Missing Some Details, But Good

3.75 out of 5 stars

While reading The Omega Strain, I could tell that the book was going to be shorter than the average thriller novel I read. I paused it and quickly realized it was only a slightly longer than 3-hour book. I don’t mind that at all, I enjoy books that can complete a full arc in a short amount of time.

The problem that I had with The Omega Strain was that it didn’t really complete the arc. Sure, there was a beginning, middle, and “an end” but only sort of. The real ending appears to be coming in at least another two books.

Now, thankfully, I’m reading this as a box set – so I can jump right into book two. But when you need another book to make the first book feel okay – it’s a strike in my book.

But, onto the things that I did enjoy. The virus chat was pretty good – Vincent didn’t dive too deep into it alluding to a lot of things (and making the reader infer/guess some others). But, I still enjoyed the premise and I thought that the systematic assassinations of the carriers were pretty freaking BA.

Mitch Herron as a character is someone that I’m still getting used to.  I think I’ll like him, but right now there just isn’t enough going on and enough character building to know how I really feel.

Overall, it’s a book that feels like it needed a bit more, but still, a book that I enjoyed. Vincent could have doubled the length of it and really added some good detail in it that I felt was missing.

I’m a little curious how much of a full arc each book will have, or if the full box set will have a better overall arc.

Book Description:

The Omega Strain (Mitch Herron #1) by Steve P. Vincent
Narrator: Tom Jordan
Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
Series: Mitch Herron #1
Published by Self Published on March 30th 2018
Genres: Medical Thriller, Thriller
Also by this author: The Foundation, State of Emergency, The Shadow Enclave (Mitch Herron #2), The Lazarus Protocol
Also in this series: The Shadow Enclave (Mitch Herron #2), The Lazarus Protocol

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