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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Well this was a fun one! Very much character based over plot based, but what would it be like if zombies were not only real, but had been living among us? The political ideas seem even fresher right now, but are not harped upon, you can totally wrap yourself up in the fantasy of it all—Zombies Man!—if you want to.
Poor Andy just wants to live his afterlife, but zombies have no rights, and that's a bummer, but he's trying to do something about it. We follow his low-level push to improve his and his friends' lives and it's really sweet... until it's not. This is a zombie book after all. And zombies gotta do what zombies gotta do.
It was easy to root for him and his quippy voice was always entertaining.
Poor Andy just wants to live his afterlife, but zombies have no rights, and that's a bummer, but he's trying to do something about it. We follow his low-level push to improve his and his friends' lives and it's really sweet... until it's not. This is a zombie book after all. And zombies gotta do what zombies gotta do.
It was easy to root for him and his quippy voice was always entertaining.
I can't believe I've never heard anybody talk about this book before. It was hilarious and dark and gory and everything you'd want from a book about zombies who just want the same rights as humans.
slow-paced
This is easily one of my all-time-favourite books that I will happily read again-and-again. A refreshing take on zombie's. Rather than the usual unstoppable apocalypse/extreme survival story that generally defines the zombie genre, this is a slower, sweeter, more character driven tale of loss, love and the desire to resort to cannibalism every-now-and-then.
Told from the unusual perspective of the zombie's themselves, this is a story about societies outcasts desperately seeking acceptance...and a little preservative to keep their flesh from slipping off.
Told from the unusual perspective of the zombie's themselves, this is a story about societies outcasts desperately seeking acceptance...and a little preservative to keep their flesh from slipping off.
I was really interested in this book. It sounded like a totally great new view on zombies.
Our main character fell asleep behind the wheel and he and his wife get killed... well actually she gets killed, and he comes back from the dead in the mortuary.
Welcome back to the world... the world isn't happy to see you. Zombies have no rights, can't go to stores and many other things, it totally isn't fair, especially since no one asked to be revived back.
Andy visits a therapist, goes to a support group, and also tries to protest (which fails).
He then meets Ray, who introduces him to some new things. I already had a feeling those things were But we only find out a bit later what it really is, and what kind of awesome stuff they apparently do to a zombie.
And that is where, for me the story just slipped away. I loved the beginning, Andy's struggles, Andy who falls in love, Andy who tries his best to change things. But now... he is just a killer, just another monster. And I am sad about it.
I really loved the book, but with the last part, them eating/killing people. No, just no. :( I skipped most of the last part. When we finally get to the whole right/petition part that happened in the first part, I am happy, finally something good again. Sad that we had a whole killing part, and that it will be very interesting when they will find out he killed people. But ok, the book redeems itself (only a bit, since there is still enough killing and such) with the whole media and attention part. Though I really wish they skipped the whole: Eat Breather, Breather good, Breather NOM. :\
Well the almost end part was interesting, kinda expected though. All the attention, and I am sure people can put one + one together with people going missing all of the sudden. But still it was sad. Though I really started disliked Andy and Rita and the rest of the zombies, this was kind of an overdose. The whole revenge part was just... nope. Not really a good idea if you are fighting for zombie rights and all. And the end part, just typical zombie behaviour, and not something I signed up for when I read the blurb of this book.
I still want some answer though, like why do some people revive? Why all the hate, after all zombies have been around for ages, and many other questions.
I was planning on buying this book, but now I will not. Good book for about 60% but then it just goes down the drain. :\
Our main character fell asleep behind the wheel and he and his wife get killed... well actually she gets killed, and he comes back from the dead in the mortuary.
Welcome back to the world... the world isn't happy to see you. Zombies have no rights, can't go to stores and many other things, it totally isn't fair, especially since no one asked to be revived back.
Andy visits a therapist, goes to a support group, and also tries to protest (which fails).
He then meets Ray, who introduces him to some new things. I already had a feeling those things were
Spoiler
humans or Breathers as they are called by the zombies.And that is where, for me the story just slipped away. I loved the beginning, Andy's struggles, Andy who falls in love, Andy who tries his best to change things. But now... he is just a killer, just another monster. And I am sad about it.
I really loved the book, but with the last part, them eating/killing people. No, just no. :( I skipped most of the last part. When we finally get to the whole right/petition part that happened in the first part, I am happy, finally something good again. Sad that we had a whole killing part, and that it will be very interesting when they will find out he killed people. But ok, the book redeems itself (only a bit, since there is still enough killing and such) with the whole media and attention part. Though I really wish they skipped the whole: Eat Breather, Breather good, Breather NOM. :\
Well the almost end part was interesting, kinda expected though. All the attention, and I am sure people can put one + one together with people going missing all of the sudden. But still it was sad. Though I really started disliked Andy and Rita and the rest of the zombies, this was kind of an overdose. The whole revenge part was just... nope. Not really a good idea if you are fighting for zombie rights and all. And the end part, just typical zombie behaviour, and not something I signed up for when I read the blurb of this book.
I still want some answer though, like why do some people revive? Why all the hate, after all zombies have been around for ages, and many other questions.
I was planning on buying this book, but now I will not. Good book for about 60% but then it just goes down the drain. :\
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fluffy and fun and dark at the same time. Not at all what I'd normally choose for myself so precisely what I needed.