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A review by alice_digest
Closure, Limited and Other Zombie Stories by Max Brooks
2.0
If I had paid £5.99 for this book I'd have been extremely pissed off! It's only 120 pages (the print over covers about three quarters of the page).. and.. well it's not great. I loved LOVED World War Z but this does not live up to it, it's wreaks of cheap, lazy money making off the back of that. Even the writing isn't up to Brook's usual standard.
I can only assume the endorsements on the back are for World War Z, and whoever wrote the blurb that calls this a "terrifying new collection of short stories" has clearly not read it (or is a damn liar!).
To be honest it barely even warrants writing a review for.. but here we go..
Two of the stories are completely forgettable, one is average and the fourth (the one that makes the majority of the pages) was not bad which is why it gets two stars.
The first story: The titular 'Closure Limited' is set with World War Z, and while it was one of the better ones, and pretty creepy, I had the feeling that I'd read it before?! Either I have and forgot, or it was included in the copy of World War Z I have. Who knows.. my memory is bad.
'Steve and Fred' was just crap. It was boring and I found it impossible to focus on it. It's not worth your time.
'The Extinction Parade' earns the two stars. It's 54 of the pages, and it was an interesting idea telling the zombie story from the point of view of vampires. Don't get me wrong.. even this could have been a lot, LOT, better but I liked the idea, and some of it was cool.
The final story 'Great Wall: A story from the Zombie War' was ok but instantly forgettable. It's in the style of World War Z as a first person account of survival, but isolated on its own it's not of much interest.
Honestly.. don't pick up this book. If you've never read Max Brooks stay away.. get World War Z.. he's much much better than this pile of garbage. If you are a fan I'll still warn you to stay away, don't tarnish your memories of his work!
It only took me a few hours to read, and it was my 50th book of the year.. just a shame I went on on 2014 with this disappointing waste of time!
I can only assume the endorsements on the back are for World War Z, and whoever wrote the blurb that calls this a "terrifying new collection of short stories" has clearly not read it (or is a damn liar!).
To be honest it barely even warrants writing a review for.. but here we go..
Two of the stories are completely forgettable, one is average and the fourth (the one that makes the majority of the pages) was not bad which is why it gets two stars.
The first story: The titular 'Closure Limited' is set with World War Z, and while it was one of the better ones, and pretty creepy, I had the feeling that I'd read it before?! Either I have and forgot, or it was included in the copy of World War Z I have. Who knows.. my memory is bad.
'Steve and Fred' was just crap. It was boring and I found it impossible to focus on it. It's not worth your time.
'The Extinction Parade' earns the two stars. It's 54 of the pages, and it was an interesting idea telling the zombie story from the point of view of vampires. Don't get me wrong.. even this could have been a lot, LOT, better but I liked the idea, and some of it was cool.
The final story 'Great Wall: A story from the Zombie War' was ok but instantly forgettable. It's in the style of World War Z as a first person account of survival, but isolated on its own it's not of much interest.
Honestly.. don't pick up this book. If you've never read Max Brooks stay away.. get World War Z.. he's much much better than this pile of garbage. If you are a fan I'll still warn you to stay away, don't tarnish your memories of his work!
It only took me a few hours to read, and it was my 50th book of the year.. just a shame I went on on 2014 with this disappointing waste of time!