capture, and conviction.Thank goodness the police are stupider than humanly possible.Follett goes to preposterous lengths to avoid shooting anybody. His villains threaten and brandish guns on every page - and then they punch and kick their victims. Over and over and over again. A hundred pages from the end, I found myself thinking, 'No criminal would ever act like that.' But they do, endlessly.By the time Whiteout is over, I regretted the complete waste of my time. Be warned.
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