The End of October

A novel

hardcover, 400 pages

Published April 28, 2020 by Knopf.

ISBN:
978-0-525-65865-8
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It might not be the smartest thing to read about a global pandemic while living through a global pandemic, but hear me out. It was kind of like watching a movie set in Washington DC while living in Washington DC... fun to both look for familiar/recognizable landmarks and to notice the differences. One of the differences is that the coronavirus in this novel (and yes, it's a novel coronavirus) has a higher mortality rate, so it made what we're living through seem Not So Bad.

This thriller feels like the love child of Michael Crichton and Neal Stephenson in that it's fast-moving, rooted in science, spans the globe and has multiple plot lines marching forward simultaneously. I most enjoyed the first third of the book, which set-up the pandemic and seemed realistic. After that – once the virus goes global – it became a bit less believable and over the …

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