Review: Lots of little twists and turns and great characters
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2014
In the highly populated realm of people turning into creatures that go "braainnns!" in the night (and in the day), finding your own unique voice and story can be quite a challenge I imagine.However, simple concepts can be revisited time and time again and always feel refreshing and entertaining when the author is able to provide two things to me as a reader (based on my own thorough research into the matter of course): great characters (be they good, bad, or ugly) and well paced, at times surprising, twists and turns along the way. Of course, there are many, many other factors that make the ride more or less fun along the way. I don't need to read Victor Hugo's 50 page description of the Battle of Waterloo in Les Misérables in every book I undertake.In Bailey Simms novel, the classic theme is not just the end of the world as they know it coming to them care of an unspeakable disease but, more interestingly, it deals with a lonely wife who had has an affair and the consequences that follow. A little bit like Emma Bovary in Madame Bovary. This theme is as old as the earth, but the treatment in "Dead in Bed" novel is fresh, funny, and full of the little twists and turns I like.So- Great characters (good, bad, and ugly) - check- Very well paced and lots of little twists and turns - checkI am a contented reader!