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A review by anubis9
Dead City by Joe McKinney
4.0
OK, This is probably more like 3 1/2 stars.
This is a good solid zombie book.
It is told from the point of view of a San Antonio police officer, and you can tell that the author really knows his stuff.
There's a nice balance of why did this happen vs. how do we survive, and the world is populated by very interesting characters that behave "realistically" to the zombie outbreak.
My only real problem with the book, is that the end of the came very abruptly. It seemed like a lot of stuff was just rushed at the end to reach the end. (I didn't realize that the book had a preview of the sequel at the end, so it literally ended about 25 pages before I thought it would.)
One of the things I liked most about the book was all the little details and insight into the main character's thoughts and feelings. This wasn't an action hero, this was a typical blue collar cop with a wife and baby somewhere out there. A lot of the details and flavor seemed to get lost in the last 30 pages of the book in favor of wrapping it up.
So while the ending was a little disappointing, I still really liked the book and I'm very anxious to dive into the sequel.
I definitely want to know "what happens next."
This is a good solid zombie book.
It is told from the point of view of a San Antonio police officer, and you can tell that the author really knows his stuff.
There's a nice balance of why did this happen vs. how do we survive, and the world is populated by very interesting characters that behave "realistically" to the zombie outbreak.
My only real problem with the book, is that the end of the came very abruptly. It seemed like a lot of stuff was just rushed at the end to reach the end. (I didn't realize that the book had a preview of the sequel at the end, so it literally ended about 25 pages before I thought it would.)
One of the things I liked most about the book was all the little details and insight into the main character's thoughts and feelings. This wasn't an action hero, this was a typical blue collar cop with a wife and baby somewhere out there. A lot of the details and flavor seemed to get lost in the last 30 pages of the book in favor of wrapping it up.
So while the ending was a little disappointing, I still really liked the book and I'm very anxious to dive into the sequel.
I definitely want to know "what happens next."