<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46723529-the-red-lotus" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="The Red Lotus" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562006899l/46723529._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46723529-the-red-lotus">The Red Lotus</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3509.Chris_Bohjalian">Chris Bohjalian</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3067094227">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. <br />Alexis is an ER doctor in Manhattan who meets her boyfriend, Austin, while healing him from a gunshot wound. After six months, they go on a biking vacation together to Vietnam, where his uncle died and his father was injured in the war. Austin goes off by himself one day to visit the site of his uncle's death and never returns. The investigation that follows covers the chemical warfare in Vietnam and its effects in the present, leading to the very hospital Alexis works in.<br />It was really hard to write a review of this book without giving away any of the plot surprises. I love the description of the beautiful countryside in Vietnam and the people they meet there. The idea of using rats to spread a pandemic is fascinating and presented in a well-researched and believable way. This was a really great book and I'm so excited I got a chance to read it!
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