Review: Average
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2013
I'm glad I didn't purchase these books, and borrowed them from the kindle lending library, as I would have wasted money. I had high hopes when I started reading the first three books. The outbreak premise was different enough from the other glut of zombie fiction on the market that I decided to give it a try.I had a lot of WTF moments, not good ones, more along the lines of you-must-be-joking. The introduction of the radiation fallout over the character's area was barely followed up on, left dangling for an obvious to-be-continued, series placement. I find it hard to believe both the environment and the remaining humans in the area would not be affected at all even in the short timeframe of the story taking place.A few scenes struck me as contrived, the author obviously putting them in just so his group would run into some form of opposition and the reader wouldn't think the whole journey a cake-walk; which it pretty much reads as the whole time. A lot of run-of-the-mill situations: the crazy religious leader, the crazy AWOL marine unit, etc. None of which provided much difficulty for any of the group to overcome.The other reason I had difficulty enjoying the books was the horrible, horrible editing, grammar, and spelling. As a voracious reader who consumes at least four books a week, (most of them 300+ pages,) they do matter! It is a part of what separates a great author from the merely ho-hum. If I'm constantly being distracted by errors that should have been taken care of before publishing, it brings any enjoyment I might get down.I managed to finish the book in the hopes it would get better, but was left not caring what happens to the remaining group members.Final Verdict: Meh. There are better authors of zombie fiction out there: DJ Molles, Roberto Calas, and Manel Loureiro most notably.