{"id":1871,"date":"2019-04-23T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-11-13T17:25:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T22:25:20","slug":"a-book-review-of-germ-by-robert-liparulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-germ-by-robert-liparulo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book Review of Germ by Robert Liparulo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GermRobertLiparulo-1.jpg?resize=256%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"256\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"389\" data-original-width=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Germ-Robert-Liparulo-ebook\/dp\/B007FZSU0K\/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=germ+robert+liparulo&amp;qid=1555377394&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1-fkmrnull\">Buy from Amazon!<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\nIf you breathe . . . It will find you.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">The list of 10,000 names was created for maximum devastation. Business leaders, housewives, politicians, celebrities, janitors, children. None of them is aware of what is about to happen&#8211;but all will be part of the most frightening brand of warfare the world has ever known.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">The germ&#8211;an advanced form of the Ebola virus&#8211;has been genetically engineered to infect only those people whose DNA matches the codes embedded within it. Those whose DNA is not a match simply catch a cold. But those who are a match experience a far worse fate. Within days, their internal organs liquify.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Death is the only escape.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">The release of the virus will usher in a new era of power where countries are left without defense. Where a single person&#8211;or millions&#8211;could be killed with perfect accuracy and zero collateral damage. Where your own DNA works against you.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">The time isn&#8217;t coming. It is now. Pray the assassins get you first.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>Genre:<\/b> Adult Thriller<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>Publisher:<\/b>\u00a0Thomas Nelson (August 5, 2007)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>Page Count:\u00a0<\/b>577 pages<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">I won this book in a little contest during Robert Liparulo&#8217;s class at Realm Makers two years ago and now I finally got around to reading it. XD I&#8217;ve been wanting to read one of his thrillers for a while especially since I had a morbid fascination with the Ebola virus when that whole fiasco broke out a few years ago, so I was happy to delve in!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><!-- more --><br \/>\nThe Plot<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">As is characteristic to the genre, this is a very fast-paced book. Lots of gunfights, fistfights, ticking time bombs, and running from people, so it definitely is not a boring book. One scene about Allen running from the assassin in the woods at night had me flipping pages. \u00a0The story carried me to the end, but the main problem was the main twist was spoiled by the back cover copy. The characters are uncovering the mystery of this mutated Ebola virus, but if you read that there description you already know it targets people via their DNA. Now there was one twist that thankfully wasn&#8217;t spoiled by the BCC that was pretty good, but I felt a little annoyed that I was reading about characters solving the mystery to something I already know.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Also, Nazi\u2019s were vaguely wrapped up in this and I can\u2019t help feeling it was a little cliche.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Characters<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Julia was definitely my favorite. She\u2019s clever and resourceful. I just didn\u2019t bond too much with the other characters. Stephen and Allen were fine but I felt a disconnect. I also for some reason got the villains Litt and Kendrick mixed up a lot. I don\u2019t know why. Atropos the Assassin had to be the most interesting character in the book. Not just because he named himself after a Greek fate but just because it was morbidly fascinating to get up and personal with the daily life of a gun for hire.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Setting<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">One thing I really liked about this book was that the majority took place in Georgia and Tennessee. The characters were in Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and Atlanta at different points and the way Liparulo described the humid heat scented with honeysuckles was really accurate. It was also really funny to know the exact roads they drove on such as Shallowford Road and I-75. The other main setting was Paraguay which was a unique place. I really liked the South American lore and aboriginal languages used. I also got a huge throwback from all of the payphones used in this early 2000s setting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Epic Things<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">I liked how they talked about meditation positively. In the Christian community yoga and meditation has been frowned upon but if you meditate on the right things it can be really cleansing. Also I liked that the author mentioned how knife wounds can even be more dangerous than gunshot wounds because with knife wounds you can specifically target arteries and bleed our someone in minutes. I also liked the villain rant about the Balinese Tiger. I like creepy villain monologue comparisons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Theme<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Having good intent behind your actions is a good one. Allen saved lives as a doctor daily but he did it mostly for the money and familial approval. Stephen was a medicinal school drop out and now parishioner who focused on ministering to those in need. His heart was in a better place than Allen\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Content Cautions<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">There&#8217;s a good bit of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\">gore. Lots and LOTS of blood either from people dying from gunshot wounds or succumbing to the organ-melting\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\">virus mostly. There&#8217;s also splattered brains and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\">intestines coming out of someone&#8217;s body. A character runs through the woods naked to get away from someone, but it&#8217;s not graphically depicted. Some \u00a0characters drink casually and the bird is given at one point. Characters smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What We Can Take Away For Our Writing<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">1.)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Be Careful About What You Put in Back Cover Copies &#8211;<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0As I mentioned before the twist was spoiled in the back cover copy and the uniqueness of the book was really the twist so I felt like that became a double edged sword. It gets you interested but then feels disappointing when the characters work to discover something you already know.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>How this can be applied to writing:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">The best backcover copies should only cover events that occur before the climax of the first act of your story. Look at the back cover of your favorite books and see that that\u2019s what the majority do cover and should cover. If your reader isn\u2019t hooked before the climax of the first act then the story probably needs some work.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\nConclusion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">I liked a lot of elements of this story but the characters and lack of plot twist lower my ranking. 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Short stories, investigative exposes, celebrity profiles, editorials, business columns, radio dramas, screenplays&#8211;you name it. For the last few years, I&#8217;ve focused on novels. I&#8217;m the author of the thrillers &#8220;Comes a Horseman,&#8221; &#8220;Germ,&#8221; &#8220;Deadfall,&#8221; &#8220;Deadlock,&#8221; &#8220;The 13th Tribe,&#8221; and the young adult series Dreamhouse Kings&#8211;&#8220;House of DarkShadows,&#8221; &#8220;Watcher in the Woods,&#8221; &#8220;Gatekeepers,&#8221; &#8220;Timescape,&#8221; &#8220;Whirlwind,&#8221; and &#8220;Frenzy.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Several of my books have been sold or optioned by Hollywood producers. All of them are in various stages of production. I&#8217;m also working on an original screenplay with Andrew Davis (director of &#8220;The Fugitive&#8221; and &#8220;The Guardian). I wrote the screenplay for Ted Dekker&#8217;s &#8220;Blessed Child.&#8221; My short story &#8220;Kill Zone&#8221; appears in the James Patterson-edited anthology &#8220;Thriller,&#8221; and my essay on Thomas Perry&#8217;s &#8220;The Butcher&#8217;s Boy&#8221; can be found in the anthology &#8220;Thriller: 100 Must Reads.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'utopia' , 'palatino linotype' , 'palatino' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Check out his\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b5394; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.robertliparulo.com\/\">website<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b5394; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/LiparuloFans\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b5394; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/230226.Robert_Liparulo\">Goodreads<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b5394; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertLiparulo\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Buy from Amazon! 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