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Title: Year Zero
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Author: Jeff Long
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Comments for Year Zero

• Posted on 2009-08-17
  disappointing
  
  This was recommended by Amazon based on my so-called tastes. I was so disappointed. It is not so much a post-apocalypse book as a book on cloning. I pretty much didn't care about anyone in the book - even the female 'lead' character who was beautiful but immoral. And that's what the author seems to be saying: cloning without morals or compassion is evil. I can agree with that, but it doesn't make for a 'good' story.
  
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• Posted on 2009-01-21
  Great premise, solid execution!
  
  I really enjoyed this book - especially the whole premise, but it did have some holes and it definitely skipped over parts that I wanted to know more about. Also, the end seemed a little abrupt. Still, I would recommend this one.
  
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• Posted on 2008-10-18
  Near Zero
  
  This book is utter nonsense. Some scientific mumbo-jumbo, seems the author has read up on some genetics & embryology & then taken that to ridiculous extremes. And some ideas show a complete lack of understanding of scientific concepts (genetic memory, skin cells & nerve cells being the 'same') etc. I couldn't care less about the characters, & the writing is for the most part stilted.
  
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• Posted on 2008-05-30
  Extremely Slow
  
  I was very dissappointed in this book. It is so slow..I still haven't finished it. Jumps around so much you can't tell up from down. Not worth your effort.
  
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• Posted on 2008-05-29
  One of the most boring books I've ever tried to read.
  
  From the back cover, this book sounds great and really interesting. The idea of cloning Jesus is a fascinating idea. Unfortunately, the writing is very far from fascinating. However, even reading more of a third of it, I find it intensely and incredibly boring. No central character, the subplots barely, by the very thinnest thread, tie together. Action is next to nil. I'm up to page 175 and I don't think I can stand the boredom any longer and will have trade it in at the local used book store.
  As an addendum to this review, I will add that after years of studying the problem of whether or not there ever actually was a historical person we know as Jesus, I will have to say that I have come to the conclusion there never, ever was a Jesus. No supporting credible evidence what so ever. And hundreds, even thousands of scholars have tried to prove there was, and all have failed. But for those who still believe in myths, this book may be more interesting than it was for me.
  
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