Review: Highly engaging but needs an editorial polish
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2013
Pros:1.Evocative environmental coverage.2.Peters the marine character is an easy winner for relatability.3.Moves along the main trunk railroad line quickly.Cons:1. Excessive verbiage of actions and bland trivia which are irrelevant to the story (e.g. Jessica spends three pages opening her office email and making coffee. Ye Gods!).2. Stoopid Jessica. This woman infuriated the hell out of me. She looses two kids, sees a neighbor torn to bits, the President zombed ... but then has a hissy-fit when dear old Dad asks about getting down the family handgun...when she's not describing in excruciating detail how to make French Toast. Sorry, this character completely lacked credibility.3. Darrell the biker didn't ring true being a pastiche-caricature of every B-grade Hollywood biker dude I've seen. I was hoping for someone more like a Son of Anarchy, but we got vintage 1975 Huggy Bear instead.4. No one asked even the basic questions about the Zombie Virus.  Defies belief.5. Abrupt ending........like this one.