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badseedgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Springtime is a time of renewal, rebirth, and if you believe in such things resurrection. To honor the OG Resurrector and Resurrectie, My man JC, I have sent a personal challenge to read only zombie fiction in April. I have called the challenge They-Have-Risen. Sometime my sacraligion knows no bounds!
I think I have a book crush on Craig DiLouie. It is still early in the relationship, but I definitely feel a spark of something.
Invasion is the second book I have read by this author. Although I did not add them to Goodreads, I purchased this series in July 2022, so I will be counting as TBR even though it will not lower my Goodreads TBR number.
This is unique take on the zombie genre, and Mr. DiLouie seems to really love viral outbreaks, because that was the progenitor of all the shenanigans in the first book of his I read, [b:Suffer the Children|18211208|Suffer the Children|Craig DiLouie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1393776958l/18211208._SX50_.jpg|25632609].
Mr. DiLouie is a Professional Technical writer, and as such, he has also written several non-fiction books about lighting and electrical design. Knowing that background, one could easily expect his writing to be, well technical. But instead, I found Invasion to be surprisingly character driven. I love that the characters were thrown together and survived because they were lucky and had a certain will. All "The Survivors" as DiLouie collectively calls them, are very human and have human limits, and foibles.
There are three books in this series and I am going to read all three of them this month. They will fit nicely into my personal challenge for this month. I'm going to be Zombie Love Bombed by Craig DiLouie in April!
I think I have a book crush on Craig DiLouie. It is still early in the relationship, but I definitely feel a spark of something.
Invasion is the second book I have read by this author. Although I did not add them to Goodreads, I purchased this series in July 2022, so I will be counting as TBR even though it will not lower my Goodreads TBR number.
This is unique take on the zombie genre, and Mr. DiLouie seems to really love viral outbreaks, because that was the progenitor of all the shenanigans in the first book of his I read, [b:Suffer the Children|18211208|Suffer the Children|Craig DiLouie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1393776958l/18211208._SX50_.jpg|25632609].
Mr. DiLouie is a Professional Technical writer, and as such, he has also written several non-fiction books about lighting and electrical design. Knowing that background, one could easily expect his writing to be, well technical. But instead, I found Invasion to be surprisingly character driven. I love that the characters were thrown together and survived because they were lucky and had a certain will. All "The Survivors" as DiLouie collectively calls them, are very human and have human limits, and foibles.
There are three books in this series and I am going to read all three of them this month. They will fit nicely into my personal challenge for this month. I'm going to be Zombie Love Bombed by Craig DiLouie in April!
skyreadstoomuch's review
2.0
As a big Dilouie fan, I unfortunately had a hard time getting through this one. Didn't really root for any of the characters and just didn't really GET what was happening. Will probably not continue with this series.
sine_qua_non's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
shan198025's review
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
fast-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
3.5
roseayyy_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
vivait's review
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Okey....... It's good but this book have made me realise one of my biggest pet peeves. American white men trying to write women or talking about other countries. This book is like a walking stereotype. I don't even know where to begin.
Firstly this book feels like Christian American propaganda. So much Jesus talk and God. The military men are written like these badasses with just 1 thought which is ‘’Duty” oh and also how much they love America. The flashback to Afgan war and how soldiers portrait themselves as these saviours was pure cringe.
The second pet peeve is how bad men can't write women. There are always 2 types of women. 1) this ‘’strong” woman who is actually just scared weakling and the second big strong man cuddles her she immediately melts and realises how much she needs a man (actual scene in a book). Or 2) this emotionless badass warrior that also can't communicate her emotions. Also don't get me started on the whole Tod and Erin dynamic. I swear that girl is written to take away the whole virginity thing away from Tod and scam him. You know the whole reason women exists... To be sex objects or to seduce and bail. Why can't we just have normal women written by men for once?
Talking about stereotypes…. Tod is the 3rd walking stereotype after America loving soldier and sensitive girl / she hulk / sex object. Tod is a loser nerd kid who gets bullied in school and now that apocalypse has started is suddenly transformed into a battle soldier, taking on mutants, high on dumb luck. Every nerds wet dream. Also let's not forget how he even talks like no teen talks. Listening to him talk, describe what he thinks how teenagers talk and say cringe things like “ninja” when sneaking makes me want to bang my head into the wall. Also of course he is into Warhammer and WoW. OF COURSE.
I swear it feels like author is either self inserting himself or has not passed age 16 mentally.
Will be reading book 2 to see how much more I can cringe.
Firstly this book feels like Christian American propaganda. So much Jesus talk and God. The military men are written like these badasses with just 1 thought which is ‘’Duty” oh and also how much they love America. The flashback to Afgan war and how soldiers portrait themselves as these saviours was pure cringe.
The second pet peeve is how bad men can't write women. There are always 2 types of women. 1) this ‘’strong” woman who is actually just scared weakling and the second big strong man cuddles her she immediately melts and realises how much she needs a man (actual scene in a book). Or 2) this emotionless badass warrior that also can't communicate her emotions. Also don't get me started on the whole Tod and Erin dynamic. I swear that girl is written to take away the whole virginity thing away from Tod and scam him. You know the whole reason women exists... To be sex objects or to seduce and bail. Why can't we just have normal women written by men for once?
Talking about stereotypes…. Tod is the 3rd walking stereotype after America loving soldier and sensitive girl / she hulk / sex object. Tod is a loser nerd kid who gets bullied in school and now that apocalypse has started is suddenly transformed into a battle soldier, taking on mutants, high on dumb luck. Every nerds wet dream. Also let's not forget how he even talks like no teen talks. Listening to him talk, describe what he thinks how teenagers talk and say cringe things like “ninja” when sneaking makes me want to bang my head into the wall. Also of course he is into Warhammer and WoW. OF COURSE.
I swear it feels like author is either self inserting himself or has not passed age 16 mentally.
Will be reading book 2 to see how much more I can cringe.
patchy710's review
4.0
Pretty good read! I was skeptical at first, and as I read through it, I really felt as if I was reading a novel based on the events in the Left4Dead game series (events take place at a hospital, farm house, and a bridge. There's also a sergeant (Bill, anyone?), and "special infected" including little things that hop around (ie. Jockeys?)) . Though I still feel that way, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I started to care for the characters, and how thrilling the battles became. Each flashback was a treat, detailing the who's and what's of each character, and what they went through at the onset of the Infection.
As to the whole "alien invasion" thing, this was a let down. It was as if Dilouie wanted to go into more detail about how and where this Infection came from, but ran out of time and/or pages to do so. I think I would've been happier with no hints rather than a hint with no pay off. That said, the book ends open for a sequel, which I definitely will pick up if it comes out!
As to the whole "alien invasion" thing, this was a let down. It was as if Dilouie wanted to go into more detail about how and where this Infection came from, but ran out of time and/or pages to do so. I think I would've been happier with no hints rather than a hint with no pay off. That said, the book ends open for a sequel, which I definitely will pick up if it comes out!
rovertoak's review
4.0
Great new spin on the plague-apocalypse! Love how the present-tense and intense writing makes the reader feel like they're peering around a dark corner with every page-turn!
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