Bleh, I hate when I forget to review a book right after I finish it. This one was definitely enjoyable, although I felt that it ended to soon. Well, let me clarify, it was long enough as it was, but it didn’t adequately wrap up the story. So, for lack of a sequel, it technically ended to soon. ( )

I liked the characters. Plot a little thin. Good on the bus. ( )

Tina, una joven y atractiva mujer, ha pasado un año infernal: ha perdido a su hijo y se ha divorciado de su marido. Ahora, se dispone a estrenar un espectáculo musical cuyo éxito puede aliviar el dolor pasado. Pero el obsesivo y reiterado aviso de que su hijo no ha muerto se encarga de recordar a Tina y a Elliot, su nuevo compañero, que la pesadilla apenas ha empezado.

Fairly forgettable horror story about a mother whose son has 'died' in an accident. She is not allowed to view the body and a few months later messages begin to appear around her home suggesting he is still alive. Apparently this was written early in the author's career under an alternative name, he then revisited and rejigged the book at a later date.

I think because of a supposed connection to COVID19 and a prediction that Wuhan would start a viral epidemic that would spread across the world, the book has seen a revival - pushed by the publisher. I'll save you a read, it doesn't.

Not an awful book, but nothing really to get too excited about. ( )

This is a Dean Koontz (under pseudonym) book from 1981. I've never really been a fan of mass market thriller writers, but they do make a lot of money, so clearly a lot of people are (and good for them for filling the demand). This is one I read because there's a reference to an engineered plague from Wuhan (which has been blown out of proportion by conspiracy theorists since then, but was definitely good speculation -- Wuhan being China's main incident of virology is about the same as talking about a plague escaping from Ft. Detrick in the US, or Smallpox escaping from Atlanta or the Russian institute.)

Horrible characters, plot, etc. generally (the random "former military intelligence guy" being a super secret agent shows little understanding of how the military actually works, and the on-a-dime shift from "X is impossible" to "X is the only explanation and I fully support it" based on very little evidence...). The one quasi amusing part of the whole book was the enemy being redeemed toward the end (somewhat) as having been forced to do a bad thing due to other worse people.

Overall, I'd skip this -- only really worth reading to check out how Wuhan-400 (in the book) is possible foreshadowing of Covid-19 (it wasn't, it was just a reference to a virus research institute). ( )