Review: Meh
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2013
Not good, not bad. Held my attention.Good: Tim's critical self-analysis regarding the nature of the droolers. Killing one in a kill or be eaten situation is self-defense (clearly) but does killing one who possess no immediate threat constitute murder? Interesting question.Bad: the motive force for Tim's journey is to take revenge in the drooler who killed his wife. Basically "I'm gonna kill the bear that killed my pa." Except, in a zombie apocalypse, isn't that like saying I'm going to kill the pothole that knocked out my front end alignment, in rush hour traffic, on the highway, while wearing asphalt colored clothing? Yeah, didn't really strike me as a convincing reason to tread shoulder deep into zombie land but the end gave credence to the raison d'etre and I see the author's contrived attempt at keeping the surprise a secret by having the driving force be so unrelated.Speaking of the end, if the author is going to serialize this world, I get the abrupt ending. If not, why leaving me hanging, bro? If you are aiming at a series, you should have developed the ancillary characters better because Tim's got nowhere else to go with the revenge motive gone.