Review: Zombie with a twist
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
Well here it is the latest release from Ian Woodhead, Kingdoms of the Dead, and like a lot his previous books it's a zombie related story, but with a twist. The main characters are Kenny, his sister Diane, Joseph, Rossini, Tony and the twins Mortimer and Daniel, however due to the use of parallel words it does seem like a lot more.We start off meeting Kenny who lives on a world full of zombies where the populace need daily doses of medication to stave off the virus that will eventually turn them into a zombie.Kenny's world is turned upside down after an encounter with Rossini and the discovery of the afore mentioned parallel worlds.The story as a whole flowed along quite nicely once you were introduced to the various characters and how they fitted into things, however there were some parts which got slightly confusing when the characters were crossing over between worlds and meeting their counterparts, but this actually works in the books favour because it means you need to concentrate on what you’re reading and not just flick through the pages, it makes you think about what's happening and the direction it’s leading the story.Would I recommend it? Yes I would because it's not just a pure horror story and it doesn’t overdo the gore factor, but there's also an element of sci-fi in there as well to keep most people happy as well.