Review: They Walk
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2012
This was a hard review to write because while the story line was interesting and the main character, Maggie, a strong young woman, the spelling and grammar errors made it almost unbearable to read.  It got to the point where it was almost comical to see what mistake was going to pop up next which was truly a shame - this book has such potential and it doesn't even seem like the author ran it through spell check.If it was an edited book, then I would have rated it a four.  As it is currently published, I can tell you that many readers would give up in the first 50 pages due to the errors and it gets worse as the book continues.The story itself involves a teenage girl, Maggie, her boyfriend Matt, twin brother Dan, his girlfriend Maria, Dan's best friend Gabe, and Maggie's best friend Claire along with a host of others that they meet during their adventures in survival.  The teens are attending a party when a car crashes in the front yard.  As everyone rushes out to help the person, who is our first zombie, mayhem breaks out and the teens have to start fighting to survive.After the first few nights, the teens venture to their houses to try to find their parents as well as other survivors.  The main part of the book is the story of how Maggie and her friends search for her parents in the "safe zones" and what happens along the way.The dialogue is very good for the most part and realistic - Maggie is sarcastic, funny, and strong willed and I can just picture her rolling her eyes while making some of the comments that she does.  The storyline flows smoothly for the most part and the characters interact well.My complaints:  Maggie's parents were portrayed as weak and ineffectual to the point of almost being caricatures and while Maggie loves her axe, if you were in a zombie apocalypse, wouldn't you also want a gun as a backup?  She refuses to use one which just makes you want to yell at her, especially since this puts her in bad situations on several occasions.As someone who relies on the honest opinion of reviewers, while understanding that they ARE opinions, I was disappointed in the fact that the other two reviewers did not mention anything at all about the spelling and grammatical errors of the book as they influenced my purchase of They Walk.  After reading the book, I looked up the reviewers and other reviews that they had written and it turns out that they both reviewed the same three books and gave basically the same reviews for them. This seems a bit suspect to me...The ending was creative and leads well into what could be a good sequel.  As the author has great potential, I would encourage her to continue with her writing but PLEASE get an editor so that more people can enjoy your writing talent!!