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A review by jessthebookslover
Epidemia Zombie by Z.A. Recht
5.0
Review of Plague of the Dead by Z. A. Recht.
5/5 stars.
Can I just say WOW.
This book had been sitting on my shelf since 2014 and only got around to reading it 6 years later. During a pandemic.
*Ironic much?*
But anyway. I'M SO HAPPY I READ THIS, because... honestly? This is one hell of a zombie book. This is the stuff about zombies I wanna read and I couldn't get enough of it! That's why I'm already soooo looking forward to reading the sequel.
Plague of the Dead will satisfy your need for details: details about the zombies, how they look, how they move, how fast they walk/run, HOW they became zombies in the first place, etc.
And not only that.
If you're anything like me, you're always on the lookout for scientific details and I can't say it enough: your need for all of that is completely fulfilled here. Scientific and military details are *chef kiss*.
Characters-wise, this book isn't that much 'deep', loads of people are introduced during the narration, but don't expect the writer to go full on psychologist: you'll have to retrieve some infos on your own, as a reader should always do. Something that will help you though, is the writing style and how dialogues were constructed. We get to know the people inside the book especially thanks to those, so you wanna keep a close eye on them, trust me.
Another thing I EXTREMELY loved is the journey that takes place in the story and, once again *sorry*, the details about the whereabouts and the timestamps! So much thought went into the making of this book, I'm so so impressed! Plus, the writer was so young when he wrote this, so kudos for that as well.
If you don't know though, Recht died in 2009 at the age of 26, he was involved in a car accident. He completed the first two books in this trilogy on his own, but then the third one had to be completed by Thom Brannan and was published 2 years after his passing.
Zachary, thank you for your service (he was in the military) and also, thank you for providing the world with this amazing book. Can't wait to read the sequels!
5/5 stars.
Can I just say WOW.
This book had been sitting on my shelf since 2014 and only got around to reading it 6 years later. During a pandemic.
*Ironic much?*
But anyway. I'M SO HAPPY I READ THIS, because... honestly? This is one hell of a zombie book. This is the stuff about zombies I wanna read and I couldn't get enough of it! That's why I'm already soooo looking forward to reading the sequel.
Plague of the Dead will satisfy your need for details: details about the zombies, how they look, how they move, how fast they walk/run, HOW they became zombies in the first place, etc.
And not only that.
If you're anything like me, you're always on the lookout for scientific details and I can't say it enough: your need for all of that is completely fulfilled here. Scientific and military details are *chef kiss*.
Characters-wise, this book isn't that much 'deep', loads of people are introduced during the narration, but don't expect the writer to go full on psychologist: you'll have to retrieve some infos on your own, as a reader should always do. Something that will help you though, is the writing style and how dialogues were constructed. We get to know the people inside the book especially thanks to those, so you wanna keep a close eye on them, trust me.
Another thing I EXTREMELY loved is the journey that takes place in the story and, once again *sorry*, the details about the whereabouts and the timestamps! So much thought went into the making of this book, I'm so so impressed! Plus, the writer was so young when he wrote this, so kudos for that as well.
If you don't know though, Recht died in 2009 at the age of 26, he was involved in a car accident. He completed the first two books in this trilogy on his own, but then the third one had to be completed by Thom Brannan and was published 2 years after his passing.
Zachary, thank you for your service (he was in the military) and also, thank you for providing the world with this amazing book. Can't wait to read the sequels!