Review: A Zombie Book with a Difference
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2014
I've read a lot of indie zombie apocalypse books on my Kindle, and they start to get pretty repetitive after a while. This one manages to be different. True, some of the negatives written about in previous reviews exist, especially the frequent grammar miscues. But looking past that I found this book to be a refreshingly different way of doing a zombie book.What makes this book stand out from the crowd is that it's populated by a cast of characters that act like real people. The main character isn't an over-confident survivalist or super-soldier. Not all the women in the book are attractive. Not all officers in the army are incompetent. It's like real life. Some people are smart, some are not. Some are brave, some are not. Several characters are soldiers who are (gasp) pretty much like regular people. Sometimes they do stupid things, and often they don't have a great plan but are just feeling their way forward.As for the main character's large and complicated family, they were pretty real too. Each have their personal flaws that dictate their behavior, and the author does a good job of making sure they stay true to their characters. This is truly a character-driven story about a man trying to reunite with his family as the family tries to survive.The may-get-attacked-and-eaten-at-any-moment suspense that carries many zombie books is present in this book, too. But here it is even more effective because you know that, just like you or I, these people are not ready to deal with the situation. I hope there is a sequel, because I'll definitely read it.