Unraveling (The Immune, #1) by David Kazzie

Unraveling (The Immune, #1) Reviews

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  Cheryl

  You've just got to love a good apocalyptic series - pity it ended so abruptly. I hate cliffhangers! 😡
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  Scott

  After recent events, the Immune hits frighteningly close to home. Terrorists have released a disease that is wiping out people left and right. Author David Kazzie takes a realistic look at just what would happen if this occurred in America. I was hooked after this first installment. Dr. Adam Fisher is a complicated hero and I instantly identified with him. Just being trapped in that situation would be enough of a story. But making matters worse, Fisher has to find his daughter who is somewhere on the other side of the country. The Immune is a great read. Downloaded a copy now.
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  Donna

  Good fast paced
  
  Good read, raced through it and beginning book two. I was so delighted to find this book. I have read many end of world stories now so I like them right away or I don't. This one I did. It is well written and edited.
  
  This is mostly about Adam, a doctor, who goes to the beach for a brief vacation while waiting to straighten out a lawsuit. But a virus is intentionally released and is 100% fatal and very contagious. But a very few are immune. Dr. Adam is one.
  
  His daughter lives on the other side of the country in California. He is on the east coast. Now his one mission is to get to her.
  The only reason I didn't give it five stars is that the story so far is not really unique. Yes, as I said, I have read a lot of end of the world stories. But it is good so it probably deserves it. I didn't even stumble over typos.
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  Michael Slavin

  Very mixed emotions. I liked it but felt it was left very incomplete.
  
  A man-made virus is released that will kill 98% of the world population by bad guys with some new world order idea, I think. Not fully explained in book 1.
  
  What I liked:
  -The doctor's storyline as he tried to help others.
  -The premise of a virus that the President ignores for political reasons. sounded like now.
  -A small army unit tries to hold infected people back. Good action except the military details was close, but off.
  
  What I didn't like:
  -Characters are introduced and not followed up on. What happened to the female Army CPT, or the football player? What about the doctor, he just packed his car to go find his daughter across the continent.
  -The bad guy has a big issue with no resolution.
  
  Book 1 just felt like the first part of a book, then it stopped.
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  Arely Ayala

  You must read this book! Fast paces and great characters. No zombies but pretty graphic and scary in the sense that the virus is man made with the intention to pretty much wipe out everyone. But we do not really find out the specifics of why it was made. You follow a couple of peoples journey in this chaotic event.
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  Martin Pingree

  Helluva good start to what should be a great series ! Mankind realizes a deadly virus on itself and total chaos, death and destruction reign supreme. This is a story of some of those who are immune. Good cast of characters, non stop action and a good story line makes this a real page turner.
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  Aderyn Wood

  This book is flawless. Any apocalyptic fiction fans are going to love it. It has one of the best first lines I've read in recent times - "Miles Chadwick sat in a corner booth of Keens Steakhouse on West 36th street in Manhattan, waiting for the apocalypse to begin." Perhaps my only regret about the book is that after chapter one, we do not see Miles Chadwick again, though I've a feeling he will reappear in subsequent installments.
  
  The writing is masterful, the pace fast, the plot utterly engaging, the characters intriguing. A must for fans of the genre, or anyone with a pulse.
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  ♥ Marlene♥

  So after finishing Dean Koontz's The Eyes of Darkness I thought what shall I read now. In these lovely times with war and hate and let's not forget the...... coronavirus Hmm. Yes.. I think I am in the mood for an even worse virus.
  Okay I want one that kills a human in just one day and in a horrible painful way.
  Here was The Unraveling.
  Exactly what I needed to cheer me up.
  
  
  
  Finished this morning and beginning with book 2. So far so good.
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  maureen

  Fantastic
  
  This is not my first rodeo when it comes to deadly virus, end of the world, apocalyptic novels..I have read many good books with the same premise and I really enjoyed them, but this book truly gave me the creeps! The story is frightening. The character's are easy to get invested in. This is a great read. I'm getting ready to start book two and can't wait to see where the author takes us.
  
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  Cobwebs-In-Space

  Review: UNRAVELING by DAVID KAZZIE
  
  I am so glad I bought this entire series (its also available in omnibus format). It's a must-read for students of apocalyptic fiction writing, and for apocalyptic aficionados (waves three hands in air). If your particular apocalyptic preference is biological--plague, virus, biological weapons- you've got to read Mr. Kazzie' s IMMUNE SERIES. This author rocks. I couldn't stop reading! The viral apocalypse is vivified in all its gory glory. I loved it!!!
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  Ami

  This is a very interesting and a bit unusual story of the end of most of humanity. There are no zombies in this apocalyptic tale of a few immune survivors but there is a great deal of tension and stress-filled events. I highly recommend it and hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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  Jade

  Underwhelming
  
  Passes the time, if that's what you're looking for. Not breaking any ground though. At times amateurish writing. Try Earth Abides or On the Beach
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  Jake

  DNF
  Got to page 160 and couldn't force myself further. David Kazzie needs to be a better story teller if he uses worn out scenarios. This story compares to The Stand by genre but not quality.
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  Ruthanne

  The book kept me up WAY too late! Read it start to finish in less than 3 hrs.
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  Jill Miclean

  Bought the complete series e-book on Amazon and it looks like the author originally wrote this story as 4 stand alone books so that is how I'm going to review them.
  
  Unraveling starts off good with an end of the world scenario that includes a virus. Think a super deadly version of Covid that kills within 38 hours. What I find fascinating about all deadly-virus ending stories pre-covid is all of the logical, scientific thinking that was completely thrown out the window during covid. These are all things I was saying because I don't listen to the government during a crisis and neither should you. Katrina and Covid should be all the proof you need.
  
  "A basic tenet of virology was that viruses could be extremely lethal or extremely communicable, but not both."
  
  Anyway, the characters are hard to like and spend a lot of time in their heads, thinking about their lives. Ok, maybe I could see that months after initially surviving but I would expect people would be in such survivor mode they wouldn't have time to think of all their regrets in life. Especially when the virus kills in such a short amount of time. Society would collapse extremely fast.
  
  Author also has a weird, negative view of religion.
  
  Hoping we get some more interesting, stronger characters in the next book because Adam is hard to like.
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  Carolyn

  The Immune caught my eye on facebook and it was on kindle unlimited right now, so I took a chance and started reading it right away. I'm so glad I did, because I'm really enjoying it. I read Unraveling, book one, straight through and I've nearly finished Void, book 2. Very well written, compelling characters and action.
  The premise is frighteningly possible. A billionaire, multi conglomerate owner, hires a group of scientists to develop a super virus. He wants to kill off most humans and give the earth a chance to heal itself of all the damage caused by civilization. Of course, there is a secret vaccine for his chosen few who will live to make a better world.
  The virus is extremely contagious and kills within 24-48 hours. Unraveling follows the life of some of the few, immune to the virus, who watch helplessly as all their loved ones sicken and die and the world descends into chaos around them.
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  Ilona Isaacs

  Once started, had to finish. Not sure how much I really enjoyed it between all the death, the focus on so much of the negative aspects of humanity and the narrowing window of hope for the future that was not unveiled at the end. Oh no, we have to invest in 1-4 more others in the series to find out what really happens. I kept having flashbacks to The Stand by Steven King which was a better book. Additionally, as insane and horrible as so many humans were in this book, I found it hard to root for the survivors.
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  Lauren

  (Rating 2.5) —- This is a run-of-the-mill end of the world due to a virus series. It follows a group of characters and they all go through the usual tropes of this genre - loosing their family, finding family, creating new families, sacrifice, communities, evil groups, end of world problems like food, water, shelter, medical care.
  
  It wasn’t bad, and if you like this genre and maybe haven’t read many of these then you will enjoy it as it explores all these theme quite well, it’s just for me, because I’ve read quite a few of these types of series, it didn’t provide a new perspective.
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  Karen Brooks

  I love eschatological narratives - you know, end of the world doomsday books. Films too. I don’t know what it is about them but maybe it’s the guilty pleasure and frisson that a good book or film can provide as the reader/viewer remains safe while the world they know unravels in print or on celluloid. Stephen King had a theory that this was why people love horror books and movie - that they’re revivifying; remind them of life by representing death. Whatever the reason, I enjoy this genre and Unraveling, the first book in the four part The Immune Omnibus is a really good, solid addition to the genre.
  The premise is the unleashing of a highly virulent disease by a mysterious group that wipes out the majority of the world’s population. Like many books in this oeuvre, the author chooses to focus on select but diverse individuals who, for some reason, are immune to what can only be described as a plague. The reader thus experiences the catastrophic consequences of this on their personal and professional lives, as society as they know it collapses and all they have loved and worked for and towards quite literally dies.
  Well written with strong characters replete with flaws, this is a good start to what promises to be a tight series. Already started the next one.
  
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  Landpomeranze (so much to read - so little time)

  [4,5 stars] Wow. I am surprise, in a good way. This is good. I've read a few books about pandemics, catastrophies and disasters but this really feel "true". Like this could really be the way things will start to unravel. The characters so far are likable and solid. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.
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  Diane

  The only complaint I have about this book is the author’s excessive use of analogy. It was like he had a thesaurus beside him and looked up cute words and phrases for things that were easily left in plain English.
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  Mel

  No hiding the details of death, just the way I like it. Good start to the end of the world.
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  Catherine

  It is not "The Stand" but it is damn good! Looking forward to reading the rest in the series.
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  Sally

  Realistic. A little too real. We all have read the post apocalyptic stories about what happens years after. This is time zero. No fast forwards. How it all falls apart. Well written. Book 2 is next.