Review: LOVED the Tampon Escape Method!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
Zach is just a Sophomore in High School when the Zombie Apocalypse hits. Furthermore, he has had a crap load of bad stuff happen to him right before everything goes down. What horrible timing! Yet he prevails and is able to set up a nice place to bug out on a farm away from town. Trouble seems to always stay on his tail though throughout the book. Or maybe he just has really rotten luck?Zach continues to plug away no matter what. As he goes, he forms conclusions about the zombies. He writes these observations on whatever wall or surface he is near at the time. These become the "Zombie Rules" . I feel like this will come into play more in the next book as survivors began to notice his writing.I really enjoyed this book. I love zombie fiction and this was a nice change from all the ex-military characters that know every gun ever made and just happen to have half of all them in their fallout shelter. Zach is a different kind of hero. Just a kid; granted, a very smart kid, but a kid nonetheless.  He makes plans, but he also makes bad decisions too. He is human. Refreshing from all the superhero books out there. We know which ones they are..... ;)Zombie Rules also had several humorous moments that I just loved! The character of Rick was hilarious. He was so very REAL ! Everyone has a Rick in their family (or at least they know one)! He drunk half the time and hungover the rest. Yet he is still able to relatively function. He took in Zach when he needed someone and found out that he needed Zach just as much. What a character!There was also a much memorable scene where some people use a used tampon to distract zombies so that they could escape from their predicament. Hmmmm.  I don't think that I had heard of that particular method of zombie bating. I think that should be marked down as one of Zach's Zombie Rules. Don't you?