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swekster's review
4.0
I loved [b:The Zombie Survival Guide|535441|The Zombie Survival Guide Complete Protection from the Living Dead|Max Brooks|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320562270s/535441.jpg|818], but this volume is just a illustrated chapter from the book.
Yes, the zombie images are nice zombie images, but you can only look at so many of them before getting saturated.
Yes, the zombie images are nice zombie images, but you can only look at so many of them before getting saturated.
kate18's review against another edition
3.0
Jak už název napovídá, jedná se o sebrané případy napadení nemrtvých. Už v době kamenné zaznamenali lidé na nástěnných malbách útoky a jejich následky. V každé části historie lidstva se objevil podobný útok, i v té současné...
samtee222's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I loved this graphic novel. It was my kind of read, it had everything that I love zombies, gore and mayham. I loved it. I will definitely be reading this again, and again and again.
lilyn_g's review
2.0
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks covers 12 different attacks, starting with the earliest (60,000 B.C.) and working forward to closer to present day. While the first attack spanned several pages, the second one wasn't really even an 'attack' at all. It was more the discovery of the virus and speculation. The rest seem to vary in length, and went from moderately interesting to skim-worthy and back again several times.
I don't know what I think of this. On one hand, I loved the art. Ibraim Roberson does an amazing job, making monochrome images that feel like they could leap off the page at times. There’s one particular panel of a zombie, frozen solid in the snow, hand outstretched, which is disturbing and fantastic all at the same time. On the other hand, it takes a bit of the fun away from zombie attacks if you don't at least get a splash of red every now and then! Basically, I loved the art, but just didn't feel like it suited the subject.
The synopsis says "Scripted by the world's leading zombie authority, Max Brooks, "Recorded Attacks" reveals how other eras and cultures have dealt with-and survived-the ancient viral plague." They mean that. Literally. It seems like its just scenes of battle, interspersed with the occasional "So maybe they did x because..." I knew I was going to get to see zombie attacks – and I was cool with that – but I thought I’d get a little bit more. I was wrong.
The graphic novel itself only seems to take up about 2/3rds of the book. (It’s sometimes hard to tell when reading in a browser versus reading on the Kindle.) The rest of it is advertisements for things related to the Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. Readers are invited to download the Zombie Survival Guide Scanner app, given the chance to click on links that will let them read excerpts from the books, and finally treated to a several page excerpt from Zombie Survival Guide. And then another several page excerpt from World War Z.
My final judgement? This was a cash grab, nothing more, nothing less. The illustrations are amazing, but everything else was lackluster. Wouldn’t recommend you buy it unless it was on sale for maybe $.99 and you were a hardcore zombie hoarder.
I don't know what I think of this. On one hand, I loved the art. Ibraim Roberson does an amazing job, making monochrome images that feel like they could leap off the page at times. There’s one particular panel of a zombie, frozen solid in the snow, hand outstretched, which is disturbing and fantastic all at the same time. On the other hand, it takes a bit of the fun away from zombie attacks if you don't at least get a splash of red every now and then! Basically, I loved the art, but just didn't feel like it suited the subject.
The synopsis says "Scripted by the world's leading zombie authority, Max Brooks, "Recorded Attacks" reveals how other eras and cultures have dealt with-and survived-the ancient viral plague." They mean that. Literally. It seems like its just scenes of battle, interspersed with the occasional "So maybe they did x because..." I knew I was going to get to see zombie attacks – and I was cool with that – but I thought I’d get a little bit more. I was wrong.
The graphic novel itself only seems to take up about 2/3rds of the book. (It’s sometimes hard to tell when reading in a browser versus reading on the Kindle.) The rest of it is advertisements for things related to the Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. Readers are invited to download the Zombie Survival Guide Scanner app, given the chance to click on links that will let them read excerpts from the books, and finally treated to a several page excerpt from Zombie Survival Guide. And then another several page excerpt from World War Z.
My final judgement? This was a cash grab, nothing more, nothing less. The illustrations are amazing, but everything else was lackluster. Wouldn’t recommend you buy it unless it was on sale for maybe $.99 and you were a hardcore zombie hoarder.
inlibrisveritas's review
3.0
If you've read the actual Zombie Survival Guide then you already know about these "recorded attacks" as they are in written form there. It was nice to see them in graphic novel form though.
gabyjanatpour's review
4.0
I like how the author paints historical events as possible zombie attacks--they're pretty plausible.
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