Review: Saturday Afternoon Fun!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 26, 2013
This book grabbed me from the very beginning. That's important in a book like this (or perhaps any book really). The action and tension started at a fairly high point within the first few pages. Most of the characters are exactly as deep as they need to be for something like this. There is one character that was a nice surprise, but I won't spoil said surprise. I don't think Eric's breaking really new ground here, but this is pure Saturday afternoon fun.The thing I appreciate most about this story is that he makes an attempt at least to pay homage to zombieism's historical roots. These zed heads are a good mix of walkers and their Caribbean ancestors. The latter is mostly for flavor, so it seems to me, but it's a nice spice.The writing is good. He kept the pace quick and I was "flipping" pages like mad to see what happened next. The only time I ever stumbled in the reading process was later in the book when he did some abrupt POV shifts. It's good practice in my opinion to make some kind of hard break when you do that, but it didn't happen a lot and I picked up and kept right on reading.This book is now $2.99 at Amazon. The question is, is it worth it? If you want a fun, solid shoot-em up with some scares and a little gore this is the book for you. The only thing cerebral about this are the brains liberally spattered around during the last third.I give this book four out of five brass cartridges.