Reviews

Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely

mmmsnacks's review against another edition

2.0

This book was only okay and I wouldn't really recommend it. It had one of my biggest pet peeves: I hate when books try to be relatable by inserting real world cultural references with not purpose. A ridiculously fast acting zombie virus exists in this world and so do troy sivan concerts, kingdom hearts, IKEA and the song "weathered" by Jack Garratt. Something about that bothers me to no end.

Beside that - I didn't love the characters, didnt love the structure nor the writing.  Allegories for the aids crisis are important stories, this one (if it was) just wasn't that good. It felt like it was trying too hard all around. 

shaysbookshelf's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

raisinreads's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

two cheating plotlines both based around them not having as much sex as the other wants so its partly justified?? the romance was not strong enough for me to root for them through cheating, especially w the weird reasoning

the writing was fine, not bad, not something to write home about, the characters weren't super loveable (to me), it felt like neither the romance or the characters had much depth. felt very flat even with the obvious drama. also, i'm not one for any pop culture references in a book but that's obviously just a personal preference

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Homophobia

theo_thefrog's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Meh, I understand what it was going for, but some of it felt really weird. Zombies going on, and there's mostly talk of someone terminally ill not putting out enough so it's okay to cheat on them. Attempt at a very emotional ending without much care for the characters.

unhingedbookbitch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

valiantvagabond's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

So conflicted on if I wanted more or less from this story. I feel like it could either be a 40 page story or a 300 page novel. 

shawcrit's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

morlith's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

le_lobey's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.0

This was ok — Zombie Honeymoon meets the last of us. The book was trying to be a lot more emotional than I felt in the back half.

natalee_martino's review

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75