Lily's Book Review of "Virals"

Virals

 

By Kathy Reichs

I recently read the book Virals by Kathy Reichs. Despite my initial doubts, it was really good. Even though…the author, well, she wrote every sentence, every paragraph, to create…

Suspense.

Like seriously at least 1/3 of the whole book were sentences less than 5 words! Anyway the cover said something like…if you are a fan of Maximum Ride then you’ll love Virals… and I totally did! Genetically mutated 14 year olds, a group of friends called a pack, as well as short and suspenseful sentences (as before mentioned). But, if I DARE say, I like the first Virals book more than the first Maximum Ride book.

Now that you’ve heard me talk about my opinion (everyone is screaming “GET ON WITH THE STORY ALREADY!!!”) I’ll tell you a short summary of of the beginning (don’t worry I’m anti-spoilers so I won’t say anything that wouldn’t be on the back of a dust jacket). So basically the heroine of the story, 14 year old Tory, is a misfit teen who loves science (remind you of anyone?). One day her and her three guy-friends ferry over to an island looking for wolves on an island of monkeys (yeah…there’s no good way to explain that…).

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