Started: 5/18/2022
Finished: 5/20/2022
Year: 2022
Pages: 309
Genre: Scientific literature
Grade: C
Reason for reading: Librarything.com early reviewer giveaway
Type: ARC
Blurb (from Amazon): "In 1984, in the small Brazilian village of Promissão, a young child begins to fuss, her eyes turning pink and her skin flushed with heat. Four days later, she’s dead. Sidonie Royal, an accomplished physician and scientist, arrives in the small Brazilian village of Promissão to investigate and hopefully cure this insidious new disease. With several young children already dead, and more getting sick by the day, the stakes cannot get any higher. But Sid’s personal life is also in flux, as she struggles to balance a complicated relationship with her boyfriend, Paul, pressure to start a family from her well-meaning mother, conflict with her surly but brilliant coworker named Eliot, and a budding romantic attraction to her doctoral student’s twin brother. As Sid relentlessly pursues an explanation for the disease, the village’s physician calls in the Global Health Agency, triggering a scientific race that spans two continents and becomes increasingly defined by personal stakes."
Opinion: Scenes were choppy. Some subplots and characters were not necessary. The main story didn't seem to have a real ending but was interesting.
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