Review: This book has it all!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2012
Originally Posted on Words at Home blog Oct 18, 2012: [...]I always know that I am going to be in for a good laugh when I pick up anything written by Rusty Fischer and Detention of the Living Dead is certainly no exception. The action starts right away when Max's detention is interrupted by a video announcement which features her principal screaming about a Zombie take over (while a few Zombies pass in front of the camera chomping on the limbs of administrators). At first the students think they are caught in the middle of a prank, but they quickly realize that 1) their school doesn't have that kind of special effects budget and 2) this is no joke because Max's best friend Brie storms into the detention room and starts biting people!What follows is a ridiculous, hilarious and action filled novel that breathes new life into our favorite undead characters. What makes Rusty's writing so refreshing and quick to read is his wit and the incredible way he turns a phrase."It's like waiting for a stutterer to finish reading War & Peace, out loud,In one sitting, while you kneel on a bed of nails, with water dripping onYour head, sitting next to your distant cousin from Alabama, with herWhispering in your ears about her favorite catfish casserole recipe.""It's a kind of half-smile, half-groan, half I-wish-I-could-say-something-reallysmart-but-my-brain's-stuck-in-neautral-righ-now-but-if-you-give-me-a-few-days-I'll-have-a-snappy-comeback-ready-fo-you type of thing."I don't think that I have ever read a poem, novel or short story by Rusty Fischer without constantly highlighting passages that I just have to share with all my bookish friends because they are so incredibly funny!There was so much action happening in the way of these newly undead Zombies attempting to escape their school that it wasn't until the end of the novel that I started to see the relationships coming out between the characters. I always love the human element that Rusty gives his Zombies and love nothing more than a little Zombie love story so I am crossing my fingers that Detention of the Living Dead is just the beginning!Detention of the Living Dead is a super fun, action filled read that will have you laughing from cover to cover. If you haven't read Rusty Fisher yet I have to ask what on earth are you waiting for? If you are looking for humor, fantastic writing and a bit of cheese-tastic gore look no further because Detention of the Living Dead has it all.I received an e-arc of Detention of the Living Dead via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.