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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
Definitely not for me, but I can't wait to recommend it to my students who need something after Diary of a Wimpy Kid. They're going to love this!
Although this has some cute and quirky qualities and I could definitely see it as a film, I didn't find myself enthralled or amused through the entirety of the book. Was hoping for more! Although the characters are high school aged, it reads younger so entirely appropriate for middle school readers if it grabs their attention.
When we had our book fair, I let students pick some books for our class library. One of the girls in my homeroom jumped up to me with this book and I said I wanted a review from her on it. She gave a excited review it and I had to check it out myself. This must be one of the most hilarious books that I have read in years! The story is unconventional, oozing with sarcasm and hyperbole, jam-packed with irony and imagination, filled with relevant allusions, and laugh-out-loud dialogue. This book genuinely had me cracking up in the middle of our sustained independent reading. I highly suggest this gut-buster for your bookshelf!
Book Talk:
Justin, Gabe, and Bobby are three best friends who share a passion for making movies. They've made plenty of short, amateur films, but now they are ready to move on to the BIG ONE, a zombie movie. No budget? No problem, they'll ask grandma for a loan. No actors? No problem, they'll use their friends from school. No zombies? No problem, they'll get their crazy, recently paroled uncle to create their costumes. But will their movie be THE GREATEST ZOMBIE MOVIE EVER?
My Thoughts:
This is a cute and sweet look at friendship and life in early high school. The book actually has nothing to do with zombies, other than the fact that the kids are trying to make a zombie movie. The book is about friends backing each other up when things get tough, and working out problems together.
My Recommendation:
3.5/5 stars, Grades 7+
**I received this ARC from NetGalley. My review will be posted on NetGalley and on my blog at http://docreads.blogspot.com**
Justin, Gabe, and Bobby are three best friends who share a passion for making movies. They've made plenty of short, amateur films, but now they are ready to move on to the BIG ONE, a zombie movie. No budget? No problem, they'll ask grandma for a loan. No actors? No problem, they'll use their friends from school. No zombies? No problem, they'll get their crazy, recently paroled uncle to create their costumes. But will their movie be THE GREATEST ZOMBIE MOVIE EVER?
My Thoughts:
This is a cute and sweet look at friendship and life in early high school. The book actually has nothing to do with zombies, other than the fact that the kids are trying to make a zombie movie. The book is about friends backing each other up when things get tough, and working out problems together.
My Recommendation:
3.5/5 stars, Grades 7+
**I received this ARC from NetGalley. My review will be posted on NetGalley and on my blog at http://docreads.blogspot.com**
I first heard about The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever when I took part in the cover reveal and sneak peak inside, and I knew that this was a book I had to read. With quote like the following this book is sure to make you laugh out loud.
After finishing The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever I am fining it really hard to put into words what this book is all about. The plot of this book is a group of friends, Gabe, Bobby, and Justin, plan to make the greatest zombie movie ever, they have limited funds, a barely there script, mediocre actors, and idea how to make a movie at all. The result, an hilarious account of how bad they can fail.
I love that this book follows a group of friends trying to make a movie, it's so cringe worthy you feel embarrassed for them at some points, and laugh out loud at others, it's a perfect blend of humour and amateur mistakes from the boys, yet it works amazingly well. If this book were a movie it would be a spoof movie.
The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever was a relatively quick read for me, I could not help but turn the pages, wondering what mistake would happen next, or how they would solve the next problem. The excuses they use to get people to be extras were genius, even down to the more unbelievable ones.
Jeff Strand has done a great job of writing a book that draws you in, but also leaves you wondering what the hell is going on. It's crazy but makes complete sense, in a strange sort of way.
Final Verdict
I really enjoyed reading The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever, this book was a break from the norm and made a refreshing change from my latest reads.
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After finishing The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever I am fining it really hard to put into words what this book is all about. The plot of this book is a group of friends, Gabe, Bobby, and Justin, plan to make the greatest zombie movie ever, they have limited funds, a barely there script, mediocre actors, and idea how to make a movie at all. The result, an hilarious account of how bad they can fail.
I love that this book follows a group of friends trying to make a movie, it's so cringe worthy you feel embarrassed for them at some points, and laugh out loud at others, it's a perfect blend of humour and amateur mistakes from the boys, yet it works amazingly well. If this book were a movie it would be a spoof movie.
The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever was a relatively quick read for me, I could not help but turn the pages, wondering what mistake would happen next, or how they would solve the next problem. The excuses they use to get people to be extras were genius, even down to the more unbelievable ones.
Jeff Strand has done a great job of writing a book that draws you in, but also leaves you wondering what the hell is going on. It's crazy but makes complete sense, in a strange sort of way.
Final Verdict
I really enjoyed reading The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever, this book was a break from the norm and made a refreshing change from my latest reads.
So excited to start reading this! Will edit review once finished. :)
So it actually took me a long while to edit this review. It took me quite a while to actually think about the book and the rating I had given it after I read it. Honestly, looking back the story wasn't really that interesting to me while I was reading it. Before I ever picked it up I was excited because it was something unlike anything else I had ever read and I was interested in the concept of the story. But once I actually got into the story the characters got on my nerves and it made the book really hard to read. While it possible for this book to be something other people might like, I wasn't one of those people. The storyline was lacking to me and I just didn't feel the need to continue the book. I did give it a chance by reading it all the way through, but even now I realize that this book never really impacted me and I didn't have another thought about it again after I put it down.
*Received book for free through Goodreads Giveaways*
So it actually took me a long while to edit this review. It took me quite a while to actually think about the book and the rating I had given it after I read it. Honestly, looking back the story wasn't really that interesting to me while I was reading it. Before I ever picked it up I was excited because it was something unlike anything else I had ever read and I was interested in the concept of the story. But once I actually got into the story the characters got on my nerves and it made the book really hard to read. While it possible for this book to be something other people might like, I wasn't one of those people. The storyline was lacking to me and I just didn't feel the need to continue the book. I did give it a chance by reading it all the way through, but even now I realize that this book never really impacted me and I didn't have another thought about it again after I put it down.
*Received book for free through Goodreads Giveaways*
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I'm not really sure where to start with a review for this one. I've been taking some time to try and decide what to say about it, but honestly there isn't a lot to say. This was a very 3 star book for me. Was The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever the greatest book ever? No. Was it a horrible book? No.
The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever was...decent. It was extremely hilarious in parts and a little dull in other parts. This was one of those books that while I was reading it I was interested, but the second I set it down I didn't feel any desire to pick it back up. I feel like I just didn't connect to anything in the book. The characters were funny, the plot wasn't slow, and it wasn't a rough read. I just didn't connect with this one.
Overall The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever was okay. 3 stars is not a bad rating at all. It was still pretty enjoyable in parts. I liked the fact that they were trying to make a zombie movie, but this wasn't regular zombie book. This is not a horror zombie novel. It's a humor novel about filming a zombie movie.
I would recommend this one if you are looking for a light and funny read. The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever would make a great book to read between heavy reads. If you are looking for something super silly then this would be a great one to pick up.
I'm not really sure where to start with a review for this one. I've been taking some time to try and decide what to say about it, but honestly there isn't a lot to say. This was a very 3 star book for me. Was The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever the greatest book ever? No. Was it a horrible book? No.
The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever was...decent. It was extremely hilarious in parts and a little dull in other parts. This was one of those books that while I was reading it I was interested, but the second I set it down I didn't feel any desire to pick it back up. I feel like I just didn't connect to anything in the book. The characters were funny, the plot wasn't slow, and it wasn't a rough read. I just didn't connect with this one.
Overall The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever was okay. 3 stars is not a bad rating at all. It was still pretty enjoyable in parts. I liked the fact that they were trying to make a zombie movie, but this wasn't regular zombie book. This is not a horror zombie novel. It's a humor novel about filming a zombie movie.
I would recommend this one if you are looking for a light and funny read. The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever would make a great book to read between heavy reads. If you are looking for something super silly then this would be a great one to pick up.
After making a few short films that were barely seen, 16 year old Justin and his pals decide to make the Greatest Zombie Movie Ever. When everything that can go wrong does, will the film ever get made?
I got this from Netgalley.
I've been trying to curb my Netgalley addiction but when this popped up, I was on it like a reanimated corpse at a brain convention.
The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever is the story of a group of teenagers trying to make a movie. It's a YA novel but without all the tropes that normally make YA novels so damn annoying. Instead, it's about a young director trying to keep his movie from going tits up and possibly win the heart of his leading lady.
Once again, Jeff Strand proves he has the writing chops to do pretty much anything he wants. The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever was hilarious but not ridiculously so. The humor didn't take away from the fact that I wanted Jeff and the others to finish their movie.
If you ever wanted to make a movie as a teenager, The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever will be quite a read for you. Four out of five stars. Now if Strand would just write that Exit Red novel I've been salivating over since Kumquat...
I got this from Netgalley.
I've been trying to curb my Netgalley addiction but when this popped up, I was on it like a reanimated corpse at a brain convention.
The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever is the story of a group of teenagers trying to make a movie. It's a YA novel but without all the tropes that normally make YA novels so damn annoying. Instead, it's about a young director trying to keep his movie from going tits up and possibly win the heart of his leading lady.
Once again, Jeff Strand proves he has the writing chops to do pretty much anything he wants. The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever was hilarious but not ridiculously so. The humor didn't take away from the fact that I wanted Jeff and the others to finish their movie.
If you ever wanted to make a movie as a teenager, The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever will be quite a read for you. Four out of five stars. Now if Strand would just write that Exit Red novel I've been salivating over since Kumquat...
This one’s like a very funny, maybe tween-ish novel about a disastrous attempt to make a zombie movie.
Me and my friends tried to make a Batman movie as youths. This being the eary 90’s, Tim Burton’s Batman was all the rage.
Ours didn’t turn out as good as Batman. Or Batman Returns. I hate to say it’s worse than Batman and Robin…well, relative to budget and talent and experience and equipment, I’ll say we did okay compared to that one.
Some highlights:
-Batman could not get the doors open to his Batcave/garden shed. He struggles on-camera for awhile, turns around laughing, and says he can’t get it open. Upon getting an adult to open it, we discover it’s full of wasps and unusable.
-The Joker (played by me, and I’m comfortable being 4th as cinematic Jokers behind Nicholson, Ledger, and Mark Hamill. Wait, shit, 5th behind Cesar Romero) wore a suit jacket that looked like it’d fit his father, probably because it was acquired from his father’s closet and totally ruined by white makeup.
-Every transition was a fade to white as that was the only transition built into the camera. Also, every transition featured an actor breaking the scene before the transition was complete.
-The Joker was stabbed to death by Batman, who made the killing blow with Batman’s weapon of choice, a chrome artificial hip. Which was a thing we had because my dad worked in a hospital and was weird.
-Batman made a final soliloquy while Joker was face down on the cement. With perfect but unintentional comic timing, when Batman wondered whether Joker was really dead, Joker’s hat fell off while he was facedown on the sidewalk, causing Batman to give out an uncharacteristic and sort of frightening giggle and to say something like “oh, yep, definitely dead.”
-A tearful younger brother who was left out of the production appears for a brief moment to say “I was the key grip.” None of us knew what this meant, my dad just forced us to put him in the movie and suggested this was how we could do it. This was a rare moment of half-assed but effective parenting and was the entirety of the end credits.
Me and my friends tried to make a Batman movie as youths. This being the eary 90’s, Tim Burton’s Batman was all the rage.
Ours didn’t turn out as good as Batman. Or Batman Returns. I hate to say it’s worse than Batman and Robin…well, relative to budget and talent and experience and equipment, I’ll say we did okay compared to that one.
Some highlights:
-Batman could not get the doors open to his Batcave/garden shed. He struggles on-camera for awhile, turns around laughing, and says he can’t get it open. Upon getting an adult to open it, we discover it’s full of wasps and unusable.
-The Joker (played by me, and I’m comfortable being 4th as cinematic Jokers behind Nicholson, Ledger, and Mark Hamill. Wait, shit, 5th behind Cesar Romero) wore a suit jacket that looked like it’d fit his father, probably because it was acquired from his father’s closet and totally ruined by white makeup.
-Every transition was a fade to white as that was the only transition built into the camera. Also, every transition featured an actor breaking the scene before the transition was complete.
-The Joker was stabbed to death by Batman, who made the killing blow with Batman’s weapon of choice, a chrome artificial hip. Which was a thing we had because my dad worked in a hospital and was weird.
-Batman made a final soliloquy while Joker was face down on the cement. With perfect but unintentional comic timing, when Batman wondered whether Joker was really dead, Joker’s hat fell off while he was facedown on the sidewalk, causing Batman to give out an uncharacteristic and sort of frightening giggle and to say something like “oh, yep, definitely dead.”
-A tearful younger brother who was left out of the production appears for a brief moment to say “I was the key grip.” None of us knew what this meant, my dad just forced us to put him in the movie and suggested this was how we could do it. This was a rare moment of half-assed but effective parenting and was the entirety of the end credits.
This was a very cute book and I can definitely see how it would have an audience that would appreciate it.
I just think that group is not me.
I didn't find most of the humor funny, just silly, and I though the discussion with grandma was interesting but most of everything else....I just found boring.
I just think that group is not me.
I didn't find most of the humor funny, just silly, and I though the discussion with grandma was interesting but most of everything else....I just found boring.