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ingo_lembcke's review
5.0
Wow, nice start. Then it slows.
But not for long. This is very good and given some of the other works (also very good, but different genre) quite surprising.
For fans of [a:Kathy Reichs|26372|Kathy Reichs|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1201288896p2/26372.jpg] and [a:Tess Gerritsen|18149|Tess Gerritsen|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1232921887p2/18149.jpg] I strongly suggest to check it out.
And I will certainly read the next few books in the series.
Very highly recommended.
But not for long. This is very good and given some of the other works (also very good, but different genre) quite surprising.
For fans of [a:Kathy Reichs|26372|Kathy Reichs|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1201288896p2/26372.jpg] and [a:Tess Gerritsen|18149|Tess Gerritsen|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1232921887p2/18149.jpg] I strongly suggest to check it out.
And I will certainly read the next few books in the series.
Very highly recommended.
git_r_read's review against another edition
4.0
I originally placed this on my wishlist at RecordedBooks because of seeing the author, Christopher Golden, all over the blogs in reviews and book lists. He writes with Amber Benson and Thomas E Sniegoski to name a couple. He has 120 books and 5 or 6 series, mostly of the paranormal varietal. I sort of thought that this would be one of those....it isn't...but it is a genre I dig to the enth degree, forensic thriller.
This one stars Jenna Blake, 18 year old college freshman at Somerset University near Boston. She doesn't know exactly what she wants to be or what she wants to study. She'd love to be a doctor like her mother, but Jenna can't stand the sight of blood and she's terrified of what she'd do to her patients. Her father, a criminology professor at the university, suggests having a shot at a part time job working with the medical examiner's office. Not long after the autopsy room interview, the mystery begins. Two people have dropped violently dead and one right in front of Jenna in one of her classes.
She starts putting pieces of the puzzle together, but no one believes her until it is almost too late.
Not to be sexist, but Christopher Golden, a 40-ish guy, has a good handle on how an 18 year old girl would sound and must feel during this new adventure of moving away from home for the first time, to a new environment, making new friends, meeting guys, figuring out what she wants from life.
Add in some intrigue and murder plots and late night study sessions and you've got yourself an entertaining what's gonna happen next listen.
Four teen sleuth beans.....
This one stars Jenna Blake, 18 year old college freshman at Somerset University near Boston. She doesn't know exactly what she wants to be or what she wants to study. She'd love to be a doctor like her mother, but Jenna can't stand the sight of blood and she's terrified of what she'd do to her patients. Her father, a criminology professor at the university, suggests having a shot at a part time job working with the medical examiner's office. Not long after the autopsy room interview, the mystery begins. Two people have dropped violently dead and one right in front of Jenna in one of her classes.
She starts putting pieces of the puzzle together, but no one believes her until it is almost too late.
Not to be sexist, but Christopher Golden, a 40-ish guy, has a good handle on how an 18 year old girl would sound and must feel during this new adventure of moving away from home for the first time, to a new environment, making new friends, meeting guys, figuring out what she wants from life.
Add in some intrigue and murder plots and late night study sessions and you've got yourself an entertaining what's gonna happen next listen.
Four teen sleuth beans.....
cdeane61's review against another edition
1.0
If you are looking for a trip into a pathologists lab, they are few and far between in this one.
This is mostly about a young girls introduction to freshmen year of college with added absurd situations.
would not have finished but for being on a trip with nothing else.
This is mostly about a young girls introduction to freshmen year of college with added absurd situations.
would not have finished but for being on a trip with nothing else.
audreybt's review against another edition
3.0
As Jenna Blake begins her first year of college, she worries about her future. She'd like to be a doctor, but she can't stand the sight of blood. Her father points her toward a job with the local medical examiner. When a congressional aide suddenly goes insane and commits a murderous rampage, the autopsy shows that his brain was diseased--and filled with insect larvae. Jenna is thrown into a world of rare disease, congressional politics, and mystery as she helps solve the puzzle of what--and who--has been killing those around her.
Critical Evaluation
Golden is excellent at conveying the excitement of the first year of college. While Jenna's time as a pathology assistant is fascinating, it's nice to see her work life balanced with classes and a social life. At times, Jenna's character seems too perfect--she never misses her classes, still spends a lot of time with her professor father, and has no roommate trouble--but her curiosity and kindness still make her an appealing character.
Critical Evaluation
Golden is excellent at conveying the excitement of the first year of college. While Jenna's time as a pathology assistant is fascinating, it's nice to see her work life balanced with classes and a social life. At times, Jenna's character seems too perfect--she never misses her classes, still spends a lot of time with her professor father, and has no roommate trouble--but her curiosity and kindness still make her an appealing character.
leabaker's review against another edition
4.0
I read this series back when I was in junior high school and the story always stuck with me. It's been about 9 years since then I couldn't really remember the story but I knew how much I enjoyed the series so I just HAD read them again. I was disappointed to find out they weren't in circulation anymore but thankfully I was able to get a used copy. The only thing I remembered from the series was that there was a girl that just started college and she worked as a pathology assistant. So even though I've read the series before, I was still pretty much going in blind, not know what would happen. I've got say that 9 years later I still love this story. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys young adult crime novels. The main character is annoying at times but it is easy to get over in the end I do like her. I look forward to reading the next book.
trashpanda87's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
tiggum's review against another edition
2.0
This book spends way too long focusing on the protagonist's mundane life before the action starts, but even when the plot gets moving it's still not very good. The villains' actions don't really make sense, the whole parasite/virus thing is overly complicated for no good reason and just raises more questions than are answered, and no one ever really takes any pro-active action against the bad guys, everything kind of just ends up working out. Even the parts where characters are supposedly in danger don't really have much impact or tension and just serve to highlight the incompetence of the bad guys and the implausibility of the whole story.