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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really like that quote to describe this book :
"As a horror story, it's exciting. As a parable, it's terrifying"
"As a horror story, it's exciting. As a parable, it's terrifying"
dark
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I did the audiobook version, which was fantastic. Every voice told its own story. I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of some of the discussion on international politics and relations (by which I mean, I hadn't been expecting any and I got some.)
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I've never seen the movie, I do like zombies, and I was a HUGE fan of the vignette style. However, this was not actually a story, but a man trying to convince you of his geopolitical views and of how very clever he is.
The author comes across as condescending, preachy, cynical, and faux-philosophic. The two themes are "this hotshot character is so much smarter than everyone else", and "this character was so naive and helpless, haha how foolish". The author sneers at the characters who got stuck in traffic, ran out of gas, brought hobbyist-grade sleeping bags to cold climates, stored nonperishables that required cooking, etc. There's no compassion, no human element, no compelling draw to the struggle of humanity. The only thing he wants to communicate is "Humans are morons, except me, look at this whole book showing how deeply I've thought this through. Also I definitely deeply understand basically every world culture and am qualified to critique and embody them. I'm such a deep thinker, really."
In sum, if you're hip to the new slang kids use these days, the author thinks he's "based".
The author comes across as condescending, preachy, cynical, and faux-philosophic. The two themes are "this hotshot character is so much smarter than everyone else", and "this character was so naive and helpless, haha how foolish". The author sneers at the characters who got stuck in traffic, ran out of gas, brought hobbyist-grade sleeping bags to cold climates, stored nonperishables that required cooking, etc. There's no compassion, no human element, no compelling draw to the struggle of humanity. The only thing he wants to communicate is "Humans are morons, except me, look at this whole book showing how deeply I've thought this through. Also I definitely deeply understand basically every world culture and am qualified to critique and embody them. I'm such a deep thinker, really."
In sum, if you're hip to the new slang kids use these days, the author thinks he's "based".
Max Brooks's World War Z has no business being as realistic as it is. It was not what I expected from a book subtitled "An Oral History of the Zombie War," and I mean that as the highest compliment.
There was little to no cliched explanation for the disease and its origin (i.e. -- no monkeys infected with "rage"), there was little unnecessary gore, and it did not come off as tired for such a well established pop culture genre.
What it was, was a fresh take on our society. The walking dead, or "Zack" as they are nicknamed here, are just the catalyst for the human condition to be analyzed. The book is as good as it is because the analysis is so plausible, making it easy to immerse yourself into the alternative history of a post Zombie War world.
There was little to no cliched explanation for the disease and its origin (i.e. -- no monkeys infected with "rage"), there was little unnecessary gore, and it did not come off as tired for such a well established pop culture genre.
What it was, was a fresh take on our society. The walking dead, or "Zack" as they are nicknamed here, are just the catalyst for the human condition to be analyzed. The book is as good as it is because the analysis is so plausible, making it easy to immerse yourself into the alternative history of a post Zombie War world.
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes