Review: This one won me over
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2013
Zombies . . .Told in first person, this wonderful gem has the feel of real life experience.  Kept me totally involved. I even shed a tear or two. Oh yeah, I loved it all the way through.Imagine stumbling across the personal journal of a woman giving an account of her family's fight to survive an apocalyptic event. That's how I read this very human story of a global zombie outbreak.Despite any editing flaws, and maybe, in large part, because of them (frankly, that's a huge statement coming from me), the storytelling is rich in texture and has a sense of urgency in all the right places. I wouldn't have wanted it presented any other way. It is near perfection exactly as it is.This was my first zombie novel, so impossible for me to make comparisons to others in the genre. Could I even relate to a zombie tale?  This one has such good reviews (and I see why), that I gave it a go. It didn't take long to realize what this story was really about:  humanity, devotion, commitment, courage, and sacrifice -- and being clever, resourceful, and smart. Oh, and zombies. It's about foul, stinky, ravenous zombies.