Reviews

Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry

abaugher's review against another edition

5.0

another awesome installment in this super zombie saga. zombies, bounty hunters, and someone who reminds a few of the characters of old Charlie Pinkeye. And a few more ordinary people become warriors.

jeannelynne24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Misogyny, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

brianne_k's review

3.0

So good, yet the ending.. ugh.
I am so sad that my favourite character was killed..

word_wandering's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sunsoar25's review against another edition

4.0

It took me a minute to get back in the story since it had been so long but that was good. I can't wait to finally catch up on the rest.

4saradouglas's review

4.0

This series is so much more than it seems on the surface. A coworker was telling me about some LBJ biography he read this summer and asked me what I've been reading. When I told him I've been reading about zombies he gave me the strangest look. Alright, I know a book about zombies probably sounds childish and like it will be a waste of time, but really it's not. Maberry really delves in deep and there is so much to think about... ethics, morality, friendship, sanity. He covers it all so well. My only complaint about this one is that it ends so close (geographically) from where it began and I came in it expecting an epic journey. Give me book number three!!

queenie_literary2022's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

orangejulias's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

So adventure packed and full of brutal tension. Old characters came back and new ones were accepted and defeated. RIP Tom 😭🧟

mirrorchaser's review

3.0

After reading [b:Rot & Ruin|7157310|Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin, #1)|Jonathan Maberry|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1264898635l/7157310._SX50_.jpg|7443037] I was optimistic about what the later books in this series would be like but I didn't have any kind of deep connection to the characters or their story. I had no desire to rush out and get Dust & Decay, and I had no ache in my chest when I closed the book. It was good but it wasn't phenomenal.

Dust & Decay was like Rot & Ruin 2.0, New and Improved. Some of the major questions that we had were answered but there were still plenty of plot lines left wide open for the next book. I do think some of the secondary characters introduced were unnecessary and not fleshed out properly but I think the author was afraid to spend any more time on them and potentially overwhelm the story.

The biggest disappointment in this book was the fact that I didn't feel any strong emotion during a major scene towards the end of the book

Spoiler

When Tom died after they fought in New Gameland.

but I felt plenty of catharsis at other points in the novel.