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The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks

zlatty's review against another edition

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1.0

I picked this up at JFK and wanted to trash it by the time I reached ATL. It seems that Max watched a few zombie flicks, made an excell sheet comparing the trends found in the movies, and wrote a book. I am not sure if it was supposed to be funny in any way, but I got bored with it pretty fast.

endlessforest's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

delaguila19's review against another edition

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3.0

Lo bueno los gráficos, las historias son bastante buenas (salvo la de los campistas) y el desarrollo de las historias para que sea una especia de constancia de los ataques zombies a lo largo de la historia de la humanidad. lo malo es que se ve muy aleatorio. como si hubiera sido el azar y no una eleccion pensada las épocas históricas a cubrir. Otro punto en contra es la cantidad de relatos que son muy pocos. y es por eso que le pongo 3 y no 4 estrellas.

abaugher's review against another edition

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5.0

ROFL. you gotta love this. and, hey, maybe it happened like this.

malenfant's review

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funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

whineheda's review against another edition

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funny informative inspiring

4.0

ferine's review against another edition

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slow-paced

2.75

I bought this book over ten years ago, didn't finish it and restarted reading it more than a year ago.
It took so long to get through it, because it is very repetitive and I just couldn't warm up to the way it was written. 
Also the end of it the historical cases, while the most interesting, also sometimes almost held a weird racist undertone to me? I don't know if that's just me or if someone from those regions would agree but it really broke my almost non existent immersion. 
This book is just not for me, which makes sense since I bought it when I was a teenager. 

ladybeehyde's review against another edition

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Not the right head space - I plan to pick it up again in the near future.

loujoseph's review against another edition

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3.0

everything.

unklekrinkle's review against another edition

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dark funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5