Reviews

Zombies: Fantasy Art, Fiction & the Movies by Russ Thorne

paperbackstash's review against another edition

3.0

Incredible artwork and I loved the books layout and feel. A lot of lesser knowns - and of course well knowns - are covered, but it doesn't get too in-depth into them. It covers pretty much everything, even zombie walks, but kind of feels all over the place with the timeline of events. Recommended for zombie fans. I am curious about the artwork described from old paintings and will have to look them up since, for some reason, the book didn't include them. Maybe a rights issue?

fiona_with_the_cats's review against another edition

1.0

I found this book in my nephew's bedroom so decided to read it. I'm no great critic but I thought this book was very poor. The information in it was lack lustre and could easily be found by conducting searches on Google. Also, classing films such as "The Evil Dead" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" as zombie movies is really pushing things a bit far. Plus, the artwork wasn't all that great in my opinion.

zoey_emma's review against another edition

4.0

A fascinating read. I got to learn about the history of the zombie genre and about other art forms and Movies that I'd never heard of before. Definitely a must read for any zombie fan. Plus, the artwork throughout the book is stunning.
The complaint I have is that when I finished it, I wanted more.
4 out of 5 stars!

Edit: second time around and I still adore the artwork!

si0bhan's review against another edition

3.0

If the truth is to be told, this book doesn’t fall into my usual reads.

The book was handed to me by a relative as a general interest kind of read, as something she thought I might enjoy. It was interesting, I will say that, but I cannot see myself going out of my way to read it again and again or to read that many more books like it.

It was simply something different to pick up and read.