Mira Grant
In my first real post, I talked about a book by Seanan McGuire. Today, I'm doing another book by her, Parasite, which she wrote as Mira Grant (yes, this is the book I was reading when I first mentioned her). It's not that I don't have other people to write about. I have a whole list of people to write about. I've even tried to write about KB Spangler's universe a few times. But I'm back to Seanan McGuire.
I'll be honest. I just finished it. I had put it down to read other things. I'm not really sure why. Probably because it's listed as horror. Ok guys, this is not horror. It's really just scifi.
On to the story.
The year is 2027, most diseases are a thing of the past. Almost everyone has a worm in them, I want to say the brand is Intestinal Bodyguards. Our hero is Sal. She's living a second life after almost dying and losing her memory in a car crash a few years ago. But now, Sal, her boyfriend Nathan, and much of her family end up investigating the cause of a new disease that is popping up. As the description of the book will tell you, the worms want a life of their own now. And they are taking over. People will be fine one moment, then they will stop, as the worms start to take over.
SPOILER under the photo folks.
photo from goodreads, click it for more reviews
It's not really a spoiler guys, I figured it out by page 50. Sal is a worm. Sally died in that car crash, the body was brain dead when the worm started to take over. Sal needed to relearn everything. She was basically newborn when she woke up. But this seemed reasonable considering how bad her accident had been. Sal has a completely different personality than Sally (and according to her dad and sister, it's a much better one).
I'm not going to give you any real spoilers. Just that Sal and Nathan learn a lot about what is going on. And Sal has several chances to realize what she really is. And she doesn't. Nathan picks up on it pretty quick, but doesn't have any problems with it. He actually tries to prevent her from figuring it out, which was reasonable, because she really did not handle it well.
one last thing. I picked this book to start reading Seanan's "horror" novels because I wasn't expecting any zombies. yeah, for most people, once the worms start to take over, they are practically zombies. Goddamn zombies.
I'll be honest. I just finished it. I had put it down to read other things. I'm not really sure why. Probably because it's listed as horror. Ok guys, this is not horror. It's really just scifi.
On to the story.
The year is 2027, most diseases are a thing of the past. Almost everyone has a worm in them, I want to say the brand is Intestinal Bodyguards. Our hero is Sal. She's living a second life after almost dying and losing her memory in a car crash a few years ago. But now, Sal, her boyfriend Nathan, and much of her family end up investigating the cause of a new disease that is popping up. As the description of the book will tell you, the worms want a life of their own now. And they are taking over. People will be fine one moment, then they will stop, as the worms start to take over.
SPOILER under the photo folks.
photo from goodreads, click it for more reviews
It's not really a spoiler guys, I figured it out by page 50. Sal is a worm. Sally died in that car crash, the body was brain dead when the worm started to take over. Sal needed to relearn everything. She was basically newborn when she woke up. But this seemed reasonable considering how bad her accident had been. Sal has a completely different personality than Sally (and according to her dad and sister, it's a much better one).
I'm not going to give you any real spoilers. Just that Sal and Nathan learn a lot about what is going on. And Sal has several chances to realize what she really is. And she doesn't. Nathan picks up on it pretty quick, but doesn't have any problems with it. He actually tries to prevent her from figuring it out, which was reasonable, because she really did not handle it well.
one last thing. I picked this book to start reading Seanan's "horror" novels because I wasn't expecting any zombies. yeah, for most people, once the worms start to take over, they are practically zombies. Goddamn zombies.