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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I truly do love full cast audiobooks; I yearn for the radio drama.
This was a surprisingly good read. I've read a few zombie stories which were silly and predictable. WWZ is as realistic as a zombie novel can be. I really enjoyed the international scope.
Anche se il libro è famoso, vorrei evitare lo spoiler.
Mi limito dunque a dire che si tratta sempre di una zombie apocalypse ma vista da una angolazione completamente diversa.
Ho letto con piacere ogni singolo capitolo.
Fortemente suggerito non solo agli amanti del genere
Mi limito dunque a dire che si tratta sempre di una zombie apocalypse ma vista da una angolazione completamente diversa.
Ho letto con piacere ogni singolo capitolo.
Fortemente suggerito non solo agli amanti del genere
A popcorn premise that through the sheer creative thinking and engaging writing of Brooks transforms into a highly engaging bit of fiction masquerading as a documentary.
Approached as a historical account of the zombie apocalypse that humanity was able to beat. Brooks nameless interviewer travels the world collecting accounts of the events, victories and sacrifices made to defeat the apocalypse.
The accounts vary in scope: from an interview with the man responsible for notoriously reviled but ultimately successful "Redeker Plan" which forced abandonment of half of the South African population to save the rest. To the the jedi-like warrior monks who created a place of refuge in the Japanese national parks. To the K-9 trainer who alongside his partner ran recon during city reclamations in America during the end of the war. Brooks novel is so cleverly thought out in it's varied sociopolitical approach from each novel that every interview is its own little narrative delight.
A damn shame what happened with the movie. In the right hands, with a huge budget and billed as a tv show you could have had something bigger than The Walking Dead on your hands.
Approached as a historical account of the zombie apocalypse that humanity was able to beat. Brooks nameless interviewer travels the world collecting accounts of the events, victories and sacrifices made to defeat the apocalypse.
The accounts vary in scope: from an interview with the man responsible for notoriously reviled but ultimately successful "Redeker Plan" which forced abandonment of half of the South African population to save the rest. To the the jedi-like warrior monks who created a place of refuge in the Japanese national parks. To the K-9 trainer who alongside his partner ran recon during city reclamations in America during the end of the war. Brooks novel is so cleverly thought out in it's varied sociopolitical approach from each novel that every interview is its own little narrative delight.
A damn shame what happened with the movie. In the right hands, with a huge budget and billed as a tv show you could have had something bigger than The Walking Dead on your hands.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. By far the best zombie book I've ever read. inspired to read his other works and look forward to reading anything else he has to write about the Living Dead.
Read this book as an audiobook- special edition with twice the anecdotes. This is the way audiobooks were meant to be done. It has a star-studded cast, music, and original takes on a tired source material to match. Alan Alda especially delivered and it was good to hear him speak in almost a post-MASH vein.
Please read this book and go for the special edition. It’s one of the more refreshing takes on globalization and care for the environment that is not too on the nose. Even bringing in our more negative aspects as part of what humanity needs is welcome instead of taking some moral high ground and lecturing us the whole time on our flaws. I would caution you though: the only things this shares with the movie is the title and like 3 events that occur as side notes both in the book and movie. I suppose they could’ve happened confluence though. Still, one of the best books in the genre so it’s unsurprising the movie did so well.
Please read this book and go for the special edition. It’s one of the more refreshing takes on globalization and care for the environment that is not too on the nose. Even bringing in our more negative aspects as part of what humanity needs is welcome instead of taking some moral high ground and lecturing us the whole time on our flaws. I would caution you though: the only things this shares with the movie is the title and like 3 events that occur as side notes both in the book and movie. I suppose they could’ve happened confluence though. Still, one of the best books in the genre so it’s unsurprising the movie did so well.
I've been complaining about bad zombie novels lately, but this one sucked me in because of its format. I'm a sucker for oral histories, even, evidently, if they are about the zombie apocalypse. The author has a way of making the zombie event pretty darn possible. The interviews take place all over the world and explain how governments messed up and what solutions to the zombie problem didn't work. My favorites were the everyday housewives who stood up, took over, killed zombies, and created new safe worlds for their families. And the military men and women who did whatever it took to survive, even when the government didn't care. So this isn't your typical novel, which is probably why I liked it!
I did not enjoy this book. I felt that it reads like propaganda. My jaw dropped (not in a good way) when the Cuban Americans go back to Cuba to enlighten everyone there about the benefits of capitalism lmao. One thing that stuck out to me is that there are about 3 chapters that feature a woman's POV in the entire book (which is composed of about 30-40 different accounts idk), minus the very end section, "goodbyes", where Brooks manages to cram in a few more quick ones. The others, in order, are:
- A woman with "the body of a supermodel and the mind of a 4 year old" because, of course.
- A "diminutive", pixie-like fighter pilot, but looks are deceiving because she has fire behind her eyes (lol)
- A pregnant citizen of the new Russian theocracy whose womb is property of the state (she's on her 8th child, but is grateful that there is a new Czar).
And I won't even get into the Israel stuff. Overall, I would not recommend this book. The audiobook has a lot of famous voice actors who do a great job, but even that couldn't save it from being tediously repetitive as Brooks hit you over the head again and again with his poorly disguised imperialist Takes. And I don't even know if he meant to do that. It's just the way lots of Americans think, and this book reinforces that perspective 100%.
- A woman with "the body of a supermodel and the mind of a 4 year old" because, of course.
- A "diminutive", pixie-like fighter pilot, but looks are deceiving because she has fire behind her eyes (lol)
- A pregnant citizen of the new Russian theocracy whose womb is property of the state (she's on her 8th child, but is grateful that there is a new Czar).
And I won't even get into the Israel stuff. Overall, I would not recommend this book. The audiobook has a lot of famous voice actors who do a great job, but even that couldn't save it from being tediously repetitive as Brooks hit you over the head again and again with his poorly disguised imperialist Takes. And I don't even know if he meant to do that. It's just the way lots of Americans think, and this book reinforces that perspective 100%.
Written as a series of interviews from people all over the world describing a global zombie apocalypse. Lots of interesting commentary on geopolitics, healthcare, religion, military, and human psychology. The lack of reoccurring characters to ground the story made me lose interest toward the end, but still a good read.