Review: In the Land of Jekylls, There must be a Dr. Hyde
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2012
Cameron Holt waved bye to his wife, who was going to the salon, and bye to his son, who was going to the movies with his girl, and hello to an island full of the living dead.  He joins up with a group of survivors, but you can clearly see that the undead were not the only thing wrong on the island.This really was a different type of zombie story, and the eventual outcome was not what I expected.  So two big thumbs up for the story and the surprising storyline.  This was very creepy.The characters, you definitely felt for them.  They were very effectively done.  You loved Orpheus, AKA Cameron Holt.  You rooted for him to find his son, Ethan.  The writing was good, the story was mostly good, the characters were good.The Matrix moment, when Orpheus was quoting Orpheus from the Matrix Trilogy...just weird, and did not relate to the character in this book.  Oh no he didn't, but yes he did.And in the less is more category, the Ethan Holt flashback was really not necessary.  The Tim flashback was really not necessary, and for me, both detracted from the story.  And in the I could have stood some more category, Dr. Hyde...he was way creepy, but we really didn't go there until the end.SPOILER, STOP NOW****I REALLY MEAN ITLet's embark on the reality train for a moment...all aboard. We find out ...(not saying)what we find out near the end.  In the real world, Anderson Cooper from CNN would be there with his camera crew interviewing the zombies and any survivors he found on the island.  Look, even Animal Planet would be out there showing viewers what the zombie looks like in the wild.  That place would have so many hovering helicopters...it would be ridiculous.  Every drunk with a boat and a gun would show up...REALLY...NO ONE?SPOILER OVERYOU CAN LOOK NOW****While parts were...tedious, overall the book was good.  The good did more than make up for the bad.  But...parts of it really should just go away.