The suspense often stretches thin, and some of the most promising thematic parallels fizzle out in service of the plot. An Everyperson can be a compelling center for a conspiracy story - but Sal's so slow on the uptake that we figure out plot twists far ahead of her. Mira Grant's previous books include the Hugo Award-nominated Newsflesh series.īut as the first of a series, Parasite often feels like groundwork: characters are dutifully introduced, horrors steadily unrolled, and ethical arguments sedately hashed out, so that even increasingly frequent zombie outbreaks can't stir up real urgency. Something's got to give - and does people start contracting a bizarre sleepwalking sickness just as Sal starts getting cryptic messages about what she already suspects.
She lives a life that's half lab rat and half surreal puberty, living at home, dating a doctor (though not one of hers), and relearning language and social idiosyncracies in a treading-water existence. Unfortunately, her memories vanished, and her current personality is only 6 years old. Sal Mitchell owes her life to her parasite, which brought her out of a coma after a serious car accident. Once implanted, the worm provides immune-system support, making its human host healthy for the duration of its life - though like any good piece of commodified progress, the worms have planned obsolescence and need to be replaced regularly. In Parasite, Mira Grant imagines a near future in which genetically modified tapeworms are a universal health-care solution. The war against disease is spreading against the smallest enemies of all. Health care has swallowed American headlines in recent years besides the arguments over who deserves treatment to begin with, issues are emerging in pharmaceutical brand ethics, anti-vaccination activism, and the overuse of antibiotics. Welcome to SymboGen, your friendly neighborhood medical company have you stopped by for your tapeworm implant? Fair warning: There have been some unusual side effects. Your purchase helps support NPR programming.
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