Review: 3 and one half stast...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2013
While there are some very good things to say about this book there are also some screaming negatives.  First, I thought the reason for the dead walking the earth was very inventive and I actually loved that part!  What started the hamster to slow down on the wheel was when they barricaded themselves into an office building.  That was OK but when I discovered it was attached to a mall, the hamster slowed down a little more.  Very reminiscent of "Dawn of the Dead" (including a space of time where life was good for them).  Predictably, their safe haven was breached and they were forced to move out. Although I do give the author credit for a creative reason for their departure!  Had that been the only thing that slowed the hamster down I probably would have gone for 4 stars.  The editing errors were unforgivable for me.  Punctuation was pretty bad for the most part.  Using the wrong tense of words (dressing instead of dressed) were extremely distracting.  Missing words in a sentence annoying but understandable in regards of the author being excited while writing.  Not capitalizing a word at the beginning of a sentence...grrrrrr!  If these things were what the editor missed, I would have hated to see what was caught!  Will I give the author another chance with Book 2?  Honestly, that is really going to depend on the price of the book! I see from another review that the 2nd book is ready.  I'll try a sample and go from there.  The author really does need to continue writing and improving his craft.