Review: A fun zombie yarn.............
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2012
Whilst not outstanding, this is by no means a poor zombie novel.Let's be honest...... there is a plethora of zombie lit out there that is self published (although professionally too in some cases) that is just plain BAD...... and I mean bad in the grammar, spelling, punctuation and storyline bad. This however whilst not the best zombie yarn I have read, is actually quite a decent, easy read.My only gripes would be (and these are minor really) that the gun shop scenario was a tad unbelievable in both how it was handled by the characters initially and then the situation itself as it played out. Also the main female character had witty comments or comebacks aplenty, but I personally felt they were sometimes unnecessary or forced and therefore grated on me occasionally.I know some reviews have mentioned the unrealistic motorbike element and I know exactly what they mean, because I too rolled my eyes at the 'Harley' with it's air intake conversion to run in the ash. However, to be fair it was only a plot device to delay them in leaving (getting it initially running) for some extra tension, then breaking down/falling off for more tension, limiting them saving others because they were overloaded....etc, all whilst getting them to the next location for the story so I was prepared to be lenient in my suspension of disbelief (although I would have preferred they just dump vehicles as they choked up and find a new one or clean the air filters when they could)On the whole I wouldn't give it 1 star as this really should be reserved for the impossible to read category I mention at the beginning of my review (otherwise how do you differentiate) and I did think it worthy of more than 2 stars as I actually quite liked it on the whole and whilst I don't normally like humour injected into my zombie tales (not a huge fan of Shaun Of The Dead because of this) fortunately this didn't overdo it.I also really have no idea as to why some of the reviewers are hinting that it's poor because it was written by a woman, about a woman (I'm blessed that my ancestors moved out of their cave many, many years ago...... heh heh). Even 'The Boat' which is another zombie yarn available on Kindle, by Christine Dougherty (yes, another woman) isn't too bad and that's far more 'chick lit' than this and I see more and more female authors are following suit in this genre (which personally I love as it gives me more choice of zombie lit to 'sink my teeth into'.....lol). Funnily enough some of the worst offenders (that I have had to give up on) were written by blokes.Now get in the kitchen and make me a sandwich woman...........;)Would recommend you give this a try (at least you know it's legible AND more importantly has zombies in it), I shall definitely be looking out for the sequel.