Why is this book so long??

Seriously, this book just never ends. And there was no real reason for it. Maybe it wouldn’t have felt so long if the characters had been better developed- they were all just kind of there. I didn’t care what happened with anyone … in fact I found myself rooting for the virus, even though the virus was rarely mentioned. 

Then I hear it’s part of a series? Why? With how many pages were in this book I don’t see why we couldn’t just get the whole story. And it’s SLOW. So slow. So so slow. I see others saying it’s fast paced but I do not know where this fast pace is. I see where it should be, but it was still so slow - even when it was action packed. 

This is generally my wheelhouse and maybe that’s why I’m disappointed. This just didn’t deliver. Between the multiple POVs there was so much going on but at the same time nothing really happened. It was just weird. Not a fan. 

I can imagine this might make a solid audiobook though. If there are multiple narrators adding their emotions to the characters, maybe I could get into this. But in my own head, it just wasn’t there. 

Thanks to NetGalley for the ebook copy.