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tinathedrifter's review
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
I was impressed by the world-building of a post-plague New York. But, every few pages the author elbows his way in and rants on about his angsty ruminations of the past. It could have been a lot shorter.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, War, Murder, Death, Suicide, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Alcohol
unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Look, I was as surprised as you probably are that Colson Whitehead wrote not only a plague novel but a *zombie* plague novel, and it was just exactly how I thought it would be: weird, tense, sad, darkly funny and worth your time.
Zone One is literary fiction about a zombie plague. It’s gruesome and gross but also deep and very well written. It takes lots of narrative risks, with only three chapters (insert nervous laughter) and a nonlinear timeline. Whitehead loads the prose up with words you’ve probably never heard outside of SAT prep, but mostly as ways to denigrate Connecticut. It’s simultaneously thoughtful commentary on our world and a terrifying story about one guy living through an apocalypse.
👍🏻Recommended! Fans of Severance (the book), literary fiction, zombies, Otessa Moshfegh, Chuck Palahniuk and other Colson Whitehead books. This is a horror story at its core so check the CW
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, and War
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