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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
I am an absolute die-hard zombie fan and I loved this book.
It's humorous at times but also very serious and logical.
After reading this book, I definitely watch zombie movies and shows where I just think the characters are going about surviving all wrong.
Brooks did a wonderful job thinking through tactics to survive a zombie apocalypse, and if one were to ever occur, this would be my go-to reference material.
It's humorous at times but also very serious and logical.
After reading this book, I definitely watch zombie movies and shows where I just think the characters are going about surviving all wrong.
Brooks did a wonderful job thinking through tactics to survive a zombie apocalypse, and if one were to ever occur, this would be my go-to reference material.
This book is great! You start reading it because it sounds fun, but now that it's finished, you want to go stock weapons, survival gear and go scouting for a safe location to build a base.
This book was fun to read. I'm a huge fan of zombies, so I was thrilled when my mom got this for me for Christmas. It was definitely interesting to see what Max came up with in terms of zombie protection, and it gave me some good ideas and inspiration for a story that I've been meaning to write. The recorded attacks were interesting, but I felt they lacked variety, and were, consequently, boring after the first few "government cover-up" stories. Max also tends to contradict himself - he spends the first several pages telling us that zombies can't climb and getting to the top of a building will be a safe bet and then, several pages later, he says that staying on a boat would be okay as long as you watch the anchor so zombies on the ocean floor don't climb up it. Er, so they can climb and they can't climb, apparently. These contradictions made it unbelievable as an actual guide, and while it's obviously meant to be humorous, it would have held more sway if I felt like his arguments and ideas were actually applicable.
I've seen a lot of debate regarding whether or not it can be considered humor or horror. I think it's a little bit of both. The suggestions and the idea is obviously humorous, but the fact that he makes it fairly believable that something like this could happen, coupled with my already present love for zombies, adds that touch of horror to it.
I've seen a lot of debate regarding whether or not it can be considered humor or horror. I think it's a little bit of both. The suggestions and the idea is obviously humorous, but the fact that he makes it fairly believable that something like this could happen, coupled with my already present love for zombies, adds that touch of horror to it.
This book was an okay read. The book's first few sections involved the preparing for a zombie outbreak which felt was a little dry. I guess it should've been expected because it was very formal and lacked personal commemtary due to its "textbook guide"ish format.
The last section of recorded attacks was a more interesting read but I wasn't too enamored with this book in the first place so didn't think much of it.
Overall, this was a predictble book and a stale read. Not the worst though. I might flip through it if I ever decided to write some sort of zombie novel or something. The irony of this book being humorless never really worked on me. Maybe you'll think otherwise.
The last section of recorded attacks was a more interesting read but I wasn't too enamored with this book in the first place so didn't think much of it.
Overall, this was a predictble book and a stale read. Not the worst though. I might flip through it if I ever decided to write some sort of zombie novel or something. The irony of this book being humorless never really worked on me. Maybe you'll think otherwise.
Absolutely hilarious. If you like zombies, even just a little bit, pick this up.
Interesting, fun, and a little over the top (intentionally). I read this over the course of a year…a snippet here and there. Not sure I would read cover to cover…a little too textbook for that.
Boo.
I love zombies and I love comics. (Hell, I have a zombie tattoo from a comic!) But this just lacked something. Too many short (albeit related) stories with little suspense or horror or anything compelling. Two stars because the art is good and reminded me of some early Kirkman/Walking Dead stuff and because I did like the style of it - a sort of history of the virus. But really, this could have been so much more.
I love zombies and I love comics. (Hell, I have a zombie tattoo from a comic!) But this just lacked something. Too many short (albeit related) stories with little suspense or horror or anything compelling. Two stars because the art is good and reminded me of some early Kirkman/Walking Dead stuff and because I did like the style of it - a sort of history of the virus. But really, this could have been so much more.
This was a good book, especially if you want to know how to survive a zombie apocalypse. There was actually a lot of useful information, even if you don't take the book seriously. I think my favorite part was the recorded attacks in the end. It's interesting to see that zombies have been around for so long.
I am now fully prepared for the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse. See you during WWZ...