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themorgueanne's review against another edition
4.0
You can read my review of 'The Undead Situation' at http://extollereblog.tumblr.com/post/22763511709/20120309-4
wulfwyn's review
5.0
This is one of my favorite zombie books. I picked it as a freebie from Amazon and never regretted it. What I did regret is that I have a number of people I recommended this to and they are unable to get it. The book was picked up for publishing with no date set yet.
Cyrus V. Sinclair is the main character. He is a survivor of a zombie apocalypse.He is also a sociopath so he really doesn't care about all the dead. Then he meets up with another survivor, Gabe, and decides he needs to leave the apartment where he is holed up. Along the way they meet up with Frank and, my personal favorite character, Blaze. It's action packed and messy.When it does get released again I highly recommend it to all zombie genre fans.
Update: It has been 3 years since I wrote that review. The Undead Situation is now available. It is still on of my favorite Zbooks. It is like a visit to a haunted house; the anticipation before you get there, the excitement when you enter and then the terror followed by relief and giddiness that you survived. There is a complexity to Cyrus - he is a sociopath who needs to learn to work with others in order to survive killers who are mindless. The characters are well written and you come to care about them. I think it is a sign of the author's gift of writing that we can actually come to love a sociopath and root for him. I still highly recommend this book. And now you can get it so what are you waiting for?
Cyrus V. Sinclair is the main character. He is a survivor of a zombie apocalypse.He is also a sociopath so he really doesn't care about all the dead. Then he meets up with another survivor, Gabe, and decides he needs to leave the apartment where he is holed up. Along the way they meet up with Frank and, my personal favorite character, Blaze. It's action packed and messy.When it does get released again I highly recommend it to all zombie genre fans.
Update: It has been 3 years since I wrote that review. The Undead Situation is now available. It is still on of my favorite Zbooks. It is like a visit to a haunted house; the anticipation before you get there, the excitement when you enter and then the terror followed by relief and giddiness that you survived. There is a complexity to Cyrus - he is a sociopath who needs to learn to work with others in order to survive killers who are mindless. The characters are well written and you come to care about them. I think it is a sign of the author's gift of writing that we can actually come to love a sociopath and root for him. I still highly recommend this book. And now you can get it so what are you waiting for?
wulfwyn's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of my favorite zombie books. I picked it as a freebie from Amazon and never regretted it. What I did regret is that I have a number of people I recommended this to and they are unable to get it. The book was picked up for publishing with no date set yet.
Cyrus V. Sinclair is the main character. He is a survivor of a zombie apocalypse.He is also a sociopath so he really doesn't care about all the dead. Then he meets up with another survivor, Gabe, and decides he needs to leave the apartment where he is holed up. Along the way they meet up with Frank and, my personal favorite character, Blaze. It's action packed and messy.When it does get released again I highly recommend it to all zombie genre fans.
Update: It has been 3 years since I wrote that review. The Undead Situation is now available. It is still on of my favorite Zbooks. It is like a visit to a haunted house; the anticipation before you get there, the excitement when you enter and then the terror followed by relief and giddiness that you survived. There is a complexity to Cyrus - he is a sociopath who needs to learn to work with others in order to survive killers who are mindless. The characters are well written and you come to care about them. I think it is a sign of the author's gift of writing that we can actually come to love a sociopath and root for him. I still highly recommend this book. And now you can get it so what are you waiting for?
Cyrus V. Sinclair is the main character. He is a survivor of a zombie apocalypse.He is also a sociopath so he really doesn't care about all the dead. Then he meets up with another survivor, Gabe, and decides he needs to leave the apartment where he is holed up. Along the way they meet up with Frank and, my personal favorite character, Blaze. It's action packed and messy.When it does get released again I highly recommend it to all zombie genre fans.
Update: It has been 3 years since I wrote that review. The Undead Situation is now available. It is still on of my favorite Zbooks. It is like a visit to a haunted house; the anticipation before you get there, the excitement when you enter and then the terror followed by relief and giddiness that you survived. There is a complexity to Cyrus - he is a sociopath who needs to learn to work with others in order to survive killers who are mindless. The characters are well written and you come to care about them. I think it is a sign of the author's gift of writing that we can actually come to love a sociopath and root for him. I still highly recommend this book. And now you can get it so what are you waiting for?
pingthevile's review
3.0
Fairly good, standard zombie fair with an interesting main character. The story "unfolds" rather than "develops" as the characters make their trek to a mountain cabin refuge. I say that because it comes across as almost a "slice of life" tale, without the usual story arc and character epiphany. The main character develops slowly throughout the book (in a very well-written manner), but the book's ending leaves me thinking that it was just unfinished.
Oh... and having been a ferret owner, I was somewhat miffed at the pet ferret being called a "rodent" multiple times. ;-)
Oh... and having been a ferret owner, I was somewhat miffed at the pet ferret being called a "rodent" multiple times. ;-)
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