(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
While I was reading this book, I had the strangest sense that I was moving through a dream.
The idea of people getting sick all around the world isn’t a really unique idea, but the zombie-like twist added a kind of cool dimension to it. I have to be honest, though – I struggled a bit to relate to the characters. Part of it was the very surreal feel to this book, but I also felt that the book came across as if it was being written like a movie.
There were a lot of cringeworthy scenes in this book. One in particular came quite close to making me gag.
It was interesting to see the different ways the sickness affected people. I did feel that there were some questions that I had by the end. Some of the things weren’t explained to my satisfaction.
At times, I felt that the book did jump ahead a bit. For instance, it went from the start of the sickness to the whole society having collapsed. I would have liked to see a bit more of how society collapsed.
It was interesting to see how Lee and Park each saw the sickness and how it affected them. The author did do a good job of showing the progression that each of them went through.
I think this book could have been extended a bit and I would have liked to have my questions answered by the end, which I felt was left very open-ended. It was really quick and easy to read, though that was probably more because the writing format meant it was much shorter than it appeared to be.
I’m not sure if I’d read a sequel to this book. I’d have to wait and see and judge it on the book itself.
Ink of Blood 