Review: "What You've Been Waiting For Is At Grandma's House".......
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
On the bottom of my KPW this showed up as a recommendation this morning..Even though this is a Y/A short story it's very funny and entertaining...The intro to the story is by straight Konrath himself about his son's aspirations..I read it first to see if it was appropriate for my nephew to read..He is the same age as the boys in the story...(Meaning no, cursing, swearing or too violent)..This zombie story turned out to be pure slapstick, bumbling, horror with non-stop action...Great characterization of both brothers which made them very relatable...I like that it's written in the present..Where it's believable or unbelievable to both brothers that this situation could even be happening..It's the way you want to interpret it..Why, because of todays on going public obsession with the "Zombie Apocalyse"...I am only using those two words because of "reanimmation" in the story....That's not what is going on here..In fact, all the way to the cliffhanger ending some secrets are revealed..All I will say it's not a viral plague...Well, take a vacation to Randall and little, Josh's Grandma's log cabin on the lake..What you have been waiting for many years, almost since 1968, you can finally find there..Mom and Dad took the car, went hiking, plus they have been gone for hours..Grandma is working in her garden..When Randall goes to look for Grandma in the yard what he finds is shocking..As a good brother he will try his best to protect little Josh mentally and physically all the way to his very last breathe...While Josh being in shock, with his high IQ, contemplates if this is the work of "Jesus" or history because of the "Lazarus Phenomenon".......Really in the end they only have two options..Just pure, creepy comedy...Kind of like author, Jeff Strand's work who strangely gives the afterword.....