Review: Okay read
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
I started off giving this book three stars, which is technically probably what it deserves.But I gave it one star as a warning notice based on the exorbitant price. (see below)These are apparently the first 4 novella-length (+/-) books in one Kindle e-book.This is really basically one book in size. And maybe barely that. ("448 pages")I don't know if the preview of book 5 is included in the page count, but it might be.Some of that (too much) is also "author's notes" after each sub-book.I suggest people don't read those until after you've gone through the whole story.(or just skip them completely -- they kind of irritated me)At the time of writing this review, the price is $5.99.I got it as a BookBub deal for $0.99.If I had paid much more than a $1 or $2, I would have been irritated.(or if I had paid $0.99 for each novella)Paying $6 would have caused me to be GREATLY irritated.(it's barely worth half that, at best)It is a decent read. (+/-) As usual, people who like the zombie genre will probablylike this book more than others. You will still probably have to cut it some slack.It's written relatively well, but kind of a like a first-time author.The story itself is somewhat interesting.If the author would have been a better writer, it would have been a really good story.There were a few editing issues, but not many. (that I noticed, as a quick read)The use of "pederass" instead of "pederast" could be explained as character dialogueusage by an uneducated person. So I don't know if that was an actual error or not.Deadlocked #5 is also apparently a novella (220 pages), priced at $2.99.As is Deadlocked #6 (252 pages), priced at $3.99.And Deadlocked #7 (279 pages), priced at $3.99.These prices are ABSOLUTELY MUCH more than they are worth.At MOST, pretty much ANY novella-length e-book should not cost more than $0.99.(and MANY/MOST of them probably aren't worth that much)So I will not be purchasing any more of this "series", and probably not any of theauthor's other books. (which is too bad, because I am mildly interested in seeing what happens)I think I have to warn others about purchasing them at those prices, as well. Caveat emptor.(I can't see people not being irritated after-the-fact if they paid those prices, unless theyjust don't care, or have money to burn, or I don't know what)