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Breathers: A Zombie's Lament by S.G. Browne
2.0
So this isn't the best zombie book out there. Like the stars say, it was okay...at best. I really wanted to like this book, from the description and the cover, I really wanted to like it. But it just wasn't what I was expecting.
I can say it was a pretty creative idea for a book, having zombies be just like everyone else, still human in a way, just stuck in a decaying body, unable to die. It's like a mix of Warm Bodies and a short story that's in the New Dead anthology, that I can't remember the name of. But of course this book is not anywhere near as well writen as Warm Bodies or that short story.
As I read this, I felt like there was something between the lines. This felt very much like a analogy to civil rights movements. This book is all about how the zombies still feel like people but they are no longer treated like people and how they have to fight for their rights.
So okay it's exactly an analogy for civil rights movements. But it just could have been executed so much better. Also one of my biggest pet peeves in read a novel is when the author feels it necessary to add in lame jokes or small mentions of modern day real life things or people. Unless you are Stephen King or an author as amazing as him, don't try to bring real life into your novels like that it just comes off as out of place and annoying.
As for this novel, if you are a zombie lover, this isn't a must, it can be interesting, it's a easy read but it's most likely not the kind of zombie book you are looking for.
I can say it was a pretty creative idea for a book, having zombies be just like everyone else, still human in a way, just stuck in a decaying body, unable to die. It's like a mix of Warm Bodies and a short story that's in the New Dead anthology, that I can't remember the name of. But of course this book is not anywhere near as well writen as Warm Bodies or that short story.
As I read this, I felt like there was something between the lines. This felt very much like a analogy to civil rights movements. This book is all about how the zombies still feel like people but they are no longer treated like people and how they have to fight for their rights.
So okay it's exactly an analogy for civil rights movements. But it just could have been executed so much better. Also one of my biggest pet peeves in read a novel is when the author feels it necessary to add in lame jokes or small mentions of modern day real life things or people. Unless you are Stephen King or an author as amazing as him, don't try to bring real life into your novels like that it just comes off as out of place and annoying.
As for this novel, if you are a zombie lover, this isn't a must, it can be interesting, it's a easy read but it's most likely not the kind of zombie book you are looking for.