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The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
3.0

Another "oops, it's abridged" audio :(  The audiobook copy I picked up from Hoopla, was abridged (a fact I didn't realize until it ended so quickly and it was mentioned). I noticed the Libby/Library versions are the shorter 3.05 hour version also. There is an unabridged 11+ hour on Audible, as well as the abridged version. Different narrators. I had grabbed the Kindle copy too (unabridged), but didn't look at it until I finished the audio. I didn't compare to see what all I missed (but 11 hours abridged to 3? Must have missed a LOT). Honestly, I didn't feel it when listening, but it also didn't really pull me in. I picked up on some facts and background on Ebola but didn't really feel it was a story, I'm not sure how big an impact it made, or how much I'll remember. A while back (over a year) I had watched the mini-series based on the book, so some things felt a little familiar. I'm not sure if the unabridged would have pulled me in more, or if I would have felt the same for the extra eight hours.

Per a Kindle search, there is some proFanity (x5) but I don't recall any in the abridged audiobook. There is some gory/sad animal testing issues.  Third person, mostly past tense, although there was some present tense.