I get that this is a zombie book, but even in fantasy, I expect some degree of reality. The plot, which had a decent start in book one, went into that dark place of just too convenient and outlandish. There were too many sentences like: 'The first Weepers reached the wharf before we could fell them.' Though the style and flow remained fair to good, the editing was worse. So, I didn't hesitate to continue to book two of the duo, expecting the plot and characters to push forward. It had a decent opening plot, a fairly well fleshed female lead, good action, meh world building, and a little sweet PG13 romance blooming. It had some editing issues, but the writing style and flow itself wasn't horrible. The Weepers book one was an okay read, & I knocked it out in four hours.

Just not believable considering the number of weepers out there. And there were too many situations throughout that just didn't seem that believable to me - like how they constantly managed to thwart the military and the weepers, not to mention how they miraculously always came upon their loved ones as weepers, whether running loose in the wasteland or caged by the military. Kids upturning a government by simply showing a video of testimonials? Sounds like the rebellion was gonna take off regardless. I really loved the first novel, but the follow-up fell flat for me. It's not like you need to simply raid the grocery store for some oregano and powdered mushrooms. Even if you scratch that lovely quality control and say the hell with sterility - which of course, you would here - it would still be a phenomenal feat to find everything you need and get it done. I've worked in biotech and pharmaceutical.

The Microbiologist in me would love to know how a guy managed to reverse engineer a drug he wasn't familiar with and quantify that drug with no real supplies or lab equipment. I had many issues with this novel, but I'll just mention the main one for me.

The life beyond susanne winnacker