Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science

Great book!

I really enjoyed this book very much. I have never heard of Richard Preston before this. When I went to the store I was looking for something new to read and this caught my eye. The title and cover were enough for me to pick it up and read the summary. It sounded like an ok read, so I went for it, and I didn't put the book down! This is a good quick read, you can skip chapters and all the chapters are not very long....so this book is perfect for people who commute on a bus,subway,or train. But I would only recommend this to people who like science. All in all I really enjoyed this book, that's why I bought more books by him. The ebola virus chapter really caught my interest, so now I'm reading his 1994 best seller book "The Hot Zone", and I'll let you know how that is when I'm done.

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Very good

This book was very interesting and I learned many new things I didnt know before. I would definetly recimend this book to anyone who wants to learn about this stuff.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Quality Fast Reading Adventure Book

This is a quality, fast reading adventure nonfiction. I could not put it down and read it in a few hours. It could be more in-depth, such as more about the pi quirks (such as briefly mentioning several other great scientists feelings about the mystery of pi as just one/two others (different time period) are mentioned besides the two brothers), for example, did Einstein have anything to say about pi? Also, one may not agree with some of the methods and conclusions such as maybe the self-cannibals suffered a psychotic break from abuse and not due to DNA mutation, but it is still a great book. What makes this nonfiction interesting is that it covers several different areas and provides inside into the human cause. Even the financing world of biotech is covered.
This is a small, understated book.

A reviewer

If you have never read any of Richard Prestons previous books you will find this book interesting. For the rest of us who were looking forword to some new material it was very disappointing to read more of the same. This book seemed to be snippets of all his novels in one. If you are looking for new dont bother, if you are new to Richard Preston then this is the book for you.

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