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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
Liked it. Had a few moments where I thought it was a little all over the place but it did keep me completely involved in a zombie story in a way I never had before.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not a bad book, considering it's Browne's first novel and the subject matter is meant to be tongue-in-cheek. His use of language gets repetitive early on and he's unnecessarily descriptive of already obvious puns or jokes that the main character, Andy, comes up with. Also, his characters are wholly one-dimensional. Where it redeems itself is the original plot and fast pace. It was an engaging read, and successfully draws the reader in to sympathize with flesh-eating zombies.
dark
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
LOVE / EATING YOUR PARENTS / ZOMBIES / COMEDY = Breathers- A Zombie's Lament.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Mannnn, I loved this weird, unique, hilarious, tense, crazy book. There was SO much to love and this one is right up my alley.
This is a book about a typical society with a not-so-typical issue: when some people die, they are reanimated and want to live among the "Breathers," doing as much as they can to resemble their lives before death. Unfortunately for them, the living are not so accepting and the zombies find themselves victims of their own version of racism, inequality, violence, and struggles in self-worth. What is the point of their lives now? What were they brought back to do? Andy and his found family have to figure out how to make this forced regeneration work for them and somehow create meaning in being a zombie every day.
It's crazy how a book about zombies is able to so effectively connect back to tragedy and very real, current issues, while still throwing in a ton of humor, romance, and mystery. I mean, this really had it all!
I'm stealing these from another review because I want to keep all of these hilarious quotes forever:
"If you’ve never woken up from a car accident to discover that your wife is dead and you’re an animated, rotting corpse, than you probably wouldn’t understand."
"If you’ve never seen someone get his arm torn out of his socket by a gang of drunk college fraternity boys who slap him in the face with his own hand, you probably wouldn’t understand"
"if you’ve never been confined to a five-foot-long, three-foot-wide, three-foot-high cage for five days, than you probably wouldn’t understand."
"If you’ve never been in a room full of zombies eating freshly cooked human flesh, than you probably wouldn’t understand."
This is a book about a typical society with a not-so-typical issue: when some people die, they are reanimated and want to live among the "Breathers," doing as much as they can to resemble their lives before death. Unfortunately for them, the living are not so accepting and the zombies find themselves victims of their own version of racism, inequality, violence, and struggles in self-worth. What is the point of their lives now? What were they brought back to do? Andy and his found family have to figure out how to make this forced regeneration work for them and somehow create meaning in being a zombie every day.
It's crazy how a book about zombies is able to so effectively connect back to tragedy and very real, current issues, while still throwing in a ton of humor, romance, and mystery. I mean, this really had it all!
I'm stealing these from another review because I want to keep all of these hilarious quotes forever:
"If you’ve never woken up from a car accident to discover that your wife is dead and you’re an animated, rotting corpse, than you probably wouldn’t understand."
"If you’ve never seen someone get his arm torn out of his socket by a gang of drunk college fraternity boys who slap him in the face with his own hand, you probably wouldn’t understand"
"if you’ve never been confined to a five-foot-long, three-foot-wide, three-foot-high cage for five days, than you probably wouldn’t understand."
"If you’ve never been in a room full of zombies eating freshly cooked human flesh, than you probably wouldn’t understand."
This was my first zombie book and I thought it was pretty good. Has a little bit of it all, romance, gore, not for the quesy type. The ending threw me, as I am a hopeless romantic. I will definitely read more of this type of book.
I enjoyed this book the first time I read it, but upon rereading it I just couldn't get into it. Comparing the zombies plight to that of minorities having to fight for their civil rights just felt heavy handed. I also couldn't feel bad for the main character. How am I supposed to feel sympathy for a undead white man who only realizes how privileged he was in life after he starts to experience prejudice that minorities experience on a regular basis?
It was just odd. I felt the same way I do when I hear someone say, "I dont like this version of prejudicial and racist America, this isnt the America I know." Of course not. America has always been that way, but it didnt, because it didnt directly affect you.
It was just odd. I felt the same way I do when I hear someone say, "I dont like this version of prejudicial and racist America, this isnt the America I know." Of course not. America has always been that way, but it didnt, because it didnt directly affect you.
Angela, you were right. I was four stars on this right until the ending, which really just borked the whole thing.
While I really enjoyed the majority of the book, I think it made me want for a Christopher Moore zombie story. As Browne lists Moore as his #2 favorite author on his website, I guess he'd enjoy that his book evoked such a feeling. For me, though, it just didn't come together the way Moore's stories do. I think it probably could've gone on another hundred pages and wrapped up in a much less drastic, hurried manner.
This is the epitome of the type of book I enjoy most during the Halloween month of October. Sarcastic, gory, funny, undead, real life problems from a different angle. This was one of the first books I put on my “to-read” shelf way back when I joined Goodreads in October 2011. I’m so glad I FINALLY got to it and it didn’t disappoint even though I had high expectations because of that amazing cover and it’s zombie subject matter.