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Summary: The Hot Zone
Review: I had to read this for my Biology I course. At first i didnt want to read it. However, once i did i couldnt put it down. i strongly reccomend this book.It is a bit confusing and grousome at times but still great.
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Summary: Enjoyable and educational
Review: Well written chronicle of the emergence of "hot viruses" such as AIDS and Ebola and the surprising apperance of one of these viruses among some monkeys in Reston, Virginia. The details were a bit long at times, but Preston painted the scenes graphically and memorably. I felt I learned a lot from reading the book and did enjoy it.
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Summary: The Hot Zone
Review: This was a thrilling book. Preston did a great job of pulling us in, and I learned so much about Ebola. It made me want to research even more about this fascinating disease and its different types of strains.Anyways, many people have come down with a deadly disease (it has a 90% chance of killing you). Then, local monkeys are infected with the disease, and many are dying. Soon, some Americans are infected too. This book is frightening, but also interesting. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Awsome, Gripping, the best thing I've read
Review: This was the best book I've ever read...Robert Preston pulls you in and traps you from the first chapter all the way till the end. It is verry suspence full. I read it for a biology report on Ebola and found it verry help full as well as fun to read. I strongly recomend it. The scaryest thing about the story is that it is all real and a true story. Another good book on this subject is "Level 4 virus hunters of the CDC" by Jmes P. McCormick. Everybody should read both of these books.
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Summary: The Hot Zone
Review: The Hot Zone
By: Richard Preston
Reviewed By: D. Booy
Period: P.1 The Hot Zone is a nonfiction thriller that pits a group of army specialists against one the most dangerous viruses in the world. Nancy Jaax and her husband Jerry Jaax have been chosen along with army vetetinarians, and specialists in handling hot agents to investigate a monkey house, supposedly infected with Ebloa, a dangeruos filovirus that has a 90% death rate in it's victims. The book offers a whole new perspective in the way we look at dangerous viruses. The scariest part of the book is knowing that the events described really happened. I liked the book because of the detail the author included in the writing." the veinbroke apart like cooked macaroni and spilled blood." This quote gives you an idea of what happens when a person is infected with Ebola. " The loops resemble Cheerios." Richard Preston tries to put the most difficult concepts in a format that makes it easier to understand but still very descriptive. I enjoy reading books about things that are true. When I read books that are fictional I like it that there is plenty for the writer to say, so it is very suspenseful. The thing I don't get from reading fictional books is the certain kick that comes when you know something like this could happen, because it really happened. The beauty of the Hot Zone is that it offers plenty of suspense and action while still being real. The Hot Zone offers something that is extemely interesting to read yet very scary because of the thought thath this could happen near you. It is more scary than it would be if it was a fictional book. My favorite part of the book is the very first few chapters. They tell about an Englishman in Africa. This man's name is Charles Monet. One day he visits a large cave near where he lives. It is here that he may have picked up the filovirus Marburg, a virus similar to Ebola. It explains the symptoms and how this man died. It also tells about how medical researchers reacted after his death. The Hot Zone is a very good book that I reccommend you to read.
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Summary: Terrifying... sometimes
Review: The first part of the book when Charles Monet goes to Kitum cave and get the Marburg virus is a good book, but after that the book keeps repetitive and goes out of the story so many times that is very difficult to finish it... but I did, the main story, the research of the Ebola, the way they keep everything in secret and how they work with the wild monkeys is very interesting if you can find that story (this book could be written with 150 pages less), but at the end of the book you will be as at first, nothing can be done against these two virus.
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Summary: Don't get Ebola
Review: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston is a good book that makes you want to keep reading after each page. It describes in graphic detail how deadly viruses like Ebola and Marburg affect the body. It has a lot of interesting and detailed parts all throughout the book. In the beginning you start out fast with a lot of action, but then the story gets a little slow in the middle. At the end it speeds up again, and now a monkey has been sent to Washington D.C. that is infected with Ebola. The army is sent in to the monkey house to destroy the virus before it can infect humans. The scariest part about the book though is that it's a true story. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read.
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Summary: Best book I have ever read
Review: This is one of the best books that I have ever read. It is ammazing the detail of the events that happen in the story. This book has inspired me to do more research on the Ebola virus.
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Summary: The Hot Zone
Review: Richard Preston a Best Selling author shows his great talent once again. In this stomach turning novel The Hot Zone. This is the book for a person who enjoys adventure, excitement and someone who is into learning about deadly, infectious viruses. This was the first book I have read by Richard Preston and it caught my eye. This book provides you with front row seats to the Ebola virus and the scary affects it can have on someone if they become infected. This virus does what Aids can do in ten years in ten days. That's how lethal this virus is. Nancy Jaxx is the leading lady of the level 4, the hot zone. She is one of the main characters. She is the leading sergeant in charge of finding out if a host (monkey) has the Ebola virus. The Ebola virus started deep in the rain forest. A scientist went to the rain forest to visit Kitum Cave and he later died. His cause of death was unknown. This book is slow in the beginning but gets faster in the end. Its freaky to know that something this lethal was lose in a laboratory and monkey house in Washington DC.
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Summary: Gruesome, detailed, and quite good
Review: A gruesome descriptive true story about a single strain of virus, called Ebola. The first 30 pages nearly made me throw up, because of all the details; details that put the virus into perspective. It starts out in the middle of Africa, with a single man, who traveled to a cave, and later died a horrible death. Written in a very journalistic style Preston, gives many details while developing his story. Preston is the narrator and often refers to himself as I. When doing this and talking about his various interviews and experiences, it helps put Preston as a more accessible person and not so much a mindless narrator. Having the book written in this way made it even more interesting as it does not follow the common writing style. I found it to be very interesting. I read this book for pleasure and found that while this book is very informative it is also a good read. The hot zone is also very thought provoking and helps put the world today into context. You hear about all the different diseases around the world and The Hot Zone puts all of the new viruses into perspective. It tells you exactly how bad a virus can be, and certainly makes you want to stay away from any of the unknown viruses. The book doesn't make the viruses any worse, all it does is tells you exactly what the viruses, mainly Ebola, does. What makes it even scarier is the fact that it is a true story. I thought the book was good and recommend it to anyone looking for a good book and who ever wants to know a little or a lot about viruses.
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