Reviews

The Complete Double Dead by Chuck Wendig

natashangel's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

vixenreader's review

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Creative in its lore, with a fun prose, and good pace. However, the unlikeable protagonist and bigoted ideology of the text made it difficult to root for this particular story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Genocide, Violence, Gun violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Bullying, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Terminal illness, Torture, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Fatphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Body shaming, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Alcohol, Trafficking, and Suicide

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Be aware that there is also whore-phobia, and a vile amount of fatphobia.

cosmicomega's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Sexual content, Trafficking, Vomit, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Sexual assault

davekan's review

adventurous dark funny sad medium-paced

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

3.75

bebe_o_liver's review

4.0

Great story and great characters...especially Coburn. It's raucous, raunchy and hilarious. I've read a LOT of vampire books and I loved the twist of the "double-dead" zombie vampire monsters. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was fantastic -- a perfect match for the character and story. This was my first book by Wendig and I'll definitely be reading more.

chaddah's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

4.0

possumpages's review

dark funny 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

portable_magic78's review

3.0

3.75 STARS

teamredmon's review

4.0

I listened to the audiobook of Double Dead. The story itself is fun and Coburn is delightfully awful but narrator T. Ryder Smith is the star of this show. His performance is a master class. His voice of Ambrosia the cannibal queen has no right to be as good as it is.

Double Dead is the story of the zombie apocalypse as told by Coburn, the vampire. Very early in the book, Coburn agrees to protect a small group of survivors in exchange for regular feedings. This book is like the walking dead tv show but Darryl is a vampire. The group faces trials and tribulations on their journey west. There's the aforementioned cannibal queen, a town run by face painted juggalos, and various other outrageous characters. This is a totally ridiculous book that's a stupid amount of fun to read and listen to.