Review: Nice Indie zombie fiction, a reasonably enjoyable (if somewhat flawed) read...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 15, 2013
First off, know that I love zombie fiction. Seriously. That said, if an Indie book bores me, seems terribly written, or doesn't hang together cohesively and well, I'm not afraid to call it like I read it.Some reviewers here have been extremely critical of this book. I never got the sense that the author slapped it together for "zombie" fans. This was a nice Indie zombie fiction read, super enjoyable in some parts and reasonably enjoyable (in areas of the book that were less polished) read. I liked the short, to-the-point chapters, and the cast of ensemble characters. It kept the story moving.Sure there were some typos. Missing punctuation, and so on. The grammatical errors weren't egregious and didn't interfere with my read.There is some really funny, specifically ironic, dialogue in this book. A soldier speaks to Tim (the protagonist):"That's a good sign. I like a man who isn't ready to die." Guess you had to read it, but in the context of the scene it was funny in a droll way.I liked this novel's "flue" version of the Zombie virus. I really don't need a complicated, science-gone-awry, or abuse of military research power, meme in my Zombie fiction. If a plot gets too convoluted, it becomes tedious and, often, stupid.*SPOILER ALERT* The only thing that I didn't like about this book was that the author chose to end the book with the protagonist's little boy, alive but sick, in the car, which is surrounded by zombies. We don't know what happens... because the book ends? Ack.This book was an enjoyable read. If you like Zombie fiction, I would definitely recommend that you add 'Plague Zone' to your to-read list.Happy reading~*