Body Bags (1999)~ Christopher Golden

I was reading “Body Bags” by Christopher Golden during the 2 hours and a half journey from Kampar back to Kuala Lumpur. Honestly, it has been a long time that I haven’t spent such a long hour to read a book. I can’t even remember when was the last time I did it. Guess what’s the reason. Assignments? Tests? Thesis? Naw……none of them, they are just the minor contributors. The main reason is….MOVIES!!!!

Maybe because of “busy….Uni Life”, especially lab reports and thesis. Loads and loads of words. Reading a book can be a pain compared to watching a movie. LOL more WORDS!!! XD Okay, enough craps.

Here is the review:

This book is definitely suitable for those who enjoy murders, crimes and not-so-difficult-English-words. Yes, it’s for young adults readers. Another author that I would recommend aside R.l. Stine.

Of course, the style would be different. The storyline went well. unfortunately, the author ended it fairly “fast”. I would say there are certain parts especially the ending were sort of vague to me, or maybe I'm just used to R.L. Stine writing style. XD

Synopsis:

"The first day at college, my professor dropped dead. The second day, I assisted at his autopsy. Let's hope I don't have to go through four years of this . . ."

When Jenna Blake starts her freshman year at Somerset University, she's not only living on her own for the first time, she's moving closer to the father she never really knew. It's an exciting time, filled with new faces and new challenges, not to mention parties and boys and . . . corpses?

Jenna is torn about her future. She'd like to be a doctor like her mother, but she can't stand the sight of blood. Her father, a criminology professor, thinks he has the answer -- and sends her to interview for a job with the Medical Examiner -- an interview that takes place in the middle of an autopsy!

When a congressional aide goes violently insane, and then drops dead, the pathology team at Somerset Medical Center discover that his brain was ravaged with disease -- and loaded with insect larvae. When Jenna takes on her new job, she is drawn into a web of terrifying disease, dangerous politics, and intriguing mystery. And when one of her professors ends up dead, she starts making connections even the police haven't seen . . . which will bring her face to face with a pair of killers, one medical, and one all too human.