This book was quite relevant to the current world situation. Everything is happening so fast around us these days, and I couldn't wait to see if the medical staff in the book could solve something world can't yet. Recommended.

A pandemic thriller about a man-made virus intended to be a vehicle to cure Alzheimer’s that accidentally combines with another virus and turns people into yammering zombies? Sign me up! I was totally riveted to the first part of the novel, which is well-written and contains a lot of entirely possible-sounding medical scares.

Unfortunately though, as the plot went on, the book lost me a bit as things became more and more implausible. There was also a whole lot of medical and viral jargon that was hard for even a reasonably well-informed pandemic-knowledgeable person, and person who reads a lot of medical thrillers, to follow. I loved the initial idea of this novel - it was timely and scientifically interesting, but I just lost the drive to turn pages and never really empathized with the characters. I was also not so much into some of the cultural stereotypes and attempts at racial jargon in the book.

Though a great and timely idea that was technically well-written, I could not get into the execution of it and struggled to keep enough interest to finish.

Thanks to NetGalley for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.
This is a well written book that is a cross between a medical thriller and a dystopian. There is an illness, and if you catch it, you lose all of your memories. It's like you wake up with the memory of a newborn. Some people seem to be immune, and they are trying to figure out how to stop it, reverse it or CURE it......and it won't be easy. The pieces that need to come together are held by different people, in different locations. Trying to protect your loved ones while traveling and trying to save the world makes for some great reading!

I really enjoyed this book and will give it a huge thumbs up. With a great story line and excellent main characters - I would highly recommend this book.

Maybe it’s my fault re the current world situation but I really didn’t take to this book,the medical virus jargon was complex and a lot of it ( even though we all know more about them now than we wanted to ) I found myself skim reading to get to the end,again I feel this was more me than the book

A fast paced, often violent post apocalyptic medical thriller. Though the premise was interesting, researchers trying to find a cute until it goes wrong, the ending was a disappointment. A decent read.

The cure. I highly enjoyed it but I feel if your not interested in medical or in the field then this book is not for you as many of the language used helps to have a bare understandings . While I say this many things are explained and gives you a basis this book may not be for everyone. I enjoyed it just did not love the ending. I wish it would have continued into how the world accepted the cure and what happened in the aftermath of a deadly disease

During an attempt at curing Alzheimer's, a new virus is accidentally created. A virus that wipes out all of one's memories, leaving people unable to do even basic things. The new disease spreads at break-neck speed and when Dr Jamie Abott's daughter gets infected, he decides to set off across the country to meet Dr Mandy Alexander, a virologist.
Together they can make a cure. But will he reach her in time?

I was really taken by the blurb, so I was excited to be approved for this ARC.
Unfortunately, I found that this book wasn't for me.
The start was very laborious as it was packed with virological jargon that was very off-putting and went on for quite a bit.
After that, the action picked up a bit, but not enough to keep me interested. I kept skim-reading large parts of the book and even considered not finishing it, which doesn't happen often.
In the end, I persevered, but it was very hard going. It just wasn't very fast-paced and I found it lacked suspense.
The story was chaotic and unpredictable ( not in a good way ) as if the author himself didn't know in which direction to push it.
Overall, the book had a really interesting premise but I found it wasn't executed properly, thus the rating of 2 stars.

I received a complimentary copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This would be a horrifying virus! I really prefer the ones that kill you in a day. This one takes away what makes you human and then lets you die slowly in starvation or an accident because you have forgotten everything. Though it is quite convenient to have the two people, Mandy and Jamie be lucky enough to be immune and so they hopefully can create the cure and save what is left of humanity. I did like how the author showed how good people can be in trying to do their best to care for the victims of the virus with trying to get them to relearn lost skills and help others, like BoShaun did, though he also showed some of the darker side of people, with the Edisons and Camp CM.

I enjoyed the first part of it, but as the story continued and the good guys just trying to make the cure kept going from one bad situation to the next one that was usually worse, I felt that it dragged and then it got ridiculous and I started yelling at the book to just get on with it. And after all that, the ending was very abrupt and short on details. I think that it would probably be better to cut out some of the bad and add in a little more about the cure at the end.

I didn’t like this one much. The writing style wasn’t for me. I was really excited to read this book but it just didn’t do it for me sorry.

The description of this book intrigued me, especially with the current pandemic.
Although the story basis was a good idea, and with some staying power i got to the end, I was expecting a fast paced book that kept me up all hours as I couldnt put it down. Unfortunately it just progressed too slow and my interest began to wander.

I was so excited to read this book as I’m in to dystopia/apocalyptic literature. The description of the book sounded so interesting, but I struggled reading it. I didn’t enjoy the way the author wrote, the execution of the plot, or the characters.

This is a good, solid read. I love the idea of how the virus came about - it was new and refreshing and really interesting to read an apocalyptic-ish story where there's no zombies. There are, however, still monsters. Its an interesting insight into how our very humanity can so easily deteriorate and how quickly everything could all go to hell in a handbasket.

The lead character, Jamie, is solid and well fleshed out, and other characters are also written well, I particularly like KeShaun (and BoShaunfor that matter.) The Edisons are equally as hateable - and their version of the new world is detestable and vile but paints a picture that is believable, especially considering reactions in certain places to our current Covid-19 pandemic where people have lost the plot over loo roll.

An enjoyable read overall although I did feel the end was a little rushed. A solid 4 stars.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was really interested in trying this book as the premise sounded fascinating, but unfortunately I couldn't get into the story at all. Even though we are currently in an actual pandemic, it still felt totally unbelievable. I may revisit it at a later date and try again Many thanks to netgallly for providing me with the ARC

This book didn't really do it for me. I was very intrigued by the premise and I'm not someone who can't deal with this type of book right now because of the circumstances the world is in at the moment. As a matter of fact, seeing what has been happening lately made some parts of the book feel more realistic.
However, my biggest problems with it were the pace and writing. I wasn't a fan of those two aspects and they constantly took me out of the story, I expected this to be fast-paced but it wasn't for me.
There were certain things that characters did that I just don't like seeing in the books I read. I don't enjoy the message sent by those scenes.
So overall, I was quite disappointed with this book.

The premise behind 'The Cure' is an interesting one. An attempt to 'cure' Alzheimer's accidentally gets 'crossed' with the Japanese encephalitis virus creating a highly infectious new virus that wipes the memories of those who get it. Roughly 1/5th of people have natural immunity but for everybody else, catching the virus means a blank mind. It doesn't exactly kill, but left without a clue how to open a tin of beans or make a slice of toast, victims are soon starving and others are being recruited by unscrupulous and manipulative people. Law and order quickly takes a back seat as society adapts to a new world order.

Society's only hope lies in two scientists - Jamie and Mandy - hundreds of miles apart in different parts of the USA, each with half of the cure. Can they get together and save the world? Does the world actually WANT to be saved? Is a complete clean slate necessarily the worst that could happen to you or are there plenty of way nastier things up the author's sleeve? Is it acceptable to actually like some people better once they've been reprogrammed?

I found the virus story a bit of a hard swallow and wondered if it might have been better to have not picked an actual killer virus that's spread by mosquitoes and expected us to accept it going airborne, but hey! let's cut the guy some slack. I found the story got a bit repetitive in an almost cartoon-like way - just as our heroes escape one life-threatening situation, they head straight into another and another and ............. here we go again. The final quarter of the book felt like it perhaps had its priorities a bit misaligned - too many kidnappings, too many nutters needing a doctor, not enough time actually trying to fix the problems. The book has a LOT of characters - perhaps a lot more than it really needed and a very high proportion of them get slaughtered in rather gory ways. That said, though, I thought it would make a great TV-adaptation and I rather enjoyed it.

I received a free ARC e-book through Netgalley in return for an honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley and Aria for the arc of The Cure by Glenn Cooper.

f you catch it, you forget everything. Your only hope is the cure...

He wanted to cure what they call Alzheimer's Disease... Single parent and neurologist Dr. Jamie Abbott makes a key and important contribution to treating the horrible Alzheimer's Disease, In which the principal investigator ends up short-circuiting the study safeguards.... But it releases a highly contagious virus that wipes the host's memories and unfortunately His daughter is one of the first victims of this.... With only half of the cure for it, he's got no choice or decison but to travel... The the virus spreads more and more and civil order and normality breaks down.... He goes on in which is a long cross-country journey in which is to get to his partner whom is a , virologist named Dr. Mandy Alexander. She has the other half of a potential cure for this deadly virus.......

Reading this during the Covid-19 pandemic seemed daunting at first but was such a good read in which had me hooked line and sinker with a rollercoaster of emotions and kept me gripped right to the end as you want to know if he failed to cure his daughter or not...

4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐
recommend

I thoroughly enjoyed reading THE CURE by Glenn Cooper.

Even before COVID-19, I enjoyed reading pandemic literature and medical thrillers, and that preference hasn't changed over the last few months. In fact, I believe that THE CURE is a timely and important read--not only for its focus on a highly contagious disease, but also for its exploration of race relations, sexual consent, and differing regional belief systems.

In many ways, the main character's journey mirrors Gulliver's Travels, as Jamie meets and interacts with diverse groups of people, yet his is a high stakes endeavor that will affect many, many lives.

In terms of pacing, (approximately) the last 15% proved frustrating and somewhat anticlimactic. Jamie's time at the summer camp lagged a bit, and his ultimate goal is glossed over as it happens "off-stage" and is merely reflected on after the fact.

Nevertheless, THE CURE is a page-turning read with though-provoking conundrums and culturally relevant conflict.

I will rate The Cure by Glenn Cooper 2/5 stars. While the synopsis of this book intrigued me... Unfortunately, the story itself fell short. Currently this is a DNF for me. I just couldn't get into the plot. Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and author for an opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

A very typical read in today’s climate. Thought provoking and very well written. I really enjoyed it, different from what I usually read.