The Zombie Survival Guide- Max Brooks

Now here is another book that I was looking forward to. While I am, admittedly, more of a vampire person (I really, really, love Queen of the Damned… and Twilight… and the Blade movies), there has been a recent surge of zombie literature and I’ve decided to test out the bandwagon. It started out amusing enough, and I found myself chuckling at the intensity of the writing and the sense of urgency. Plus, any book that uses colloquialisms and witty phrases in the prose (as opposed in character conversation) is a win for me. Also, there are funny cartoon drawings of drawings! What’s not to like? Unfortunately, I found myself dragging to finish the book- I felt like it was becoming a bit redundant and I just could not get into it. There was nothing really bad for me to bitch about- I just couldn’t get into it to thoroughly fall in love with the book. I did enjoy the recorded attacks section at the back of the book- it most definitely satisfied the conspiracy theorist in me! The book was not bad, but not fantastic either- and I imagine that some people who like this type of book and writing style will enjoy it immensely.

2 ½ bookworms.