Review: A Female POV
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2013
I think this is a solid zombie read. I'll not go into the minutia of the book: read the blurb. It's a group of people who live in a gated apartment complex and their struggles through the virus that brings about the zombie apocalypse. Nut shell. I'm a little torn. There are things I didn't *like* about this book, but I couldn't put it down. Literally. Could not put it down. The good: loved the dystopian aspect of just trying to rebuild some semblance of society...that's a favorite part of the zombie genre for me. Ms. Rudolph included a lot of cliche aspects, but spun them differently so it remained fresh (I stayed up ALL night!!). There's no bad...my only complaint is when the characters encountered an obstacle, it was solved immediately (the pool water and the washing machine as an example). I would have liked a little more *grungy* aspect and uncomfortable living situations. Something wrong inside the complex besides you know who. I did like this book. I wasn't sure in the beginning...the way the virus was introduced to the United States was stilted. I read the first part and felt it was oddly written. The only thing I would change is more hand to hand combat with the zombies. Overall...do you have to ask? I read it in one sitting...YES YES YES!!