A review by eatingwords
Zombicorns by John Green

3.0

I have never read any apocalyptic novel before.
Well, this is "just" a novella, but I guess it still counts.

This novella isn't about Zombie Unicorns, no. Not at all. It's about zombies, who were infected by and would die for corn. Like the yellow vegetable.

I couldn't help, but think of the movie "Zombieland" while reading this.
No more people around, just these zombies planting and harvesting corn, but never eating it because they love it too much.

It was an okay read. I mean, what do you expect in a matter of roughly 70 pages?

I liked the main character, Mia. I could empathize with her and understand why she didn't want to kill that many zombies, as she still kind of wanted to believe that there is somehow still a person inside. Maybe there is a cure for them; at least for the children.

I also liked how John Green described humans. What humanity actually is and how Mia wanted to hang onto it and not commit zuicide and be one of those zombies.

A nice, very short and quick read.