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A review by robinbridgefour
Ex-Isle by Peter Clines
4.0
Peter Clines is on my Underrated Authors List
His books tend to be a great blend of pop culture humor, suspense, action and just flat out weirdness at times. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again he really gives me a J.J. Abrams kind of vibe and I love it.
The Ex-Heroes series is a really cool Superheroes meets Zombies mash up and I totally love it. I’m not even a huge fan of superhero or zombie books but these totally speak to me. Probably because they remind me a little of the feelings I used to have when I watched LOST or Fringe.
Imagine a world where there is an ‘event’ that created superheroes and then later there is a zombie apocalypse. It is like a summer blockbuster in book form. I enjoy the flashbacks to before the zombies came getting glimpses of the characters’ lives before everything became a bit screwed up.
Most improved character goes to……Barry a.k.a. Zappp. He got all the best lines in this and I loved the little trio of adventurers that went to meet the newly discovered colony of people.
Barry, St. George and Corpse Girl go off to try and talk to the people on the waterworldesk contraptions and it seems like not everything is great on the good ship lollipop. The people seem a little off somehow and soon our trio of superheroes is in the middle of a colossal mess.
The banter with the trio is great. Between Barry’s pop culture one liners and Corpse girls semi morbid sense of humor mixed with teenage enthusiasm they were the story line I enjoyed the most.
Meanwhile back on the main land the colony in Los Angeles is getting ready to make a move to an area that is easier to grow food and leave the L.A movie studio lot they’ve been living in behind. But there is still some work to do and so Danielle is forced out of her comfort zone and has to face her issues with agoraphobia to go into the great outdoors to prepare things. Except it seems that the super soldiers they brought with them are acting a little strange too and with the mix of people that came along there might be a little tension happening in the group that could lead to things going horribly wrong. I mean a farm area surrounded by a chain-link fence to keep the zombies out what could possibly happen.
Overall
This series is just a lot of fun and pretty different than anything else out there I’m reading currently. So if you are looking for something that is a bit fun and maybe a little different from everything else you are reading right now I say give Clines a shot.
Audio Note THE AUDIO IS FANTASTIC…most of it is done with a compilation cast and it has a few of my favorites. Jay Snyder sounds like the announcer in a summer blockbuster trailer. Khristine Hvam who I have loved since listening to Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Mark Boyett just to round out the great cast.
Pre-Read Review:
SUPERHEROES AND ZOMBIES....with the addition of a great audio cast.
His books tend to be a great blend of pop culture humor, suspense, action and just flat out weirdness at times. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again he really gives me a J.J. Abrams kind of vibe and I love it.
The Ex-Heroes series is a really cool Superheroes meets Zombies mash up and I totally love it. I’m not even a huge fan of superhero or zombie books but these totally speak to me. Probably because they remind me a little of the feelings I used to have when I watched LOST or Fringe.
Imagine a world where there is an ‘event’ that created superheroes and then later there is a zombie apocalypse. It is like a summer blockbuster in book form. I enjoy the flashbacks to before the zombies came getting glimpses of the characters’ lives before everything became a bit screwed up.
Most improved character goes to……Barry a.k.a. Zappp. He got all the best lines in this and I loved the little trio of adventurers that went to meet the newly discovered colony of people.
“What’s it like, this island? Is it a lot of boats or rafts or what?”
Barry set down his bowl, swept up a legal pad and a pen, and began to sketch quick outlines. “Boats,” he said. “It’s kind of like Waterworld. But, y’know, believable. Or maybe the Drexel colony.”
Barry, St. George and Corpse Girl go off to try and talk to the people on the waterworldesk contraptions and it seems like not everything is great on the good ship lollipop. The people seem a little off somehow and soon our trio of superheroes is in the middle of a colossal mess.
The banter with the trio is great. Between Barry’s pop culture one liners and Corpse girls semi morbid sense of humor mixed with teenage enthusiasm they were the story line I enjoyed the most.
“Actually,” said Barry, tossing the dried meat to the Corpse Girl, “did anyone ever check out the Playboy Mansion? It’s in LA, right?”
“Yeah,” said St. George. “But I don’t know where. I’m pretty sure I’ve never been there, though.”
“It’s got the big pool. The Grotto. And a lot of zombie Playmates. You’d know.”
“Y’know what,” said Madelyn, tearing off a chunk of jerky, “you two guys just go right along talking about the Playboy Mansion in front of the teenage girl. There’s nothing skeevy about it at all.”
Meanwhile back on the main land the colony in Los Angeles is getting ready to make a move to an area that is easier to grow food and leave the L.A movie studio lot they’ve been living in behind. But there is still some work to do and so Danielle is forced out of her comfort zone and has to face her issues with agoraphobia to go into the great outdoors to prepare things. Except it seems that the super soldiers they brought with them are acting a little strange too and with the mix of people that came along there might be a little tension happening in the group that could lead to things going horribly wrong. I mean a farm area surrounded by a chain-link fence to keep the zombies out what could possibly happen.
Overall
This series is just a lot of fun and pretty different than anything else out there I’m reading currently. So if you are looking for something that is a bit fun and maybe a little different from everything else you are reading right now I say give Clines a shot.
Audio Note THE AUDIO IS FANTASTIC…most of it is done with a compilation cast and it has a few of my favorites. Jay Snyder sounds like the announcer in a summer blockbuster trailer. Khristine Hvam who I have loved since listening to Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Mark Boyett just to round out the great cast.
Pre-Read Review:
SUPERHEROES AND ZOMBIES....with the addition of a great audio cast.