Review: Review of Tell Me When I'm Dead
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2013
Tell Me When I'm Dead is a good start to what looks to be an interesting series.  There were a few things I didn't like, but the positive definitely outweighed the negative.First let's talk about what I did like.The story is told through the main character, Dave's, eyes.  I don't know if I can really say I liked Dave, `cause honestly there was a lot of stuff about him that I didn't like, at least at the beginning. He cheats on his wife, he lies, and he just seems to get really whiney...  But maybe it was his imperfections that made him more interesting? Gave him more of a chance to grow? By the end of the book he is a better person all around.  But it was interesting to see the zombie apocalypse through the eyes of someone who isn't the perfect hero, has no clue what he's really doing, and who sometimes you wish he would get eaten.Also I really liked the story itself.  It starts off before the zombie apocalypse actually begins.  Plus while it does happen quickly, it doesn't happen as suddenly as in some other zombie books.  Infected are actually wandering the streets alongside non-infected.  There is even a scene where there are some kids tormenting a zombie before they turn completely.  You really get to see how something can take hold because people aren't paying that much attention.What I didn't like.There were two main things that bothered me.The lesser of the two was the ending. It's one of those `to be continued' endings.  I mean it does set it up perfectly for the next book, but still it's a cliffie.The second is my bigger issue.  The majority of the book is well detailed, then near the end there is a section that just seems to get really vague then it snaps back for the final chapters.  It just seemed completely different than the rest of the novel.Overall I really liked the book. Yeah there were a few things that bothered me a bit, but it was a solid read.  As I said I think it is a good start to what looks to be promising series.