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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
Ugh liked the first book, not so much the 2nd one, sorry
I won a free copy through Good Reads.
I really liked the first book. This one was good too but very uneven. The plot kept going up and down. You'd have a great horror scene, then a confusing plot hole, a poignant character moment, then a cheesy action scene. One minute it was zombie horror. Then a post-apocalyptic Western. It was just very confusing.
Having said that, I do like his take on zombies. Kind of like a mix of The Walking Dead and Resident Evil. Mutants and conspiracies mixed with dark gruesome horror.
I really liked the first book. This one was good too but very uneven. The plot kept going up and down. You'd have a great horror scene, then a confusing plot hole, a poignant character moment, then a cheesy action scene. One minute it was zombie horror. Then a post-apocalyptic Western. It was just very confusing.
Having said that, I do like his take on zombies. Kind of like a mix of The Walking Dead and Resident Evil. Mutants and conspiracies mixed with dark gruesome horror.
Today seems to be a day of reading non stop and writing amateur reviews.
Had to take a break from fantasy and what other way than to dive into a zombie apocalypse? Zombies are fun. You meet them, you shoot them in the head. End of story. Unless... Yes there's an unless. Unless it happens to be your kid sister and she can actually talk. You my friend, are fucked.
If you've read book 1 then you do know that Danny is our hard ass sheriff. And when you're a sheriff of a city or state that has no government, killing zombies are pretty much the job description. The trouble is, the undead apart from being in plenty, are also becoming smart. Exceedingly smart.
But where do you draw the line? Whose lives do you save when your own isn't in the right place? This book follows the exploits of Sheriff Danny and her followers, nicknamed "The Tribe". Wait. That was what it was supposed to do. This boom actually follows Danny. All the other major characters in this finale take a huge backseat.
And since it's a zombie fest, somebody has to get eaten or shot dead or turned or all of the above. I try so hard not to get attached to these characters and I fail every single time.
Ben Tripp doesn't disappoint much. He has done exactly what he expected himself to do. Give us a likeable character, gives us more zombies and guns and a plot to keep the story moving or in the case, Danny moving. What I absolutely didn't like was the lack of knowledge. I started the first book not knowing how this started and ended it still not knowing how it started. And I hate not knowing stuff. And if I was Danny, I'd have wanted to know. Combating it is secondary, knowledge is what would drive me each day. Apparently, Ben didn't want our character to be curious.
If this was made into a movie, can we have Shailene Woodley please?
Had to take a break from fantasy and what other way than to dive into a zombie apocalypse? Zombies are fun. You meet them, you shoot them in the head. End of story. Unless... Yes there's an unless. Unless it happens to be your kid sister and she can actually talk. You my friend, are fucked.
If you've read book 1 then you do know that Danny is our hard ass sheriff. And when you're a sheriff of a city or state that has no government, killing zombies are pretty much the job description. The trouble is, the undead apart from being in plenty, are also becoming smart. Exceedingly smart.
But where do you draw the line? Whose lives do you save when your own isn't in the right place? This book follows the exploits of Sheriff Danny and her followers, nicknamed "The Tribe". Wait. That was what it was supposed to do. This boom actually follows Danny. All the other major characters in this finale take a huge backseat.
And since it's a zombie fest, somebody has to get eaten or shot dead or turned or all of the above. I try so hard not to get attached to these characters and I fail every single time.
Ben Tripp doesn't disappoint much. He has done exactly what he expected himself to do. Give us a likeable character, gives us more zombies and guns and a plot to keep the story moving or in the case, Danny moving. What I absolutely didn't like was the lack of knowledge. I started the first book not knowing how this started and ended it still not knowing how it started. And I hate not knowing stuff. And if I was Danny, I'd have wanted to know. Combating it is secondary, knowledge is what would drive me each day. Apparently, Ben didn't want our character to be curious.
If this was made into a movie, can we have Shailene Woodley please?
Wow. This is the most disturbing zombie book I have ever read. This is The Walking Dead disturbing. Intense. Graphic. There are some really truly original things here. And they are all disturbing. If you want to have your mind blown and your stomach churned this one may be for you.
Quick Synopsis:
This is the sequel to Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller. It's set two years after the zombie outbreak. Sheriff Danielle "Danny" Adelman leads a group of survivors known as the tribe across the United States. She hears rumors of a town that is zero (zombie) free. She tries to investigate the rumors and becomes trapped in the middle of a secret war between two town figureheads.
Thoughts:
This is an interesting take on the classic zombie apocalypse. I liked that the zombies evolved into hunters and thinkers. It had the potential to be great but was just OK. I didn't love it, and I didn't hate it..
This is the sequel to Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller. It's set two years after the zombie outbreak. Sheriff Danielle "Danny" Adelman leads a group of survivors known as the tribe across the United States. She hears rumors of a town that is zero (zombie) free. She tries to investigate the rumors and becomes trapped in the middle of a secret war between two town figureheads.
Thoughts:
This is an interesting take on the classic zombie apocalypse. I liked that the zombies evolved into hunters and thinkers. It had the potential to be great but was just OK. I didn't love it, and I didn't hate it..
I was sooooo excited for this book to come out. Being honest about it, the first book was by far my favorite of the two. But the way this wrapped up was surprising. I really wanted a couple things to happen that did, and didn't. But I don't want to spoil it. A good zombie read for sure, with a finalization that hits the feels.
Superfluous prose made reading this zombie apocalypse novel a confusing one. It's inspired more of my own imaginings of what one might do in a zombie apocolypse rather than being thoroughly engaged in the story. Also, I couldn't register most of the orientation of subjects, locations, movements, based on cardinal direction described in the novel (American way versus European way), probably because I'm not very good at it. Also, the prose is taxing. Plot is tightly woven, yet the turn of events end up being very disappointing as opposed to rewarding. This is a matter of personal taste of course. All in all, Rise Again Below Zero is worth a one time read. I did not read the first book of this series so I wasn't invested in any of the characters.
From Publisher's Weekly Reviews 11/25/13 ( WARNING: SPOILER ALERT WITHIN REVIEW!) "Tripp brings the events set in motion in Rise Again (2010) to a spectacular conclusion in this smart zombie thriller. Former Marine Danny Adelman is still the nominal leader of the Tribe, a nomadic convoy of survivors toughing out the zombie apocalypse. Danny is also protecting her zombie-bitten sister, Kelley, a “thinker” zombie who retains enough of her humanity to set her apart from the shambling “zeroes.” This new wrinkle in zombie evolution sets up a tense situation in Happy Town, a supposed haven where it’s hard to tell the zeroes from the humans, and where Danny is played as a pawn by factions vying for power. Tripp excels at depicting a world whose center no longer holds and whose inhabitants will resort to any measure to stay alive. More than a routine zombiefest, this taut and intelligent tale succeeds as a moving meditation on a world steeped in “the loneliness of life without afterlife.” (Dec.)"