Review: I really liked it, BUT...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2012
While I liked this book for many reasons (a new twist on the zombie genre, good characters, a fast pace with lots of action), it also disappointed me for several reasons, all of which could easily have been avoided (boo, hiss!).  Before I begin the "bashing," let me say that I really DID enjoy the book and am not sorry I read it. The first half (or a bit more) of the book was well written with sentences that flowed nice and smoothly.  In later chapters, however, the writing suddenly became rather choppy and attention to detail became sloppy. It almost seemed like two people were writing the book which I found irritating. (Oh, wait... there WERE two authors. Hmm... maybe not such a great idea after all.) Some of the action scenes seemed a bit repetitive at times and I didn't need that much detail about the zombies' clothing, but whatever.  However, when the typos and word omissions began appearing more regularly, I was not a happy camper. (What can I say? I'm a proofreader.)  The final straw occurred when (no spoilers) the character of Woody was used when it clearly should have been Rory instead!!  It occurred at a pivotal point of the story, and was a huge "no no."  Finally, too many new developments were piled on at the end of the book (an attempt to lay the path for a sequel, I'm guessing) and I found that unnecessary and rather gratuitous.  Regardless of all this, I really liked the characters and cared about what happened to them.  If my above complaints hadn't occurred, I would have given it 4 or 5 stars.  As it is, I can only give it 3.