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The Z Word by Lindsay King-Miller

10 reviews

spaghettii's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

flacabeans's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.75

The story is incredibly predictable but it’s mindless enjoyment. The FMC can be quite irritating but luckily the supporting characters make up for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body horror, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

waterbear0821's review

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

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

3.5

I like that the queer horror genre is growing. It’s not my favorite so I can’t claim to be an expert, but I enjoyed this book. It was a pretty quick read and didn’t bore me at any point. I do think it relied just a little too much on cliches and stereotypes, but I get that that’s the style it was going for. Some of the writing was stylish and witty, I liked the descriptions of the environment, but sometimes it was all just a bit much for me. I didn’t love the characters but there was some character development. The reader gets insight into quite a few of the “minor”characters, which I liked. If I have one complaint, it’s that I wish it was more fun. I know it’s horror and people die and that’s inherently not fun, but I know it can be done. There were some attempts any lighthearted or funny moments but it never lifted the book out of the bleak trenches. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

aeradyren's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

vixenreader's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

Although I’m still mad at Leah, and the ending is open-ended, this book is filled with realistic, loveable characters, great gore, great action, and a message of fighting for your community. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, War, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, and Abortion

Be aware that this book deals with estranged relationships between ex-partners, plots to destroy community, attacks targets at the LGBTQ+ community, broken condoms, refusing medical services due to religious beliefs, corporate & political corruption, fear of unwanted pregnancy, selling out, explosions caused by fireworks, and zombies.

steph_weigle's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

tommelisesofia's review

adventurous dark funny tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

britnygottalent's review

medium-paced

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

1.0

I’m not usually one to publish a negative book review. Books are hugely subjective, even more so than other media, and it rarely serves anyone to trash an author’s work. 

But this was one of the worst books I’ve ever read, and in this case, I feel a duty to protect others. 

The premise is great! Some of the things it’s trying to do are compelling! But from the moment a character was described as “a lushly proportioned woman with … tits and belly and thighs to spare” (page 5) to when I predicted the story’s Big Twist (page 11), I knew it was awful. I only kept reading to give it the benefit of the doubt, and I kept doing that until it was too late to quit. 

It is, at least, short. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

finnthehuman217's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

There needs to be a sequel that’s just a novella of Aurelia and Sunshine teaching the other cis queer people to get better at swordsmanship and how to be armed when going to battle a hard seltzer zombie!! lmaooo it’s so funny that the two are most prepared, the trans sword dyke and the enby pizza delivery driver. Moral of the story: rainbow capitalism bad!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

shrikebait's review

funny sad tense 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

5.0

The Z Word was a lot of fun! This is definitely a character-driven story, with no shortage of queer drama. I appreciate that the antics add levity while revealing each character's quirks and hidden insecurities. I also love the serious critiques of rainbow capitalism compounded by zombie horror. 

With that focus in mind, I see this as more "queer horror" than "zombie horror." Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of zombies complete with guts and gore. I was just more invested in the characters' messy relationships and ethical dilemmas than in the undead. 

Thank you to Quirk Books for the chance to check this book out through a giveaway! I'm leaving this review of my own accord

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Car accident