The Hot Zone : A Terrifying True Story

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Summary: This book covers the known cases of filoviruses. Great book!
Review: From the first chapter I was entranced! The book reads like fiction horror story, but the chracters, and story are all to real. This is a book that will capture you from the start.

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Summary: A well-paced thriller that keeps the reader interested.
Review: A well-paced thriller that keeps the reader interested. Good for those reader who enjoy medical thrillers; such as those by Robin Cook (Outbreak in particular). Because of the great writing, at some points in the book you get so into it, you'll not want to read it after dark.

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Summary: Okay
Review: I have to read this book for my 10th grade Honors English class, but I do not recommend this book for that age group. Why? It uses a lot of profanity and words that 15 year olds ought not to be reading. It is a very graphic book and detailed, but I think parts of it are kind of disgusting.

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Summary: The scariest book i have ever read!
Review: Definitely a page-turner(i read 300+ pages the first day)! Descriptions of Ebola and Marburg could make even an atheist believe in Satan!

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Summary: A page-turner, most definately!
Review: The detail descriptions of the effects of this viurs are graphic, making its existence terrifying. I knew about this virus already, but I received more information after reading this book. I am also pleased to find that much of the facts Preston used check out and are valid. I was somewhat disappointed that the CDC did not have as much time in the spotlight as USAMRIID, but I can say that this novel read more like a page-turner horror tale, only it was truth, and that's scary. I have become interested in filoviruses as a result of reading this book as well. It makes you think twice about venturing into the jungles of Zaire if you were to go on a safari.

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Summary: An eye opening, bone chilling story based on facts
Review: I have never read a book so quickly. It moved me to learn more about these dreadful viruses. The book quickly passed from my hands to my mother's and then her girlfriend's. The discriptions were graphic and frightful.

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Summary: ABSOLUTELY A "PAGE TURNER"
Review: In my line of work I have to plan for and ensure prepardness for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). After reading the HOT ZONE and THE COBRA EVENT by Richard Preston I now have a new prespective on filoviruses and their becoming a WMD.

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Summary: The first book I ever read on the subject.....
Review: ....and, wham, from page one, I was hooked! It's really got excelent (*if somewhat graphic*) descriptions of the symptoms, and a good telling of what is said to be a true occurance. Of course, there are a few errors (*which, if you're not a perfectionist like myself, you'll most likely never realise*). It's really quite entertaining--although it's not what most would consider entertainment--and quite helpful on research papers as well, being as it does provide factual information (*don't take it all for fact, though..... trust me =) *)

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Summary: Awesome!
Review: A fascinating and terrifying account of the emergence of this killer virus. You can't stop reading it. File it under "things that make you go hmmmm..."

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Summary: Absolutely Fabulous.
Review: This book is an absolutely brilliant novel, and although I am only thirteen, has gotten me deeply interested in Ebola and other filo-viruses. I think that what made this book such a fascinating read is the riveting, and involved description. I had to keep washing my hands! But although there is a lot of description this novel is at no point boring. I could honestly not put the book down. After I had finished the Hot Zone, my mother had got so sick of my glowing praise of it, that she too had to read it. Like me, my mum found this book an inexhaustable source of interest, and fascination. Well done Richard Preston!