Zoo

By: James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

Narrated by: Jay Snyder

Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

Once in a lifetime, a writer puts it all together. This is James Patterson's best work ever.

Total

For 36 years, James Patterson has written unstopable, pulse-racing novels. Now, he has written an audiobook that surpasses all of them. Zoo is the thriller he was born to write.

World

All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence to come becomes terrifyingly clear.

Destruction

With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant, Oz races to warn world leaders before it's too late. The attacks are growing in ferocity, cunning, and planning, and soon there will be no place left for humans to hide. With wildly inventive imagination and white-knuckle suspense that rivals Stephen King at his very best, James Patterson's Zoo is an epic, nonstop thrill ride from "One of the best of the best" (Time).

©2012 James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (P)2012 Hachette Audio

quick read

Always enjoy Patterson. The natrator was very good. The book was much better than the TV series.

AWESOME, nail-biter, gotta love it!

If you could sum up Zoo in three words, what would they be?

suspense, believable, AWESOME

What did you like best about this story?

James Patterson is amazing at the descriptions he uses. I loved how the main character got married and his wonderful son.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

ABSOLUTELY!

Good Book but...

I'm not a big fan of the ending. I don't feel like there was enough resolution. I never saw the show, but had heard of it, I wanted to read/listen to the book first. I absolutely love the premise.

Different from the movie!!

I watched the movie first and wanted to fill in details. The story was a completely different story. BOTH are great. Endings are quite different - one is not as happy as the other. No sex in the book ( a definite plus!!). I highly recommend both in either order.

It's fun, just don't expect too much

Zoo is a overall good story.
We are destroying our world
Animal conflict not required, as we are doing quite well on our own as humans.

A Unique Look at Animals

What did you like best about Zoo? What did you like least?

The idea that animals are not "dumb" as a lot of people think. They can organize, control and plot courses of action towards a planned result.

If you’ve listened to books by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge before, how does this one compare?

I didn't feel the closure I experience with most of his books....but then, perhaps I wasn't supposed to.

What does Jay Snyder bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I felt as though I took a personal ride along side the main character

Did Zoo inspire you to do anything?

Keep a wary eye on animals particularly lions

Any additional comments?

Whew!

because it was on sale

because it was on sale and it is a TV series I bought this. really ridiculous story. not the animals or the science as much as the characters reactions. does not resemble the TV show at all

An Unimaginable End of the World Story

Great book. I enjoyed its twists and turns. Sometimes it even made me cringe and twitch in my seat because of the horrific death scenes. The only downfall, well more of a flaw, was the simplistic writing style. I have to say I expected a little bit more from James Patterson. Though, this could be because this is my first time reading a Patterson's novel. Nevertheless, I definitely recommend this book to thrill-seekers and horror lovers. It's a real page turner!

Eh

I found this book full of stereotypes, silly, and sometimes straight up crude metaphors, and thin.
I did appreciate that, even though we got to know a character, Mr Patterson was not afraid to let them meet a fate befitting the situation.

Other than that… eh

interesting story, well told

I knew of the TV series but didn't watch it. I am glad I didn't, as I was able to enjoy the story more by not knowing what may happen. Now I can hunt down the series. Plausible story how we are messing up the planet without realizing our impact. I would recommend this book.