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vikingwolf's review
3.0
Bunker Ten sends a team to investigate why Bunker 9 is not responding but they find the place full of zombies and struggle to secure the site for the moment until a new plan is thought of. Bunker Four is suffering from an ongoing power struggle between two leaders who both have their own ideas on how to rule. Jim and Mary are finally making progress on a cure and planning how to get supplies to the various bunkers when it is ready. The first submarine is sent to London to establish contact with Europe.
The religious fanatics have heard of the cure and are also determined to stop it from being distributed. They start attacking the transports that are shipping the cure to the various bunkers, leading to a siege situation as one military group are ambushed. It is no safer travelling by plane, with fanatical volunteers stowing away and injecting themselves with zombie blood so that they turn mid flight and attack those on the plane. These tactics are putting the survival of everyone in jeopardy and the military must find a way to stop them.
The likes. I was interested in all the activity in the various bunkers as each had their own troubles to deal with. I liked the power struggle in bunker four, the tension of the assault on bunker nine and the plans to stop Dagger from using his bunker to destroy the others. Dagger v Davies was fun as both were totally mad! It was kept pretty interesting with that and I loved the new tactics from the fanatics to try to stop the cure. It led to quite a few interesting fight scenes which were well written. I liked the developing plans to deal with Dagger and find out why Bunker Five refuses to answer. Something seemed to be happening all the time between the bunkers.
The niggles. All the way through book two Marcie's name was spelt with ie on the end. Now in book three we are seeing a lot of Marcy with a y which is pretty annoying. The continued time jumping format was still somewhat annoying with the book starting 23 years after the zombies took over the world. I explained why I didn't like this concept when I reviewed the last book so I won't go into it all again. I just feel that time jumping disrupts the flow of the story especially in the relationships with the characters.
However the biggest issue I had in this book was the introduction of the whining moron that was Eden. She is the daughter of David and Kim and is completely immune to the zombie virus which makes her want to be a hunter. She continually moans about being treated different because she is immune and because of who her parents are, and that this isn't fair. It doesn't stop her using the 'don't you know who I am?' thing to try and evade quarantine when she returns from a hunt bitten. She is happy to use her fame when it suits her then whines that it's causing people to hate her. No Eden, people hate you because you are whiny, spoiled and don't think the rules should apply to you. She disobeys orders she doesn't like as she feels she is better than anyone else and this attitude leads to the death of a squad member. Does she take her detention punishment? No she escapes and runs away to sulk in the woods. I could not stand her character. I wish somebody has staked her out and let the zombies eat her.
I'm not going to go into too much detail about the plot as it would ruin things for those who want to read it. There was plenty to like about this book with a lot of good action and danger for some of our favourite characters. Overall it was a good zombie series with a few flaws IMHO.
The religious fanatics have heard of the cure and are also determined to stop it from being distributed. They start attacking the transports that are shipping the cure to the various bunkers, leading to a siege situation as one military group are ambushed. It is no safer travelling by plane, with fanatical volunteers stowing away and injecting themselves with zombie blood so that they turn mid flight and attack those on the plane. These tactics are putting the survival of everyone in jeopardy and the military must find a way to stop them.
The likes. I was interested in all the activity in the various bunkers as each had their own troubles to deal with. I liked the power struggle in bunker four, the tension of the assault on bunker nine and the plans to stop Dagger from using his bunker to destroy the others. Dagger v Davies was fun as both were totally mad! It was kept pretty interesting with that and I loved the new tactics from the fanatics to try to stop the cure. It led to quite a few interesting fight scenes which were well written. I liked the developing plans to deal with Dagger and find out why Bunker Five refuses to answer. Something seemed to be happening all the time between the bunkers.
The niggles. All the way through book two Marcie's name was spelt with ie on the end. Now in book three we are seeing a lot of Marcy with a y which is pretty annoying. The continued time jumping format was still somewhat annoying with the book starting 23 years after the zombies took over the world. I explained why I didn't like this concept when I reviewed the last book so I won't go into it all again. I just feel that time jumping disrupts the flow of the story especially in the relationships with the characters.
However the biggest issue I had in this book was the introduction of the whining moron that was Eden. She is the daughter of David and Kim and is completely immune to the zombie virus which makes her want to be a hunter. She continually moans about being treated different because she is immune and because of who her parents are, and that this isn't fair. It doesn't stop her using the 'don't you know who I am?' thing to try and evade quarantine when she returns from a hunt bitten. She is happy to use her fame when it suits her then whines that it's causing people to hate her. No Eden, people hate you because you are whiny, spoiled and don't think the rules should apply to you. She disobeys orders she doesn't like as she feels she is better than anyone else and this attitude leads to the death of a squad member. Does she take her detention punishment? No she escapes and runs away to sulk in the woods. I could not stand her character. I wish somebody has staked her out and let the zombies eat her.
I'm not going to go into too much detail about the plot as it would ruin things for those who want to read it. There was plenty to like about this book with a lot of good action and danger for some of our favourite characters. Overall it was a good zombie series with a few flaws IMHO.
vanncrowe's review
4.0
Enjoyed it more than the middle one, less than the first, and ultimately just glad it’s over. The series is alleged to be the gold standard in the overused Zombie literature trope movement…I think I can safely take a break for the next fifty years.
melissalynne81's review
5.0
I can't believe it's over.
I loved this series. I loved how it started, how they prepared for it. The characters were amazing. There were times I was dreading reading the next page because I didn't want to see what happened.
This series is definitely one of my favorite in the zombie genre. Extremely well done.
I loved this series. I loved how it started, how they prepared for it. The characters were amazing. There were times I was dreading reading the next page because I didn't want to see what happened.
This series is definitely one of my favorite in the zombie genre. Extremely well done.
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