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simsbrarian 's review for:
Alice in Zombieland
by Gena Showalter
More like 3.5. Not quite a powerful 4 but the series has potential to head that way.
Awesome bits:
Alice in Zombieland has nearly NO connection with the famous wonderland tale aside from some names in common and a cloud in the shape of a white rabbit.
The author's take on zombies is totally fresh and new to me and was worth digging in deeper to read more.
Alice is religious and attends church but it is only a PART of her rather real and nuanced character and not something done for the sake of Cramming In Religion or something.
Cons:
The pacing was a bit all over the place. Likely this was because, to me, so much time was spent building up the relationship between Ali and Cole that we have to force the actual zombie-plot into the 1/3rd of the book that wasn't centered on that budding romance. So it loses some of the and plot-point emotional connection and tension-building-potential in an effort to concentrate instead on making the reader swoon again over the hunky leading male.
Overall: fun, new take on zombies that kept me reading and worked to set the groundwork for a world that I wouldn't mind dipping back into in 2013 when the 2nd book comes around!
Awesome bits:
Alice in Zombieland has nearly NO connection with the famous wonderland tale aside from some names in common and a cloud in the shape of a white rabbit.
The author's take on zombies is totally fresh and new to me and was worth digging in deeper to read more.
Alice is religious and attends church but it is only a PART of her rather real and nuanced character and not something done for the sake of Cramming In Religion or something.
Cons:
The pacing was a bit all over the place. Likely this was because, to me, so much time was spent building up the relationship between Ali and Cole that we have to force the actual zombie-plot into the 1/3rd of the book that wasn't centered on that budding romance. So it loses some of the and plot-point emotional connection and tension-building-potential in an effort to concentrate instead on making the reader swoon again over the hunky leading male.
Overall: fun, new take on zombies that kept me reading and worked to set the groundwork for a world that I wouldn't mind dipping back into in 2013 when the 2nd book comes around!