Fallout
Fallout
By: Mark Ethridge
Challenge: 50 States Challenge
Published: 2012
# of pages: 266
Official description:
Josh Gibbs decided he was through with investigative reporting when controversy derailed his Pulitzer Prize ambitions in Atlanta. Now editor of a weekly paper, he gets two pieces of news from Dr. Allison Wright that change everything. The first is that his daughter has cancer. The second -- that a mysterious condition is plaguing Wright's patients -- leads the widowed newspaperman and divorced physician in pursuit of an unimaginable danger. Fallout is the story of their journey -- a journey through an Ohio River town's myths, heroes and oddities, from Indian curses to rat fishing to an alternative view of George Washington. Above all, Fallout is a story of corporate irresponsibility, of political self-interest, and of a potential catastrophe that looms in most American cities. Written by Mark Ethridge, author of the novel Grievances, now the major motion picture Deadline, starring Eric Roberts.
My opinion: I was very interested when I discovered this book was written by an author from Charlotte, NC, where I live. This was a well paced book with plenty of mystery and action. However, I was unsatisfied with some of the jumps in the story. I felt that some of the conclusions the character Allison comes to were a little too convenient.
I also hated the formatting of the book. Weird, I know, but it really bothered me. The author's last name and the title of the book were at the bottom of each page instead of the top. Before I got used to it, my eyes kept going to it because it seemed like something else to read at the end of the page. Also, there were several times in the book that there was a change in character without any kind of break in the page. It would go to the next paragraph, but be a different character's point of view. Usually you'd have a space between the characters or even a line to separate the paragraphs.
Overall the story wasn't anything special, but it kept my attention and was an easy read.
Why I gave this book 3/5 stars: Good pace and story, not very well-written, a little too "perfect" of an ending
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2 comments:
I've been hearing about this book, and yours is the first review, Andrea, I've seen of it. I think I might pick it up - your three stars is hopeful for me! - though the authors name at the bottom is a little distracting. A good dystopian fiction, do you think?
It doesn't get to the point of being a dystopian fiction, but is a potential prequel. It's very thought provoking in that way. I definitely recommend it. Like I said in the review, it won't blow you away, but it's a good read.
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