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Title: Overhyped
Review: A wildly positive description led me to buy this, hoping to be captivated. Two hundred pages later, it started to take off. The unique aspects of the story, the biohazard and deadly aspects of the virus, have been seen elsewhere--from THE HOT ZONE, on. The plot is clunky as the author corrals innocents and villains into a house in a blizzard. We are told that one can spy on the action in the kitchen, from above--CLUNK! We are told individually about each cell phone in the house and why the innocents can't use them--CLUNK! CLUNK! The family members have such little characterization, it's difficult to keep track of them. A description of sex play is tacked on at the end and out of place with the book's tone. The writing is quite pedestrian, as if Follett were just lending his name to the thing. I'll look for recommendations of the better Folletts--like Eye of the Needle, and Key to Rebecca.
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