Review: An interesting unpacking of another way to handle zombies
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
Confession: I haven't read the second two books in the trilogy. This novella has spoilers for those books. You've been warned.But it's not the big story I want to talk about. It's the way this story makes plain what was already coming pretty clear in Feed. The zombies are us, and our need for perfection and security. It's about how much we are willing to give up because we are afraid. Then she took that theme and stood it on its head and asked what it would be like to live with terror, er, zombies, while feeling more empowered. What it would be like to say, "We can't eradicate it, we don't want to stop living our lives, can we find a third way?". In this story, the third way is the rabbit-proof fence, and in a way it's an excellent metaphor for understanding and observing things without just shooting the heck out of them.I think if you are looking for the hire-wire thrills and zombie-infested nightmares of the other books, this story will be disappointing. If you are looking for Grant to bend your thinking around in some interesting ways, this might be the story for you.Read if: You have already read the trilogy or you don't mind spoilers. You want to see more of the world Grant is imagining.Skip if: You are looking for more conspiracy, murder, and creepiness.Also read: And All The Stars, an Australian author writing about a different kind of cataclysm.