rhyseeecup's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
mehsi's review against another edition
2.0
Watch out may contain very small spoilers.
This book is written from 2 POVs. Cass who works at the government and is a psychic teenage girl. Then we have Jake, who is our zombie with a conscience.
I applaud the book for showing another way of zombieness. This time it is like herpes, it is sexually transmittable. I really liked that idea, it is new (at least for me), no more biting people = turning into a zombie. No, no, you have to have sex (without protection it seems).
While I loved Jake, he was a really great guy, trying his best to survive in the crazy world as it is now. Suddenly he turned zombie on his friends and he is now on the run with Amanda another girl who turned zombie on her friends at the same time as Jake. He is trying to make the right decisions, doesn't want this, doesn't want to eat people, but has too, because well other means won't work that well.
I didn't like Cass, while it gave us an insight in the whole government thing, I also found it boring to read about it and I didn't really like Cass. And I got tired of the constant nose bleeds. :\
Those chapters that featured Cass were quite a chore to get through.
And let me say this. I HATED the ending. By God, I was hoping for a conclusive ending, let the book be done, but noooo of course not. Well I am not going to be reading the second book. I will probably hunt for reviews and see what they say.
This book is written from 2 POVs. Cass who works at the government and is a psychic teenage girl. Then we have Jake, who is our zombie with a conscience.
I applaud the book for showing another way of zombieness. This time it is like herpes, it is sexually transmittable. I really liked that idea, it is new (at least for me), no more biting people = turning into a zombie. No, no, you have to have sex (without protection it seems).
While I loved Jake, he was a really great guy, trying his best to survive in the crazy world as it is now. Suddenly he turned zombie on his friends and he is now on the run with Amanda another girl who turned zombie on her friends at the same time as Jake. He is trying to make the right decisions, doesn't want this, doesn't want to eat people, but has too, because well other means won't work that well.
I didn't like Cass, while it gave us an insight in the whole government thing, I also found it boring to read about it and I didn't really like Cass. And I got tired of the constant nose bleeds. :\
Those chapters that featured Cass were quite a chore to get through.
And let me say this. I HATED the ending. By God, I was hoping for a conclusive ending, let the book be done, but noooo of course not. Well I am not going to be reading the second book. I will probably hunt for reviews and see what they say.
dfmaiwat's review against another edition
5.0
I can safely say that this is the best science fiction book I have read to date. The uniqueness of this zombie story is unlike anything I've ever heard of and sucks you in to the story. Must read for all zombie fanatics.
valeriianavarr's review against another edition
3.0
Meh.... It was not horrible but..... Not amazing either
ceridwenanne's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
essjay's review
3.25
This was fun for what it was, a fast paced, pulpy zombie read. The ending is kind of just the ending, tho, and while I'll probably read the follow up, it won't be immediately.
jennkei's review against another edition
3.0
I thought the blurb was hilarious. Book was alright. Pretty interesting, but not really liking the main character.
itsme_lori's review against another edition
3.0
Initial thoughts: Loved the interesting and different take on zombies. Liked the characters. Liked that it had more depth than I had originally thought it would. Didn't like the ending. Hated Alastair. Wondering if this will be a series? There was a lot left open at the end of the book.
aerikaj's review against another edition
4.0
A fun, light-hearted zombie romp. This had just enough action, humor and zombie nom noms.
martha_schwalbe's review against another edition
3.0
Fun book about kids who turn into zombies and try to stop zombies.