Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

13 reviews

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

I really enjoy seeing the human side of wars, even fictional ones. The short interview style lent itself to exploring so many perspectives and things I never would have considered to think about. (The people left on the ISS!!) I was just disappointed at the ratio of interviews that were from men as opposed to women, the balance was really off. Like 1/10 might have been women. Probably less.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Suicide, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Abandonment, Self harm, Cursing, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

mirandyli's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

Fun premise. The audiobook has a good cast. Interesting take on how different countries would handle a zombie outbreak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Body horror, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

clarabooksit's review against another edition

The representation in this is super offensive. Nearly every character is a stereotype, they all spout offhand bigoted comments that often have no bearing on the narrative, and the racism and xenophobia go way beyond the in-story narrative elements that mirror real world responses to crises and pandemics. Not to mention the overt sexism and poorly written women. All this adds up to a big old “Nope” from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Religious bigotry, War, Child death, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Classism, Ableism, Racism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Sexism, Death, Body horror, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief, Fatphobia, and Medical trauma