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Thank you Head of Zeus for this wonderful medical thriller.

Wow, does it hit you with medial jargon immediately. But I liked it. I love learning new things. My husband has Alzheimers so between that and the current pandemic, this book was made for me. I'm kind of amazed at the negative reviews but then again I've disliked books others loved.

There are some pretty harrowing situations in this book. I loved the entire concept. Give this a chance.. it's good.

Intriguing synopsis! Unfortunately a lackluster delivery. I was never enthralled or eager to turn the page.

Thank you to Head of Zeus via NetGalley for the digital reader copy.

Very close to home with Coronavirus at the moment. This book had me gripped! Imagine GONE crossed with Covid-19 and you've got The Cure. A rare virus that infects the population making them childlike and unable to care for themselves. A book that you won't ever forget

The premise was exciting and as a doc, I was intrigued by the whole blurb. But as I flipped through the pages, the story was too confusing and slow and didn't really give me the feel of a medical thriller. With the pandemic in real life causing so many upheavals, I felt this book ought to go beyond that and been more exhilarating.
Alas, it fell short.

I really wanted to like this book, really I did. It punched several of my auto buy buttons but sadly it didn't meet my expectations. You have a neurologist who is trying to come up with a cure for his daughter's Alzheimers disease but when protocols are overlooked things get way out of hand. A highly contagious virus is set upon the world and as things fall apart. Dr Jaime Abbott must try to reach Dr. Mandy Alexander who is across the country so that they can combine each half of the cure and hopefully save the world. Sounds like it would be an exciting read but ends up being very convoluted and not very well written. I would not recommend this book. I do thank Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an early copy.

The start of the book intrigued me. A doctor is on the edge of breaking technology when all of a sudden a virus takes over and starts destroying people from their brains outward. The book however is filled with FARR too much medical terminology and jargon that I was lost and found myself skimming trying to get to the story which was drawn out. The basic review is if you work in the medical field you will love this way more than the average reading.

This is the book I've been searching for for MONTHS!!! I absolutely loved it. It made me so happy getting my geek on. So The Cure is a medical epidemic/virus outbreak thriller where researchers are working on developing a cure for Alzheimer's Disease but their test patient accidentally comes into contact with someone who is suffering from a rare disease and when the two viruses meet the mutate into something terrible. This new virus spreads incredibly easy, all it takes is someone breathing or coughing near you and BAM. The effects of the virus? Well, people who succumb to it then very rapidly deteriorate mentally until they have forgotten everything other than basic primal instincts such as eating, toileting etc. Our protagonist Dr Jamie Abbot realises that he has half of the potential cure and a colleague half way across the country has the other half so off he sets on his journey. This is a road trip like no other. Now, I know other readers have left reviews about how ridiculous and crazy things get and that they didn't like that aspect. But I LOVED it. The more messed up and weird this book got the more excited and drawn in I got. And we are talking a lot of graphic adult content here people. Sexual assault, rape, teen pregnancy, domestic violence, incest, murder, blood and gore... you name it and it's in this book. But I believe the apocalypse would bring out worst in some people and that genuine good guys with 100% morals would struggle to survive so I thought it was believable. There's a whole host of characters that come and go throughout the book as Dr Abbot and Dr Alexander meet different survivors and get in various situations but I felt each set of characters were unique enough that I didn't get confused.
Like I said at the beginning, I got my geek on with this book and that's because there's a ton of medical jargon and explanations which I'm good with. If this sort of thing doesn't float your boat then just don't go for this book as by a ton, I mean there is a LOT of technical info. One of the best medical thrillers/horrors I've read in quite a while.

Whilst trying to find a cure for Alzheimer's, procedures break down and what should have been a virus to cure it becomes a mutated virus that wipes peoples memories. As the outbreak hurtles across the globe, neurologist Dr. Jamie Abbott has to travel across a growingly hostile country to get to Dr. Mandy Alexander. Each have developed half of the cure. I enjoyed this book, living through the covid-19 pandemic struck frightening chords and having a mother with Alzheimer's, the descriptions where sensitive but hard hitting. This is one of those books that will stay with me

I was not a fan of this book unfortunately. I tried several times to read and it fell flat each time.

The synopsis of The Cure had me excited to see what this new author might be able to come up with.
The story doesn't deliver what it promises to. The plot goes from interesting to confuted within the first few chapters. The author uses more medical and pathogen verbiages that will have the more die hard Medical thriller fan scratching their head wondering if they need a PhD to read this book. Glenn Cooper falls into using stereotypes as a way to describe characters, scenes as well as the plot that went from wahoo to what the crap am I reading?
The story ends in a cringe worthy story that can be thrown in the trash can when done.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of Glenn Cooper The Cure.

I was instantly attracted to this book based on the premise - a fast-spreading disease and the urge to find a cure.

The Cure opens strongly with an elderly Japanese woman called Mrs Noguchi who has Alzheimer's Disease. She is the 'Patient One' who is trying a new drug to potentially cure Alzheimer's. Her grandson visits from Japan and inadvertently spreads a virus to her which reacts with the drug, causing a new virus to form. The virus causes memory and language loss. This then spreads around the hospitals, towns and cities at a very quick pace.

Boston-based Dr Jamie Abbott is one of the doctor's looking into this disease and ends up with half a cure. One of his colleagues based in Indianapolis has the other half. His teenage daughter and her friend contract the disease so he is eager to get to Indianapolis to save her and as much of humanity as he can.

Reading this during the coronavirus pandemic was very strange and a lot of the situations were reminiscent of that. Obviously, this disease is a lot worse with most people dying, meaning that hospitals, food shops and police stations are closed followed by electricity companies so it seems like the end of the world.

It is a slow-paced book which I struggled with; I always like to feel a sense of urgency that pushes you to read on. There are a multitude of characters which can get a little confusing and all of which you love to hate. It is an interesting premise but a bit long and a little off the mark for me.

This book is about a doctor who is trying to find a cure for Alzheimer Disease - but it gets crossed with a virus and the virus begins to spread and it all goes horribly wrong

I didn't enjoy this at all - maybe because a pandemic is a bit close to home, or maybe because it is not believable.

Thank you for the advance review copy!

As a scientist, I was quite excited to read this book. A doctor trying to cure Alzheimer's and having it all go completely wrong by turning people into zombies?! Sounds amazing!

I definitely enjoyed the dystopian aspect of the book and liked how the story slowly descended into chaos. However, even as a scientist, I struggled with some of the medical language used. I can't imagine reading it as a lay person. I also found that the middle of the story dragged out and I definitely lost track of all of the characters. Overall, the concept and storyline were great however some parts were far too detailed and left little to the imagination.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

A doctor, and principal investigator of an Alzheimer's disease cure, tries the vaccine on a woman with Alzheimer's. The security protocol is broken by letting the grandson's patient visit her. He's been recently abroad and he doesn't know he's ill, therefore, meanwhile he's spending some time with his grandmother the virus interacts with the other virus from the vaccine releasing a new and highly contagious virus. The new virus' symtoms are similar to the Alzheimer's disease, although extremely severe.

Dr. Jamie Abbot, who is a part of the Alzheimer's cure investigation, is an important piece of the puzzle to find the cure for this new virus. In order to do so he must meet his former lover, the virologist Dr. Mandy Alexander, because she has the other half of the cure. The problem is that she's lives far away from Dr. Abbot, and travelling under these circumstances is more than dangerous.

My thoughts: First of all, I must say that the rating is just a way to try to represent whether I liked it or not. I'm not saying the book is good or bad. I couldn't do that. I have no right to do something like that, because it's just a matter of tastes. I really wanted to like it, and the story seemed quite interesting, but I couldn't get into the story at all. It's hard to explain. It has to do with the characters and the way the story develops. Maybe too slow for me. Anyway, the fact that it didn't work for me doesn't mean it won't for you, so if you're curious about it, go ahead and give it a try.

Thanks to Head of Zeus and NetGalley for providing me with an e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

2.5 stars rounded up to 3

Dr Jamie Abbott is trying to find a cute for treating Alzheimer's Disease. But it all goes wrong.

His daughter was one of the first victims. As the virus spreads, Jamie has to get the other half of the cure. He has to make a perilous journey to virologist, Dr Mandy Alexander. If he fails to reach her, he will leave nearly everyone with total amnesia.

This is a thought provoking read. The pace is slow and it dragged out in places. There's quite a lot of characters to keep track off. The storyline confused me at times. A core for Alzheimer's gets accidently crossed with Japanese encephalitis creating a highly infectious new virus that wipes clean the human mind. This story had so much more potential.

I would like to thank NetGalley, Aria and the author Glenn Cooper for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I chose this book because I love medical thrillers and it started out that way. A group of scientists are trying to cure Alzheimer's with gene therapy using a virus vector to get the therapy into the brain. One of them skips the safequard built in so he can rush the trials in his search for fame and money. A person with Japanese encephalitis comes into contact with the first trial patient, the viruses join and mutate as viruses do and we have a whole new disease with no known cure that spreads rapidly through droplets. Sound familiar? Only this virus doesn't straight out kill but wipes out the memory of the infected so they are like newborns again. Two of the scientists, one in Boston and one in Indianapolis, each have half of a potential cure and must get together to develop it.
From here the book becomes dystopian. The whole world is infected. About 20% are immune. The entire infrastructure of society is gone. People are desperate for supplies. Here we see the sordid side of humanity emerge. And here also the book begins to drag on. As Jamie heads to Indianapolis he meets all sorts of challenges to the point the reader wonders how it can continue to get worse. Oh but it does! We see survivalists, religious fanatics, militias being organized. and some rather graphic gore. It is almost too much to bear and I had to put the book down and take it in smaller doses, much like today's news.
In the end, I liked this book. It shows the good and the bad of human nature much like we are seeing now, It expands the definition of family to fit the new norm. It shows determination to survive and succeed. It also shows that sometimes losing our mind isn't such a bad thing. I am glad I persevered and finished this book. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an early copy

I started this book several times and just could not get into it. I thought the premise sounded interesting especially considering the current pandemic, but I found it to be a very slow paced read. I kept waiting to be hooked in, but it just didn't happen.

Thank You to NetGalley and Aria for this ARC!

2.5 stars

This story started out with a bang. Unfortunately the pace slowed partway through the book, which made it hard to stay engaged.

I read this during the Covid-19 pandemic, which added an interesting angle to things, though the premise is different. Still, it's a timely read. There is some technical jargon used that could stump some readers.

2.0 stars. I received this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review and I thank them for it.

This is a sci-fi story where there is outbreak of a disease caused by a virus used to treat Alzheimer's disease. But something goes wrong with the experimental trial and it spreads around the world. People start to forget things and the whole world turns into chaotic mess.

When I first started this book, I had high expectations with it because the writing seemed good and it started well. But soon it turned to be a disappointment for me.

The concept and the research behind this story is applaudable but I found it hard to like this story.

There were multiple factors why I didn't enjoy it. Evil characters and things they were doing outweighed the good characters. The main character himself, although he was kind and a doctor did not sit well with me.

I liked the way the story presented the situation of a pandemic, yet it failed to hold my attention. I didn't get attached with the characters and I was not enjoying it very much. It was like I was reading it for the sake of reading and I think it shouldn't be like that.

If you like zombie thrillers you should check it out. It wasn't a zombie thriller but it was close to it.