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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
This book was on my to-read for some time because the zombie apocalypse was suddenly a trendy topic, but I did not know much about this book going in other than it was a very popular read. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the story.
There are a lot of different voices throughout this book which is written in a casual interview-style manner. This could become confusing for some readers but I found these different accounts to be fascinating. Yes, there is a tendency to have similar voices in some of the accounts, but it did not jar my enjoyment of the book. Towards the end of the book as a summing up section, some of the previous survivors made reappearances. Since I really liked the storyline a lot, it did not take me too long to remember the story behind additional commentary, but I had to stop and try to recollect whose story I was following now.
There is a recurring theme throughout the book that criticises the ineffectiveness of most developed (and some developing) nations' governments. I have noticed criticisms about the author's personal opinions coloring the fictional accounts of the survivors to mock existing governments. This did not bother me because I can accept that this is one person's attempt to personalise the struggle of humankind as a whole and yes, I would expect that he would seek out excerpts of interviews that corroborate his own views. It may not be an official report-style, but I think people forget that not everyone writes great reports for work anyway.
Also, anyone who still believes that journalism and official reports in today's commercially-influenced society are actually capable of being unbiased is seriously delusional.
Heck, if the author wrote that all the governments were super effective and quick to respond to global threats, there would not be much of a book to read anyway.
I loved the portrayal of the struggles that nations went through to survive and reclaim their pride and self-worth.
One of my favorite books of the year so far.
There are a lot of different voices throughout this book which is written in a casual interview-style manner. This could become confusing for some readers but I found these different accounts to be fascinating. Yes, there is a tendency to have similar voices in some of the accounts, but it did not jar my enjoyment of the book. Towards the end of the book as a summing up section, some of the previous survivors made reappearances. Since I really liked the storyline a lot, it did not take me too long to remember the story behind additional commentary, but I had to stop and try to recollect whose story I was following now.
There is a recurring theme throughout the book that criticises the ineffectiveness of most developed (and some developing) nations' governments. I have noticed criticisms about the author's personal opinions coloring the fictional accounts of the survivors to mock existing governments. This did not bother me because I can accept that this is one person's attempt to personalise the struggle of humankind as a whole and yes, I would expect that he would seek out excerpts of interviews that corroborate his own views. It may not be an official report-style, but I think people forget that not everyone writes great reports for work anyway.
Also, anyone who still believes that journalism and official reports in today's commercially-influenced society are actually capable of being unbiased is seriously delusional.
Heck, if the author wrote that all the governments were super effective and quick to respond to global threats, there would not be much of a book to read anyway.
I loved the portrayal of the struggles that nations went through to survive and reclaim their pride and self-worth.
One of my favorite books of the year so far.