Review: Wow...I don't even know if meh describes it...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
First off, the author's preface took us 5% into the book.  Yeah, I only paid $.99 for this, no I didn't have great expectations, but I paid for a zombie story, not to hear the author's self-praise (and it was a LOT of self-praise.)  The author turned me off from the start, by taking an extremely condescending tone with the reader while talking about his knowledge of all things zombie, and how his knowledge precedes the current popular zombie media, so its obviously more correct *sighs*  And seriously, did we HAVE to be told the author has borderline personality disorder?  Like we couldn't discern that from the narcissism dripping within the preface?  I'm sorry, but with that much self-praise, I expect the story, itself, to be absolutely stellar.  Welllll, onto the story...So, the main character gives us a forward, stating that this book is simply his blogs and recollections, published as is, from during a zombie outbreak.  Okay, there are quite a few books out there that are the posted or published blogs and journals of survivors, so this is nothing new or exciting, but I was willing to give it a shot.  But then, he goes on to say that any grammatical errors, spelling errors, or lapses in continuity, are only due to the extreme stress he was under at the time.  Okay, this has nothing to do with making the story more believable or real, that is a ploy by the author to justify any mistakes he's made!  What a cop out!I was even more jaded heading into the first chapter, (finally, after the long winded preface and the forward.)  However, I tried to leave all that at the proverbial door and be as neutral as was possible.  This story was nothing new, nothing innovative, nothing interesting.  It was mediocre, at best.  I slogged through it, but only because I kept hoping it would live up to the author's back patting.  It never did.