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Handling the Undead
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
I read this book because I really enjoyed Lindqvist's Let The Right One In. It isn't a "traditional" zombie story, but rather a study of the psychological and societal impacts of the dead suddenly coming back to life and simply wanting to come home. It encompasses a different kind of horror. While definitely interesting to read, I'm not quite sure how I feel about this book. I don't think enough of what happened was explained thoroughly. Why did Anna resent Mahler so much? I had a hard time understanding Anna's motivation, she seemed so mean and resentful without any cause or reason. What caused the dead to come back to life? Why could people read each other's thoughts around the undead? What exactly happened in the end? I had to re-read several sections of the book to try and figure out what had just happened, which may have been the fault of the translation. I didn't really care for Elvy and Flora's part of the story, but I found David's to be very touching and real. This was a decent read, but left a few too many unanswered questions for me.