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aashkevr's review
3.0
Like many of the others who have read this single, I felt as though the concept was rich enough to birth a far more in-depth exploration. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the humor and I found the philosophical ramifications of the ending to be fairly thought-provoking. Definitely worth the price, even though it is an extremely short/quick read.
helloandie's review
3.0
this could have been really quite good, and I guess kindle singles are supposed to be short, but it pulled me in enough to want more and there's no more. I swear the description on goodreads is as long as the story!
joelevard's review
3.0
WHY NOT EAT CAT CAT GOOD BESIDES HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING DURING LUNCH WAS GOING TO DISTRACT SELF READING KINDLE SINGLE ABOUT ZOMBIES BY SNOOTY LITERARY WRITER BUT ONLY TOOK 15 MINUTES WAS VERY SHORT AND NOT ENOUGH STORY TO GO ALONG WITH INTERESTING WORLD CREATED WHERE CLUB DRUG CAUSES ZOMBISM STILL SOME SAD PEOPLE TAKE WILLINGLY TRY TO PARSE METAPHOR BUT NO SUCCESS AND SOME PARTS NOT SO FUNNY LIKE FAKE TECH SPEAK AND JOKE THAT IN FUTURE BANKS ALL OWNED BY FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS HA HA NO WAIT DON'T SEE WHY FUNNY BUT THEN ME JUST SIMPLE ZOMBIE
madisonlawson's review
5.0
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I don't have a long winded thoughtful post to give you about this story, I just have to say that I absolutely adored it. The meaning behind this is fantastic and I probably read Mr. Walters explanation to anyone who would listen. This story was entertaining, funny, enjoyable and thought provoking. It took an old idea and made it into something new. And it accomplished all this in four chapters. It's a perfect story to read when you're babysitting and the kids asleep, or when you can't sleep at night, or when you're at dinner with your parents and don't want to join in on conversation. It's a quick read, so you have no excuse to put it off. I would highly recommend it!
I don't have a long winded thoughtful post to give you about this story, I just have to say that I absolutely adored it. The meaning behind this is fantastic and I probably read Mr. Walters explanation to anyone who would listen. This story was entertaining, funny, enjoyable and thought provoking. It took an old idea and made it into something new. And it accomplished all this in four chapters. It's a perfect story to read when you're babysitting and the kids asleep, or when you can't sleep at night, or when you're at dinner with your parents and don't want to join in on conversation. It's a quick read, so you have no excuse to put it off. I would highly recommend it!
joeyhannah's review
4.0
I saw Jess Walter at the Get Lit! literary festival in Spokane, Washington, where he read from this short story. In the discussion afterwards, he and Colson Whitehead, author of Zone One, were asked what they thought caused all the recent interest in zombie stories. Jess replied that he had actually written this story as a way of trying to understand the zombie phenomenon. I personally think that with this story, he's spot-on to why brainless zombie stories are so relatable in our society right now. The story is quite funny and full of social satire set in a dystopian future where a latte at the Starbucks Financial will set you back $60 and $1000 loans can be obtained for a nice dinner out. I think it speaks a lot to the corporate drudgery we all feel at our jobs and the shallow, brainless materialism of our culture, mortgaging ourselves to the hilt in order to keep up appearances.
"Sure, the world sees crazy now. But wouldn't it seem just as crazy if you were alive when they sacrificed peasants, when people were born into slavery, when they killed firstborn sons, crucified priests, fed people to lions, burned them at the stake, when they intentionally gave people smallpox or syphilis, when they gassed them, tortured them, dropped atomic bombs on them, when entire races tried to wipe other races off the planet......But this is the Apocalypse? Fuck you! It's always the Apocalypse. The world hasn't gone to shit. The world is shit."
"Sure, the world sees crazy now. But wouldn't it seem just as crazy if you were alive when they sacrificed peasants, when people were born into slavery, when they killed firstborn sons, crucified priests, fed people to lions, burned them at the stake, when they intentionally gave people smallpox or syphilis, when they gassed them, tortured them, dropped atomic bombs on them, when entire races tried to wipe other races off the planet......But this is the Apocalypse? Fuck you! It's always the Apocalypse. The world hasn't gone to shit. The world is shit."
lola425's review
3.0
Solid story. I don't generally like zombie fiction but this was worth a read. I would have liked to see the story expanded upon. The ending fell a little flat for me.
kurtpankau's review
4.0
The first chapter of this short is absolutely hilarious. The story is a satisfying take on the zombie apocalypse with a tight resolution, but nothing ever lives up to the mirth of that first chapter. And, it must be said, it is zombies we're talking about. That story device isn't old at all.
But, as stories-that-are-intended-to-be-read-in-one-sitting go, this is a highly engaging and entertaining one.
But, as stories-that-are-intended-to-be-read-in-one-sitting go, this is a highly engaging and entertaining one.
mlytylr's review
2.0
Wavers between funny send-up of the future of unchecked corporatism and a underwhelming romance. Sadly ends on the sentimental side -- attempting to inject some sort of poignancy into the story of a man with a zombie girlfriend is an odd misstep in an otherwise irreverent tale.
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