This was my least favourite collection so far - not to say it had no merit, because it did, I just didn't find it as compelling as the others. After finishing volume three, despite it being 5am, I couldn't stop reading. This one, I found easy to put down mid-way through, despite the fact Carol had just slit her wrists. I know it's a zombie apocalypse, but the angst factor really amped up here, what with Rick turning killer and defending his actions, Allen dying (impact lessened immeasurably by the fact he hasn't done anything but mope and call Andrea a cunt since Donna died), Tyreese cheating on Carol with Michonne... As for her, pretty much everything I've read about the comics tells me she's an awesome character, but I'm really not seeing it, or "getting" her so far. Plus she called Andrea a bitch, so... I did smile a little at Carol throwing herself at Rick, after earlier doing the same to Lori. Poor Sophia will likely be traumatised in a sitting-in-a-pool-of-her-mother's-blood Grey's Anatomy way. I think the best thing this collection had going for it was driving home the fact this is essentially a world without hope. The zombie problem will never ever be eradicated, because as soon as the living die, blam, more zombies. That final line of Rick's, "We are the walking dead" is truly chilling.
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