Review: A funny, enjoyable, but also flawed short.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 4, 2014
First off, I am not at all into the zombie apocalypse thing -- it's just not the kind of thing I enjoy, but this book really intrigued me by its very funny description. For the most part, the book lived up to the blurb's promise, with a Douglas Adams-esque feel for the absurd.I don't know whether there are other books out there written from the point of view of the zombie, but I found it an interesting device, especially how completely misunderstood poor Zelda was, wherever she went. Mixing "yucky" zombie stuff (digging your way out of the grave, and quite literally falling apart at every turn) with a good deal of humor made for a very enjoyable reading experience.Unfortunately, after a point (beginning with the involvement of the constabulary) the story sort of lost its focus, and seemed to ignore perfectly valid plot possibilities (regarding the vicar's predicament) in favor of a very broad and, to me, unsatisfying end, with little to no resolution or even insight into the cause of Zelda's condition.Overall, I'm glad I read it -- what was good was very entertaining, so I'd recommend it from that perspective, but don't expect to understand the story once you're finished. The good part was a solid 4, but the ending dragged it down a notch.