Review: A haunting collection of zombie tales.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2013
This was a fascinating collection of short stories taking place in the post-apocalyptic world during, not the first, but the second wave of infection, where people turn into flesh eating zombies and transfer the bug by biting others. Told in letters and diary style by four different characters, I loved to read about these people's thoughts during what I could imagine, is a horrifying time and place. I looked up the series and read that this is a prequel to the book `Mortality' by Kellie Sheridan and the characters in these short stories have minor parts in that book. I haven't read the book yet, but I'm planning to. I enjoy any kind of dystopian and zombie focused stories and this one was no exception.A short read with only 11,000, it's a perfect morsel of a dismal world on the brink of total annihilation of the human race. My favorite view point was Alex's. It left me wondering what happened to him (or her? It could be a `her' but it didn't specify gender in this chapter) and his family who were on the road searching for sanctuary. The stories do have gore and bloody scenes in it and I love how it doesn't sugar coat the horror of it all, but maintains realism of the situations and emotions of the characters. This makes for an excellent, more terrifying read, though this is not inherently scary. I highly recommend reading, this, but maybe read the novel first to get a better handle of the two zombie breakouts. I did enjoy this as a standalone and will be reading the main novel shortly.Thank you to the publisher for providing a review copy via NetGalley.