The book was told on two different levels: one was showing what was going on in a scientific lab, the other was telling the story of Jesse dealing with the gruesome aftermath of being bitten by a stray dog. While the second story-line took up most of the book's space, I'm sad to say it was the
weaker part. The idea behind the book was exciting, with a cruel and mean outcome. However, the way…mehrThe book was told on two different levels: one was showing what was going on in a scientific lab, the other was telling the story of Jesse dealing with the gruesome aftermath of being bitten by a stray dog. While the second story-line took up most of the book's space, I'm sad to say it was the weaker part. The idea behind the book was exciting, with a cruel and mean outcome. However, the way Jesse's story was told left me disappointed and glad when I finally finished this book, which even in its novella size was much too long. My main point of criticism is Jesse herself, which stumbled from one dumb decision to the next. Her ignorance of her painful and visible injury, paired with the negligent behavior of her doctor, was unbelievable. Also, a lot of things she did made her tell a story of some or other person she knew who had a similar experience "oh I had a friend of a friend who did the same thing, blah blah", filling the book with pages of nonessential stuff that was neither interesting nor important for the story in any way. Asking me for a concrete example, I shamelessly have to admit I already forgot about those indifferent topics.
So while I liked the concept behind the book, I disliked its sometimes repetitive and, honestly, boring implementation.
