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A review by argyledinosaur
The Scattered and the Dead Book 0.5 by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain
4.0
Full disclosure, I was given a download link by one of the authors, so I had the opportunity to read it for free.
I went into this book wanting to like it because I really like the authors as people, but I didn't think I would like it because I'm not a huge fan of apocalyptic/zombie anything. The only zombie movies I liked were 28 Days Later and I Am Legend, and they came out 15 and 10 years ago respectively.
This book focuses more on an apocalyptic world and where the protagonist fits into it. While reading it I actually did feel some dread because there are parts of the book where Decker is describing losing power and internet and running water, which are all things that humans are pretty dependent on anymore. I get bored if the internet goes down for like, 20 minutes, thinking about losing it forever is honestly terrifying. The idea of losing running water is even more life-threateningly terrifying. I've never had to pump water manually, and I think the only time I've seen a manual water pump was at Crossroads Village/Huckleberry Railroad (I think) during a school field trip in like, 2nd grade.
I appreciate that this book doesn't rely on zombies to scare us. It's not the zombies that are terrifying in this book, it's just the world ending that's terrifying. There's no more order, it's essentially anarchy and all the stores are already looted so there isn't any last minute food that you can find anymore. It's petrifying. It's also very entertaining and well written. I would totally recommend this to people who like horror in general, especially if they have a love for apocalyptic/zombie horror.
I went into this book wanting to like it because I really like the authors as people, but I didn't think I would like it because I'm not a huge fan of apocalyptic/zombie anything. The only zombie movies I liked were 28 Days Later and I Am Legend, and they came out 15 and 10 years ago respectively.
This book focuses more on an apocalyptic world and where the protagonist fits into it. While reading it I actually did feel some dread because there are parts of the book where Decker is describing losing power and internet and running water, which are all things that humans are pretty dependent on anymore. I get bored if the internet goes down for like, 20 minutes, thinking about losing it forever is honestly terrifying. The idea of losing running water is even more life-threateningly terrifying. I've never had to pump water manually, and I think the only time I've seen a manual water pump was at Crossroads Village/Huckleberry Railroad (I think) during a school field trip in like, 2nd grade.
I appreciate that this book doesn't rely on zombies to scare us. It's not the zombies that are terrifying in this book, it's just the world ending that's terrifying. There's no more order, it's essentially anarchy and all the stores are already looted so there isn't any last minute food that you can find anymore. It's petrifying. It's also very entertaining and well written. I would totally recommend this to people who like horror in general, especially if they have a love for apocalyptic/zombie horror.