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t33_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.5
It was like reading a movie or tv series.
This horror novella was action packed, very detailed and pulled me in with every page. I read it in one day!
10/10 recommend!
This horror novella was action packed, very detailed and pulled me in with every page. I read it in one day!
10/10 recommend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Incest
creativestalkerrs's review against another edition
4.0
Noah is a strong main character with compelling flaws and an interesting storyline. He is one of my favorite characters I read in 'Worse Than Dying' and his mistakes and his emotions feel so real and made the experience that much more real.
If you want a short and fun read, this book is for you. In only 159 pages you will feel a lot of emotions, It's a classic zombie apocalypse story with some unique bits to make the story fresh and have its own life. Although there are zombies, the real enemy of the story is man. Zombies are background noise compared to everything else.
However, in this story, and the main reason why it's not a complete 5 stars, is that there are some heavy situations in this that come into play, but it does make all the emotions just as raw and real.
If you want a short and fun read, this book is for you. In only 159 pages you will feel a lot of emotions, It's a classic zombie apocalypse story with some unique bits to make the story fresh and have its own life. Although there are zombies, the real enemy of the story is man. Zombies are background noise compared to everything else.
However, in this story, and the main reason why it's not a complete 5 stars, is that there are some heavy situations in this that come into play, but it does make all the emotions just as raw and real.
connorjdaley's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I happened across this on Amazon while ordering my Spooky Season reads and I’m so glad I did. A zombie-apocalypse survival horror novella? Yes, yes please. This actually won in a poll for my next read, so I can thank my friends/followers for this awesome 1 day read.
I picked this up and started it right after finishing Prosper’s Demon by K. J. Parker, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I kind of expected to have that kind of in between, oh I have to learn the setting and characters again feeling, but I was so so wrong and pleasantly surprised. I was sucked in from the first page. To put it simply, this book is so riveting, a whirlwind of anxiety and adrenaline and edge-of-your-seat scares. When I called it riveting my fiancé said I hadn’t said that about a book in a good while…so let that stand for something.
To me, this novella is exactly what I loved about the early The Walking Dead, the anxiety of learning the world and understanding that it only takes one single zombie to end your life. That the more comfortable and adept you get, it still only takes one mistake, one slip up, just a little panic, and it’s all over. That human reaction is the most realistic feeling to me about the genre.
I also really liked how the author subverted the usual genre trope of the deterioration of humanity, instead giving us a bad character that was bad prior. That doesn’t mean that humanity doesn’t deteriorate with the constant zombie killing, just that in this case the bad had hit their depths before it started.
Revenge was oh so sweet, an absolute banger 5/5*, please read this. As the back cover states, if there isn’t a sequel, it’d be a damn shame.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Incest, Murder, Rape, Grief, Sexual violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Death, Sexual harassment, and Violence
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