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Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne

nbryant's review

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

birdloveranne's review against another edition

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4.0

Great story. I love the journal style. It was very entertaining and interesting.

longdongjohnson's review

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

0.5

Just self insert fantasy by the author 

angelic712's review

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4.0

One of the most honest zombie books I've ever read.

boncourage's review

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1.0

This is beyond a doubt the worst book I have ever read. Comically bad. How anyone thought this was publishable I will never know. Before reading this I had of course simply not enjoyed a book or two. This however was the first book to make me angry with its utterly horrible story, logic, characters, writing etc.

I can not put in to words how much I dislike this book. It's unbelievable. Cliche ridden. Quite inadvertently sexist at times. Often extremely cringe worthy.

Would I recommend this book to you? It depends. If you are a struggling author looking for some encouragement then yes. After all if this thing can be published then there's hope for even the most contrived, miserable, contemptuous piece of shit sorry excuse for story telling that you can pull out of your ass.

SpoilerNo one dies. NO ONE. In the zombie apocalypse. Despite being the most incompetent band of idiots ever described on paper our little group doesn't suffer a single casualty. Oh and when was the last time you referred to an actual group of real life women as females, as in 'we better get ready to leave, someone go and get the females'. Who in the hell talks like that.

benderrodriguez's review

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1.0

Like the zombies this "plot" just shuffles along in the first person with no real direction. The characters were empty and the writer failed to make use of the first person; got real boring real quick and I didnt finish it.

civil6512's review

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2.0

The story (a zombie apocalypse) is OK. The writing is very bad.

Things (the collapse) happen too quickly, there's no character development, the rules change when needed (noise, shooting, etc.), the journal style doesn't work.

Gets two stars because some parts are interesting and because he explored some less common ideas. But Max Brooks zombie literature is considerably better.

beastreader's review

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3.0

It is the New Year. A young solider is stationed in China. This new year is starting out with a bang. The radios are reporting a virus that has appeared. Soon after the reports start coming in, the infectd population appears to have some very strange adverse effects to the virus. The virus has turned everyone into flesh eating zombies. This solider 's only hope of staying alive and surviving is...himself!

This story is all told in the first person. What makes it unique is the layout of how the story is told in the format of journal entries. As I was reading this book, I couldn't help but think it reminded me of the movie "I Am Legend" starring Will Smith. Here was this lone suvivor (for about a 1/3 of the way) who was reporting all that he was seeing, hearing and experiencing. It was scary times. The rest of the world had been turned into zombies. The only issue I had with this book was that the journal enteries reported after the fact and they seemed watered down of what really was happening. I would have liked to have more detail. Though, I am glad to hear that there will be a sequel.

readmetwotimes's review against another edition

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2.0

1,5* arrotondato per eccesso (di bontà)...

swkotor's review

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4.0

Very gritty, the style of writing suits the situation well.

My only complaint is that it ends abruptly - oh well, onto the sequel