Review: Zombie with a dystopian flair! YAY!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2013
Being a novella you would think getting everything that is in that synopsis would make this convoluted. But it really hasn't. This book starts off straight away and you're getting to know Orlando and the world around him. Next thing you know, Orlando is out fighting zombies!Now, this is a different zombie book. It's not like all the other zombie books out there. Somehow M.M. Shelley was able to create a world that isn't apocalyptic or dystopian and yet, there are still zombies. Most people just don't know about them!And I was also surprised that I could not tell exactly who was working against Orlando! You don't know who to trust. I absolutely love when I can't figure out a plot, or a major plot line, it makes reading a book that much more fun!The one downside was the dialogue. Although the plot and the actual reading was quite easy, so easy in fact that I looked to see how slow I was reading and I was already 45% through, but the speech is sometimes disjointed. Not enough to take away from the plot, just enough to distract every once in a while. And for some reason it took me quite a while to feel a really good connection with Orlando. Although I did by the end, but again this is a novella so not as much time can be taken to get to really know and fall in love with the characters. Honestly I am very curious what is going to happen in the second.Also, kind of a side note... I love these covers! They are brilliant and very intriguing. I would pick this book up just for the cover not even knowing zombies were inside. But then the zombie part of it would have me sold! :D