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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
I received this book from the author through LoP in exchange for an honest review.
I am a sucker for all things zombies. If I hear there are zombies, there’s a good chance I’ll be there. Everyone Dies at the End jumps straight into the action. I knew that it was going to be fast paced because of the length, and Westbrook did not disappoint. The characters had a surprising amount of depth for the short amount of time we spent with some of them. I’m always interested in seeing the different kinds of zombie’s people come up with, and mold induced mushroom zombies is definitely a new one. The story has a great twist at the very end that I probably should’ve seen coming, but I didn’t. All in all, I would recommend this story to others.
I am a sucker for all things zombies. If I hear there are zombies, there’s a good chance I’ll be there. Everyone Dies at the End jumps straight into the action. I knew that it was going to be fast paced because of the length, and Westbrook did not disappoint. The characters had a surprising amount of depth for the short amount of time we spent with some of them. I’m always interested in seeing the different kinds of zombie’s people come up with, and mold induced mushroom zombies is definitely a new one. The story has a great twist at the very end that I probably should’ve seen coming, but I didn’t. All in all, I would recommend this story to others.
"Everyone dies at the end” definitely has potential. No doubt about it. I would love to read a version of this story that has been professionally edited. That, more than anything else, is my main issue with this story. It could be very, very good, but until the wording and descriptive issues are fixed, it borders on being annoying.
There were certain places where the writing just didn’t make sense. If the author says that x slammed their pistol into someone’s head, I assume they pistol-whipped them. Not that they jammed the barrel against the person’s forehead. So when the author immediately says that they pulled the trigger then, and blew the person’s brain out, my brain skittered to a halt and went “What? Wait…what?”
Another weakness of the author is the tendency to get stuck in a rut with descriptions. One character’s drug addiction is always referred to as his demon (which, even if it is actually a demon, the descriptions still need switched up a bit. A heavyset male is always, always called the fat man.
The ending was definitely a surprise, and as I tend to write reviews while I read, it made me go back and erase portions of what I’d written down. Ultimately, though, i think the base of my review stands. The author needs to work on some basic wording as well as try to avoid over-using the same descriptors. I look forward to reading more from her in the future once she gets the kinks ironed out of her writing.
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There were certain places where the writing just didn’t make sense. If the author says that x slammed their pistol into someone’s head, I assume they pistol-whipped them. Not that they jammed the barrel against the person’s forehead. So when the author immediately says that they pulled the trigger then, and blew the person’s brain out, my brain skittered to a halt and went “What? Wait…what?”
Another weakness of the author is the tendency to get stuck in a rut with descriptions. One character’s drug addiction is always referred to as his demon (which, even if it is actually a demon, the descriptions still need switched up a bit. A heavyset male is always, always called the fat man.
The ending was definitely a surprise, and as I tend to write reviews while I read, it made me go back and erase portions of what I’d written down. Ultimately, though, i think the base of my review stands. The author needs to work on some basic wording as well as try to avoid over-using the same descriptors. I look forward to reading more from her in the future once she gets the kinks ironed out of her writing.
Visit Scifi and Scary's Book Reviews for many other Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller, and Kids' Books reviews.
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
This is a zombie story but they are definitely not your average zombies. Nothing about them is familiar. they way they began the way they look. This was very original and I enjoyed that. Other than some minor descriptions about their appearance you really don't get much info about the zombies though. I know it is a short story but I would have liked to know more about how they function. I had some difficulty following the time frame that this story covered. It would be nice if the episodes were labeled with dates for some sort of reference.
There are two story lines here, one following a junkie named Earl who created the first zombie and one about a group of friends and their families.
I found the group of friends to be both unmemorable and extremely inconsistent. Because of this it was very hard to care about any of them. One character is very fat is repeatedly referred to as the fat man. I found this a little off putting as no other real information is given about him other than being prepared for an upcoming apocalypse. He is not described in any other way besides being extremely prepared for the end of the world.
I found Earl's story to be more interesting as he was more mobile. It followed his adventures as he was constantly in need of drugs to keep his demon away. I feel like there was a little confusion about how things happened to him. One was the amount of drugs he used. He had a five gallon bucket of heroin and finished it all. My confusion in this goes back to my time line issue though.
The originality of the zombies is really the only thing that stood out for me. The ending was very unexpected as well.The pace of the story was the only thing that really made me keep reading.
This is a zombie story but they are definitely not your average zombies. Nothing about them is familiar. they way they began the way they look. This was very original and I enjoyed that. Other than some minor descriptions about their appearance you really don't get much info about the zombies though. I know it is a short story but I would have liked to know more about how they function. I had some difficulty following the time frame that this story covered. It would be nice if the episodes were labeled with dates for some sort of reference.
There are two story lines here, one following a junkie named Earl who created the first zombie and one about a group of friends and their families.
I found the group of friends to be both unmemorable and extremely inconsistent. Because of this it was very hard to care about any of them. One character is very fat is repeatedly referred to as the fat man. I found this a little off putting as no other real information is given about him other than being prepared for an upcoming apocalypse. He is not described in any other way besides being extremely prepared for the end of the world.
I found Earl's story to be more interesting as he was more mobile. It followed his adventures as he was constantly in need of drugs to keep his demon away. I feel like there was a little confusion about how things happened to him. One was the amount of drugs he used. He had a five gallon bucket of heroin and finished it all. My confusion in this goes back to my time line issue though.
The originality of the zombies is really the only thing that stood out for me. The ending was very unexpected as well.The pace of the story was the only thing that really made me keep reading.