Review: Smart, compelling, believable struggle against the undead.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2011
Not quite as good as the first, but still an excellent read.  I guess I like it a bit less b/c there is what seems to me a bit too much philosophizing on the part of Josh, the narrator.  Since the initial shock of having life as he knew it end, Josh has some time to think, and he shares those thoughts on the meaning of life, death, love yada yada yada.But now that I've voiced my little negative note, let me say that this series continues to enthrall. NO SPOILERS HERE. I love the ingenuity of the survivors - how they manage to create community, how they form relationships, how they make weapons and grow food.  Since most of the blog posts are from Josh, you get his perspective, but, as in the first six months of Living with the Dead, Josh is a nicely realized character, who is sometimes heroic and sometimes not, conflicted but decisive.  He makes some very hard choices and works though those moral dilemmas so that you see how gets to a place where he can live with his choices.Life in the Kentucky compound continues to evolve and surprise, we learn a little more of what's going on elsewhere.  The zombies are also evolving - in credible ways that our survivors have to deal with.Maybe what I like most is that Josh- and the other narrators - speak of fantastic and horrific events in such a matter of fact way.  It creates a world with characters you believe in.I could go on, but I don't want to reveal too much - just say that if you have read the first six months you MUST read these next six months. If you don't have the first volume get the entire first year volume.  I don't read the blog, getting small doses of Living with the Dead would drive me crazy, but I hope Guess continues to write this saga.