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sumayyah_t's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars.
Imagine the world has been overrun by zombie, or ex-humans. Imagine that your entire world has been reduced to a former movie studio and you rely on superheros to protect you after the rest of the world has died.
Decent read, some interesting plot twists.
Imagine the world has been overrun by zombie, or ex-humans. Imagine that your entire world has been reduced to a former movie studio and you rely on superheros to protect you after the rest of the world has died.
Decent read, some interesting plot twists.
trike's review against another edition
5.0
Easily one of the best superhero novels I've read, and a cracking good tale with well-drawn characters, excellent action scenes and nifty twists along the way.
adunnells's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
adamdavidcollings's review against another edition
4.0
What are you gonna do when the Zombie apocalypse arrives? You'd better hope there are a band of superheroes to defend you. This is a very entertaining genre-mashing concept.
This book gave us a bunch of uniquely interesting hero characters who face opposition both un-dead and living. You might think that the presence of superheroes would diminish the threat of the zombie hordes, but just imagine what would happen if one of those heroes turns. Now you have a super-powered zombie. Not good.
The author delves into some scientific rationale behind zombies and explores how they work - building a rich mythology for this world. The moment when the book explains the origin of the zombies is very cool. The book is sprinkled with fun pop-culture references.
This book is pretty edgy. The violence and gore you expect (it's a zombie book after all) but there is a lot of casual swearing and some crudity. I'm all for flawed edgy heroes but when all the hero characters of the book punctuate their general conversation with profanity, well it got a bit much for me at times, to the extent that it made the characters fell less sympathetic.
Amongst all of this, the protagonist - Saint George - turned out to be a beacon of idealism in a very dark world - but isn't that where idealism is most needed?
Putting superheroes into a serious gritty zombie novel would not have been an easy job to take on, but Peter Clines pulled it off very well.
This book gave us a bunch of uniquely interesting hero characters who face opposition both un-dead and living. You might think that the presence of superheroes would diminish the threat of the zombie hordes, but just imagine what would happen if one of those heroes turns. Now you have a super-powered zombie. Not good.
The author delves into some scientific rationale behind zombies and explores how they work - building a rich mythology for this world. The moment when the book explains the origin of the zombies is very cool. The book is sprinkled with fun pop-culture references.
This book is pretty edgy. The violence and gore you expect (it's a zombie book after all) but there is a lot of casual swearing and some crudity. I'm all for flawed edgy heroes but when all the hero characters of the book punctuate their general conversation with profanity, well it got a bit much for me at times, to the extent that it made the characters fell less sympathetic.
Amongst all of this, the protagonist - Saint George - turned out to be a beacon of idealism in a very dark world - but isn't that where idealism is most needed?
Putting superheroes into a serious gritty zombie novel would not have been an easy job to take on, but Peter Clines pulled it off very well.
19lindsey89's review against another edition
3.0
Would have been better if there hadn't been so much language.
colls's review against another edition
3.0
Zombies and superheroes.... what's not to like about that premise? There is a large enough cast of characters to keep this interesting - I don't think any one of the characters is written well enough to hold the book together on their own, but as an ensemble they're an interesting bunch.
gabriellaleblanc's review against another edition
2.0
I'm the type of person that can really appreciate zombies and superheroes. I love this kind of stuff. But this book really did not live up to it's potential. You can definitely tell that this is Clines' first novel. The idea of the book is an interesting one, but it lacked what it takes to be a really great story. There was not much to the plot in terms of making me want to keep turning the page. Almost no character development kept the characters themselves a little dry. It was a bit stereotypical in that 99% of the superheroes were white and the enemy was a gang of tattooed Latinos. The organization was a little messy, and the descriptions were not vivid enough to paint a good picture. This book could have been a lot more creative had it been written by an author that was maybe a little more experienced.
secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0