The “sleeping sickness” is basically people acting like zombies. In the book we first see the “sleeping sickness” while Sal is shopping at the mall.
Only she is a different person completely, as she has no memories of her old self. The book jumps ahead six years, and Sal can now walk and talk just like before.
Unfortunately she has no memory of anything before waking up. It basically means no more taking so many pills just to survive day to day. In the future in this book most people are fitted with an intestinal parasite which helps with a range of health problems such as allergies. When her family is about to pull the plug on the machines keeping her alive, she suddenly wakes up. Parasite is the story of Sal, a woman who is in a car accident and declared legally brain dead.
The publisher was kind enough to send it to me a few days before it came out and I started it immediately. I thought the concept sounded amazing and unique. I first saw it featured on a blog I trust at the start of the year. Let me just start by saying I had really high hopes for this book.
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