Review: A must for zombie lovers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2011
Imogen Shroud is definitely apathetic, and depressed. She can barely get herself moving except to go to the library and to see her senile grandfather, and that only when her mother won't take no for an answer. Imogen has a 12-year-old brother who tries to get in her good graces, but she'll have none of it. Imogen may be stuck in her self-induced rut for the rest of her life, until the world as she knows it undergoes a catastropic change. While reluctantly chaperoning her brother at a comics expo, what seems to be a violtent wind causes terrible damage and kills thousands. But worse is to come. Most of the survivors have become zombies and the plaque is not restricted to the expo center. Imogen shows incredible grit and perseverance as she finds her brother and heads for home, encountering a few other survivors on the way.If that sounds simplistic and cliched, it's not. This is an exciting, well-written story I could not put down as Imogen fights for her life and the lives of people she (realizes) she loves with practically non-stop rip-em-up action. Imogen and her brother Zack are 3-D characters and Imogen has great depth, and although many of the supporting cast flash in and out in an instant, they are still interesting and add to the plot.I did notice a little odd punctuation in the first chapter, but only there, and I only mention it so readers who preview don't let it put them off. The rest of the book is excellently written and formatted.