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A review by arundlestl
Zombicorns by John Green
4.0
Alright, so this isn’t a regular book that we have in the library. John Green wrote this to raise money for the “Project for Awesome” in 2010. Then he released it under a creative commons license. It’s available online as a PDF, so anyone can download and enjoy it! And it’s only about 30 pages. It’s still available here: http://www.mediafire.com/?5fz00hs1jjbym90
The author says right at the beginning that the book isn’t about unicorns, but the illustration on the front sure looks like it would be. It’s about corn, like the vegetable. Corn-loving zombies: zombiecorns. It’s a story about a teenage girl who may be the last human left on Earth, or at least in Chicago.
I guess he was on a timeline to get this thing written, because it really just ends. I had about 2 pages left and wondered how he would tie it all up. I didn’t think it was at all a satisfying ending. Then I saw that he released a sequel for the Project for Awesome 2011, and it all made sense.
I visited Chicago this year and saw all the major landmarks the protagonist talks about: Harold Washington library branch, the Bean at Millennium Park, the Sears tower. I loved that the main character uses the library as her safe haven, and that she used to be in the Teen Advisory Group before the zombie apocalypse. John Green totally loves librarians. Thanks for the throwback! As a special treat, I visited the teen area of the Harold Washington library and left a little message in one of the author’s other books. It’s the same message I’ll give you now: if you like this book, you may be a nerdfighter. Go to johngreenbooks.com to find out.
I would recommend this book if you are a John Green fan. But if you’re in the market for a good zombie apocalypse book, this isn’t really it.
The author says right at the beginning that the book isn’t about unicorns, but the illustration on the front sure looks like it would be. It’s about corn, like the vegetable. Corn-loving zombies: zombiecorns. It’s a story about a teenage girl who may be the last human left on Earth, or at least in Chicago.
I guess he was on a timeline to get this thing written, because it really just ends. I had about 2 pages left and wondered how he would tie it all up. I didn’t think it was at all a satisfying ending. Then I saw that he released a sequel for the Project for Awesome 2011, and it all made sense.
I visited Chicago this year and saw all the major landmarks the protagonist talks about: Harold Washington library branch, the Bean at Millennium Park, the Sears tower. I loved that the main character uses the library as her safe haven, and that she used to be in the Teen Advisory Group before the zombie apocalypse. John Green totally loves librarians. Thanks for the throwback! As a special treat, I visited the teen area of the Harold Washington library and left a little message in one of the author’s other books. It’s the same message I’ll give you now: if you like this book, you may be a nerdfighter. Go to johngreenbooks.com to find out.
I would recommend this book if you are a John Green fan. But if you’re in the market for a good zombie apocalypse book, this isn’t really it.