"Middle of the road sequel"
It seemed as though Justin Cronin wasn't quite sure where to take his characters. A lot of the set up from the first book had a flat conclusion or continuation. There was some good story telling and development, but I wish it had been a bit more focused.
I would recommend this book if you really need to see how things turn out.
Yes, distilled down and reworked it would make for a good movie or TV series.
The idea that the character Lila Kyle was an orthopedic surgeon before the outbreak is ridiculous. Many of the characters did not feel authentic or real.
"Unimaginative ending"
Probably not, this was my third book from Bourne that I have read.
He could have thought up a better more imaginative ending. It seemed as though Bourne had his deadline and quickly finished the story without the depth of the beginning.It was quite bothersome when the author hinted that an upcoming piece of information was going to be earth shattering and then the reader finds out that it is simply that aliens landed at Roswell, NM.
When deep six gets nuked.
Yes it could be a movie. A haven't a clue about the actors.