chrisam 's review for:

Rotting Dead F*cks by Matt Shaw

2.0

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Fast paced zombie action which slots right into the Bizarro sub genre. I wonder if all zombie novels are really Bizarro. They might be if it was being invented at the moment. Suitably gory and vile characters. I also wonder what all this zombie stuff is about. In some cases it's about the alienation of the traditional working class under globalisation. In others it's about the everyday fear of being killed as we go about our daily business - which isn't just a matter of dark alleyways or walking home at night, but could strike at any time. The third option, that fits between the other two - the fear that you or someone you love will be turned into a shambling slave as per the original Haitian zombies or zumbi who are not necessarily dead but may believe it. Then again some are just zombie stories for the sake of it.