Review: Not your typical brainless zombie story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2011
I don't consider myself a zombie fan.  I've only intentionally watched a few zombie movies and most of those were boring. Zombie themed books have never interested me, beyond a short story format.  The reason I bought Orpheus is because I loved Dan DeWitt's collection of short stories and the Orpheus excerpt at the end sucked me in.This book was great!  I felt worry, relief, and I even cried once.  I cared about the characters, the storyline felt realistic, and the zombies were interesting.  The thing that most zombie tales lack is a Why/How.  I hate that.  This book not only has the Why/How, but also a little info on the zombies encountered both as groupings and a few particularly interesting individuals.Although horrible things happen, I think this book is more like a Mystery/Thriller than Horror.