52 Books in 52 Weeks: Book 24: "The Extinction Event" by David Black

I'm not sure why I kept reading beyond the lewd opening scene of this book.  I put it on my reading list because it was billed as an intense, engaging conspiracy thriller.  I love mysteries, thrillers, and crime drama stories, so I thought this would be a fun summer read. But, any value that could be gained from this story was far outweighed by the amount of gratuitous sexual content, crude language, and vivid descriptions of murder scenes that it contained. By the time I was 100 pages into it, I was ready to quit and return it to the library.  However, I was also quite behind on this reading challenge, and so I decided to hang in there until the bitter end. The scientific twist revealed at the end of this book is interesting, and plausible.  But a motive for the murders that were committed in this story (as it was presented)?  Not credible.  This book didn't even make sense to me in the end.  


David Black may be a talented TV & film screenwriter, but I think I'll pass on any future novels he decides to write.


Sojourner