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lbarsk 's review for:
Dread Nation
by Justina Ireland
Listen, for a book about ZOMBIES to hold the attention of someone who HATES ZOMBIES as much as I do, it's gotta be a pretty dang good book. And Dread Nation certainly was!
I love the way that Ireland has imagined an alternate post-Civil-War America, and how she writes that the problems of racism, sexism, colonialism, and classism would only be MAGNIFIED by a zombie apocalypse instead of diminished. The main character is clever, sarcastic, and fun to read; the secondary characters are strongly written and the antagonists are love-to-hate-them evil. Overall it was a totally enjoyable read.
I think this gets a 4 instead of a 5 for me because of some dangling plot threads, and a few places where the pacing felt a tad weird. But really, mad props to Justina Ireland for this book -- a masterpiece of worldbuilding, to be sure, and an engaging YA historical fiction/dystopia.
I love the way that Ireland has imagined an alternate post-Civil-War America, and how she writes that the problems of racism, sexism, colonialism, and classism would only be MAGNIFIED by a zombie apocalypse instead of diminished. The main character is clever, sarcastic, and fun to read; the secondary characters are strongly written and the antagonists are love-to-hate-them evil. Overall it was a totally enjoyable read.
I think this gets a 4 instead of a 5 for me because of some dangling plot threads, and a few places where the pacing felt a tad weird. But really, mad props to Justina Ireland for this book -- a masterpiece of worldbuilding, to be sure, and an engaging YA historical fiction/dystopia.