readerxxx's review
3.0
I wish that I could have rated this as 3.5 stars because I think this is where the rating really belongs for me. I really enjoyed the book as a whole. The only thing that would have kept me from rating it as 4 stars was the editing which seemed to get worse as the book progressed. I have come to expect this from independent fiction but it doesnt mean that I have to like it.
That said, I really enjoyed the larger than life story concept. Sure the main character has every tool imaginable to make his life easier but it still doesn't solve the larger issue of why things are the way that they are. I have read TONS of zombie fiction where the main characters doesn't have any of the right tool to survive but does so anyways so I found this an interesting turn.
I really liked where I think the story is going, and I will be purchasing the next book in the series as soon as I get done typing this. Isn't that the only real recommendation that a book needs?
That said, I really enjoyed the larger than life story concept. Sure the main character has every tool imaginable to make his life easier but it still doesn't solve the larger issue of why things are the way that they are. I have read TONS of zombie fiction where the main characters doesn't have any of the right tool to survive but does so anyways so I found this an interesting turn.
I really liked where I think the story is going, and I will be purchasing the next book in the series as soon as I get done typing this. Isn't that the only real recommendation that a book needs?
slooker's review
3.0
So I enjoyed this book, but it kind of felt like the main character didn't ever really have any serious obstacles. He had a few minor speed bumps, but that's really all they were. He was literally in the best possible situation EVER for a zombie apocalypse. It made for an entertaining book, but it would have been a lot better if he actually had some real obstacles to over come.
roseayyy_reads's review
3.0
I love the idea of surviving a zombie apocalypse out at sea, where it's much easier to control the spread of infection. As many zombie novels as I have read, never has there been one based on the sea. I think the writing is amateur and could definitely be more in-depth, but it does have potential.
gin_books_crochethooks's review
2.0
Really was not keen on this book. I found the dialogue to be extremely forced and didn’t ring true. While a lot of zombie films/books are frustrating because the characters spend too much time figuring out a blow to the head works, this book seemed to go in the opposite direction with one of the main characters just not reacting in a way that seems true... taking too well if that makes sense.
There was a distinct lack of female characters with any sense about them too.
The two stars are for the subplot with Carl. Must better story and I wished this would have been the focus of the book.
There was a distinct lack of female characters with any sense about them too.
The two stars are for the subplot with Carl. Must better story and I wished this would have been the focus of the book.
ogrezed's review
5.0
Loved the book. I almost read it in one sitting, except that it was 4am and I had to go to bed. Now I've got to wait for the second book...
I'm generally not a fan of books where stories go back and forth between different characters and story lines, but I thought it worked very well in this book. Maybe because there were only two main characters, instead of the 6 or 7 some writers try to juggle in a book.
It was refreshing to have a zombie story about survivors in a position to have a rational and thought-out response to the zombie uprising, rather than one that has mostly irrational panic reactions and petty squabbling among the survivors.
I also enjoyed the humorous dialog injected here and there. Just the right mix.
I'm generally not a fan of books where stories go back and forth between different characters and story lines, but I thought it worked very well in this book. Maybe because there were only two main characters, instead of the 6 or 7 some writers try to juggle in a book.
It was refreshing to have a zombie story about survivors in a position to have a rational and thought-out response to the zombie uprising, rather than one that has mostly irrational panic reactions and petty squabbling among the survivors.
I also enjoyed the humorous dialog injected here and there. Just the right mix.
waynewaynus's review
3.0
An engaging and interesting story with lots of different ideas that extend the traditional zombie survival story.
stellar_raven's review
1.0
I have decided that I am--at least for now--giving up any attempt to find good free zombie fiction.
This book was...well, at first I thought it was going to be good. The prologue is very exciting, as it features Carl and his wife, Pricilla, at the airport just as the zombie apocalypse breaks out. We witness Carl losing his wife and his frantic attempts to stay alive.
And then it just switches gears. The main character is not Carl, and is actually a man actually named Scott Allen, He's a handsome multi-gajillionaie (having won the lottery) who's in his late 40's, has a beautiful, talented wife (former model, artist, gourmet cook, etc.), and an awesome son. He also happens to find himself on his fully tricked out, fully stocked ocean liner when the zombie apocalypse happens. He's so perfect, and always right, and is so good at everything, and has no discernible flaws, that, if you ask me, his name should have been Gary (as in Stu). He acts like he's better than everyone else, and he just...UGH irritated me to no end. And what's worse, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE deferred to him like he was lord on high. The military, marines, what have you...EVERY. ONE.
There was also very little threat to the survivors, due to the fact that the ship had everything, literally everything that one would need to survive the end of the world in the lap of luxury. The ship had: weapons, cars, food, a helicopter, internet, sat phones, a bowling alley, movies, hot water, you name it, it was on that damn ship. Any threats they did come across (whether from zombies or other humans) were easily overcome.
(And the ad nauseam descriptions of the various types of guns/weapons/military vehicles/whatever, really was not my cuppa, and I skimmed a lot of that.)
Now...we have to discuss the female 'characters' for a moment. Is there a distinction that's even less than 'one dimensional'? Because that's what the women were in this book. I'm not even sure you can call them characters, actually. Their only contributions to the story were to: cry/panic/wring their hands/be rescued/offer sexual favors for said rescuing. Not one of them had any agency of their own or were characters in their own right.
The only saving grace of this book were the 'Interludes in Hell' that occurred at the end of every chapter, and featured the previously mentioned mentioned Carl of the prologue. As he was in the middle of the zombie apocalypse, his situation felt much more precarious, but again, there was a distinct lack of threat and convenient solutions to problems--though, not nearly as much as with the survivors on the ship.
This book was...well, at first I thought it was going to be good. The prologue is very exciting, as it features Carl and his wife, Pricilla, at the airport just as the zombie apocalypse breaks out. We witness Carl losing his wife and his frantic attempts to stay alive.
And then it just switches gears. The main character is not Carl, and is actually a man actually named Scott Allen, He's a handsome multi-gajillionaie (having won the lottery) who's in his late 40's, has a beautiful, talented wife (former model, artist, gourmet cook, etc.), and an awesome son. He also happens to find himself on his fully tricked out, fully stocked ocean liner when the zombie apocalypse happens. He's so perfect, and always right, and is so good at everything, and has no discernible flaws, that, if you ask me, his name should have been Gary (as in Stu). He acts like he's better than everyone else, and he just...UGH irritated me to no end. And what's worse, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE deferred to him like he was lord on high. The military, marines, what have you...EVERY. ONE.
There was also very little threat to the survivors, due to the fact that the ship had everything, literally everything that one would need to survive the end of the world in the lap of luxury. The ship had: weapons, cars, food, a helicopter, internet, sat phones, a bowling alley, movies, hot water, you name it, it was on that damn ship. Any threats they did come across (whether from zombies or other humans) were easily overcome.
(And the ad nauseam descriptions of the various types of guns/weapons/military vehicles/whatever, really was not my cuppa, and I skimmed a lot of that.)
Now...we have to discuss the female 'characters' for a moment. Is there a distinction that's even less than 'one dimensional'? Because that's what the women were in this book. I'm not even sure you can call them characters, actually. Their only contributions to the story were to: cry/panic/wring their hands/be rescued/offer sexual favors for said rescuing. Not one of them had any agency of their own or were characters in their own right.
The only saving grace of this book were the 'Interludes in Hell' that occurred at the end of every chapter, and featured the previously mentioned mentioned Carl of the prologue. As he was in the middle of the zombie apocalypse, his situation felt much more precarious, but again, there was a distinct lack of threat and convenient solutions to problems--though, not nearly as much as with the survivors on the ship.
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