Quick read! Loved it, gruesome and engaging.

Very well written, easy to understand. If you have interest in the spread of viruses and in Ebola specifically, you will enjoy this book.

By the title, this book sounds dry and boring. I assure you it is anything but that. All the more terrifying because it’s all true. Great read!

This book is very difficult to get through. The writing style is not good, it’s somehow very descriptive yet also uninteresting. Once a plot line starts getting interesting, the author switches to another entirely different one! It’s a shame that this book is so poorly written because the events are very interesting. All in all, this is NOT worth your time or money.

This book is incredible! Richard Preston does a phenomenal job of putting you in the shoes of someone with Ebola by describing every little detail of the signs and symptoms they experience. It’s amazing that something so microscopic and primitive (because it’s made of RNA) has the capability to destroy a human from the inside out is mind-blowing. I originally read this book for a Microbiology class during the 2014 Ebola outbreak and having no knowledge of Ebola and to read about this while the outbreak was ongoing made it even more interesting! I read this in 3 days. It is honestly my favorite book. Definitely worth the read!

Great nonfiction read!

The author has taken Ebola patients death and has turned them in to something more resembling a Hollywood sci-fi movie. Preston leads the reader to believe that in a matter of a few days, even hours, Ebola patients melt in their own skin. Take for instance the man on the plane who literally starts melting externally and internally in a matter of hours, even his face is slipping because the connecting tissue has melted.Yet he can still call a cab to take him to the hospital. Ebola patients do not die by melting in to an internal sloppy bloody liquid. All internal organs melting in to a bag of gooey blood. Preston creates a fictional story and passes it off as non-fiction. His two books have mislead thousands and are an absolute insult to anyone who works in the field of virus medicine.

In light of the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and all the poo pooing by the media and politicians of the danger to the U.S., everyone should read this and be aware.

Outstanding

A fascinating read with todays events. Hard to put this book down