She began her teaching career in remote Queensland high schools, but since her graduate studies she has taught in universities in Australia, Canada, England, France and the United States. * This review counts towards my participation in the Aussie Author Challenge 2012, The Australian Women Writers Challenge and Aussie Author Month.Īuthor Information: Born in 1942, Janette Turner Hospital grew up in Queensland, Australia. Genre: Action-Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Literature, Romance, Audio Janette Turner Hospital’s Due Preparations for the Plague is intense and compelling fiction, that at times leaves you asking, could or has this really happened? Highly recommended for deep thinkers with strong stomachs.īOOK RATING: The Story 4 / 5 The Writing 4.5 / 5īOOK DETAILS: Due Preparations for the Plague(Amazon & Audible) Due Preparations for the Plague (B&N) Due Preparations for the Plague(The Nile – Australia) His voice is dark and menacing, just perfect for the mood of this story. Sean Mangan is a narrator I have enjoyed before – Matthew Reilly’s Hell Island and Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves. I listened to this title in audio narrated by Sean Mangan. Its sheer ambition could be considered indulgence in a few instances and some of the more philosophical passages laboured from my perspective. Along with a literary display and intense psychological thriller, this could also be considered an action-adventure story and on various levels a romance also. Janette Turner Hospital has expertly tapped into the desired effect of terrorism, the destabilisation of whole societies through the acts of a fanatical few.ĭue Preparations for the Plague touches on such a vast array of issues, far too many to mention, and if anything that is probably its only weakness. She has shown that at extremis the human mind can justify the seemingly unthinkable. She has created them and then dug into their psyche with chilling results. Hospital has crafted some of the most disturbed fictional characters I have ever come across. It is also an intense psychological thriller. In Due Preparations for the Plague Janette Turner Hospital presents a powerful warning of just how tenuous our lives and the liberties we take for granted can be. The mysterious plot is one of the most complex and intelligent I have read in quite some time. The prose is superb – haunting and compelling. It is a title that is difficult to categorise. When you pick up Due Preparations for the Plague, prepare to have those glasses shattered!ĭue Preparations for the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital is a book that has left a lasting impression on me. Janette Turner Hospital probes with astonishing acuity the murky worlds of espionage and intelligence gathering, and the painful meaning of survival. ( Audible)įirst things first, this is not a book for the squeamish or those who like to see the world through rose-coloured glasses. Under the guise of her senior thesis, she pulls Lowell, the son of a victim, into a web of terror, death, and betrayal that he has spent his adult life trying to forget. As an adult, Samantha, one of the children set free by the terrorists, has become obsessed with the hijacking. This electrifying novel chronicles the lives of two strangers connected by the tragic loss of parents in a hijacked Paris-New York flight.
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