Review #24: Lockdown by Peter May

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With the blurb basically telling us what is currently happening, I decided I needed to read this! I was a little disappointed though... Note, there are spoilers in my review. 

Writing Style: 7/10
Storyline: 5/10
Ease of Reading: 6/10

Peter May wrote this book when Bird Flu was threatening to become a pandemic. Thankfully it didn't get that far, but because of Coronavirus I was curious as to the views that were written in advance. It's also the genre that I enjoy most. 

There were some eery similarities between the pandemic now to the book. The fact that the prime minister was so poorly with Coronavirus, that part of the book wasn't far-fetched. However, there were elements that were completely unbelievable. When Jack's son dies, the fact that there was no empathy and only cremations without a funeral at all was a little far-fetched and the ending of the entire book just would not happen. 

I feel as though this book was trying to be Stephen King-ish, but it just didn't work. Only Stephen King can get away with a guy who is burned from head to toe but still survives. 

My last "complaint" (I was really not feeling this book, was I?!)...

The bones of a girl were found and it transpired she had a facial disfigurement. It held no bearing to the story really, except it was a really lazy way to identify her and a pretty annoying but easy reason that she'd need to be adopted. I found myself wondering if this book was actually written in the 21st century!

My last point confused me further when Amy, a member of staff who puts the bones back together, was paralysed, and i thought she was portrayed pretty well!

All in all, this just wasn't my thing, and I understand why it wasn't published sooner. 

As always, please stay safe everyone, and be kind!

Steph 💚