Reviews

World War Z by Max Brooks

illustriousfilm's review against another edition

I'm not really a fan of the interview-style storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

nadja_reads_stuff's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I really enjoyed the first part of the book, but the focus on the military in the second part was just not for me. 
I liked the way the book is written, just very different from a "normal" book. At times I had to remind myself that it is only fiction, because it seemed so real.

Overall a good book but it was a bit too long in my opinion and in the end I started skipping certain character stories if I was not invesged in them right away.

alanaheade's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

tuckeralmengor's review against another edition

3.0

I am quite disappointed. I remember this book being so terrifying when I read a chunk of it when I was 12 but now that I've finally finished it. It's more of a political thriller with a side of zombies. On its own, World War Z is decent but it's not what I was looking for. Overall, I didn't not enjoy this but I didn't enjoy it. Better luck next time.

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Time to read a zombie book. It’s been too long

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carlosperezcasas's review against another edition

4.0

No me gustan las novelas de zombies. Siempre me han parecido unas lecturas a las que les faltaba encanto, el maquillaje que sí se puede apreciar en las películas o la falta de una trama consistente (algo que también sucede en series y películas). Son «más de lo mismo». Y entonces llegó Max Brooks con su Guerra Mundial Z y le dio una vuelta completa al género. Presenta una historia donde se recuerda cómo fue la guerra zombie, un acontecimiento del pasado reciente, analizando su origen y cómo logramos superarla. A través del testimonio de quienes lo vivieron.

Reseña origina el https://www.novelasdecienciaficcion.com/guerra-mundial-z-resena/

Guerra Mundial Z sigue siendo una novela muy entretenida, original en un subgénero que no da muchas posibilidades para serlo, y con una inteligente estructura de su trama.

tmaubach40's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.75

ncphilady's review against another edition

3.0

I picked this up at an airport bookstore and its not my normal type of read. I finished it, which earned it an automatic 2 stars. I added an extra star because I found it interesting, if not overly technical. It was fairly well written and suspenseful at times, but it dragged on and on. There was a lot of war strategy that I found dull. I am interested to see how this play out in a movie. This is just an average book.

nice_man's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

marenent's review against another edition

2.5

Ohhhh my god this was hard to get thru. This is definitely not the kind of writing I am into but I can appreciate that it’s well done.

sngsweelian's review against another edition

4.0

Interesting read, especially because it's presented in the form of a collection of oral histories. Wonder how the movie version is like though. It must be very different from the book.