Review: Excellent read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 16, 2011
Asked by the author to read and review this, I really wasn't sure what to expect other than Paul, the main character, is a down on his luck guy with a wife and long time best friend and they are fighting zombies. Now, I'm not a huge zombie fan, I would rather read about blood sucking vampires, good or evil, when faced with the choice, and have only read a few zombie books. I have to say this was a great read! It is exactly as the title suggests...Paul, having grown up in church with his mom and brother, is doubting his, well, faith. How could there be a God that would allow such a horrible 'thing' to roam around eating people left and right? After finally making their way out of Des Moines, IA (which is only a few hours from where I live so I thought that was kind of cool) and heading south where they can have the "ocean to their backs" the gun wielding group meets a few interesting un-turned people along the way. Battling for their survival, each night means a different place for them to stay,in deserted homes where the owners have either been turned or have abandoned their belongings for hopes of safety, with the zombies always finding them then they are running for their safety again.There were a few "GASP" moments, a few times I fought off a few tears, and lots of "oh, I never saw that coming" moments. Decently written there are a few grammatical errors but you just breeze right past them as it is hard to stop reading. Not real scary but full of suspense and real, raw emotion. There is one certain part of the story that will make me never look at a Kohl's store (which is one of my favorite places to shop) the same way again. This was the freakiest and creepiest part of the whole story, that has been giving me goosebumps each time a Kohl's commercial comes on tv! Who will live and who will be 'turned' I won't tell you...you will just have to read for yourself because lets face it, that would take all the fun out of it for you, but I promise you, you won't see any of it coming until it gets to that point. I really enjoyed this author and this book and look forward to reading more of his work very soon!