kattakind's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
xxmoonlitsky's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
booksletusescape's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
jazhandz's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Gore, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Body horror, and Death
Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, and Suicide
Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy
peachybear's review against another edition
5.0
I’ve read this book before and loved it. I was listening to the audiobook for the first time and I loved having multiple narrators. I wish the movie had been shot like a documentary or a series to focus on each story.
garrodot's review against another edition
4.0
A interesting approach to telling a story like this. Also maybe it's just easier to tell a story like this because you can skip over the parts that are harder to tell? Anyways, wholly unrelated to the movie worth a read.
sybersecurity's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Gore, and War
enbyglitch's review against another edition
3.0
This was my second listen, and it turns out all I really remembered were the two 'battle' descriptions.
World War Z tries far more to be a human story than I remembered or realized when I first listened to this book. I enjoyed the inclusion of characters from a wide variety of ethnicities, though it felt like their were a total of 4-5 women compared to the dozen+ men and zero queer characters.
Early in the book especially, it seems like we only hear wildly conservative perspectives - and I don't think that changes a ton by the end. From an early character spouting some wild transphobia to later ones just *barely* suggesting that PTSD exists and one of our few female characters becoming a baby-maker for a new religious state, it starts to feel more like the author's perspective than one intentionally added.
There's lots of moments to enjoy here and I think it delivers on its promises more than not. The audiobook format offers some great voice actors, and it feels like Brooks' depiction of other cultures was either decently well researched or very well faked. Ultimately though I found myself more unsettled by some of the perspectives on display than any aspect of the zombie threat.
World War Z tries far more to be a human story than I remembered or realized when I first listened to this book. I enjoyed the inclusion of characters from a wide variety of ethnicities, though it felt like their were a total of 4-5 women compared to the dozen+ men and zero queer characters.
Early in the book especially, it seems like we only hear wildly conservative perspectives - and I don't think that changes a ton by the end. From an early character spouting some wild transphobia to later ones just *barely* suggesting that PTSD exists and one of our few female characters becoming a baby-maker for a new religious state, it starts to feel more like the author's perspective than one intentionally added.
There's lots of moments to enjoy here and I think it delivers on its promises more than not. The audiobook format offers some great voice actors, and it feels like Brooks' depiction of other cultures was either decently well researched or very well faked. Ultimately though I found myself more unsettled by some of the perspectives on display than any aspect of the zombie threat.
spilt_moonlight's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Felt realistic, except for some artistic lisence (re: biology)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, and Child death