Review: What really can you say about a book called Rotting Dead F*cks?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2014
This books is part of Matt Shaw's Extreme collection which is known for its gore, disturbing scenes, etc, etc. If that is not your thing, buy at your own risk. If you ignore the warning, buy it and find yourself grossed out, do everyone a favor and don't leave a one star review because it 'made you sick.' Certain books are made for certain people. I would probably give 'Little Women' a one star review for boring me to tears and making me want to gouge my eyes out with a claw hammer but I don't. I realize it's not for me and this book may not be for you.Besides having the very darkest of scenes from all of Matt Shaw's 50+ collection, RDF had a nice plot also. If you read zombie lit, this story starts out just like they all do. Everything is perfectly normal until some stumbling stranger appears.......The story centers around three main viewpoints. There's Ted. He is a real psycho that has dark twisted fantasies but has never acted any of them out for fear of what society would do to him. But what if society is falling apart......Now, the world is his and this apocalypse is his playtime. Another viewpoint is from a psychologist who becomes trapped in her office with some of her patients that might be just as bad as Ted. The last main viewpoint is a father/daughter just trying to get out of the city.Paths cross, hard decisions are made, unlikely alliances are formed. This book has a lot going for it that most Zombie lit might cover in two-three books. Also for American readers, this story takes place in the UK so guns are hard to find. Most zombie lit is full of gun-totting heroes but RDF is full of heroes who have to improvise for that 'headshot' and have to be much, much closer to the zombies.Overall, great book. Fast paced. Characters to love. Characters to hate. It's the end of the world with Matt Shaw's twist imagination as your guide.