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mashtonok's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abandonment, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
bobosbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Interesting format to follow a different character per chapter - but lacked depth. Fun spooky read for pleasure.
Graphic: Violence and War
iqlofty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Suicide
Minor: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Classism
iono's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Body horror and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Cannibalism
Minor: Racism, Rape, and Xenophobia
julesfrigault's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
rochelleisreading's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
elizakay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, and War
Moderate: Mental illness
amorphousbl0b's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
We have emerged on the other end of a devastating pandemic. It's not over, not really, the proverbial zombies do still bite people all the time, but that's just part of our way of life now. We all remember watching it grow in other countries and then reach our own shores, our calls to the government to take some action growing in intensity while they simply ignored the issue because doing nothing and assuring us things were going to be fine was easier to do in an election year. We all remember the sudden onset of panic when lockdown was declared, we remember the political pissing matches over whether these measures were necessary, and we remember the callousness of many who simply refused to take on their new civic responsibilities.
We were trapped inside for six months, a year, for some of us longer. We fell out of contact with friends, family, and the outside world at large. Sometimes we didn't leave our houses for weeks or months at a time. People began dying regardless. We all caught it, or at least know many, many people who caught it. Many of us know someone who died.
And then, suddenly, it was declared over. The vaccine worked! The zombies are gone! You can go back to work now! But people still die. The shape of our infrastructure is forever changed by the measures taken -- ordering groceries to be delivered is a great convenience born from necessity and no small amount of blood. We all lost a year of our lives. And we just live on regardless, because what are we gonna do? Just stop the economy from turning?
When the book was written, back in 2007, World War Z was painfully familiar with the fact that our lives in the West were somewhat insulated from the things that happen on the news. We rarely dealt with disease, with war, with governmental instability, with shortage. It meditates on 9/11 and the AIDS epidemic, moments when the American public was confronted with the fragility of its own security. And it meditates on our reactions before -- ignore, deny, shift the blame -- and after -- go on the attack, then go back to normal. Anything but substantive change.
Ain't that the truth.
I tried to read WWZ several years ago and bounced off. It was a little too dry for my teenage attention span. I think, in hindsight, that was a good thing. I'd never have appreciated then it as much as I can now.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Self harm, Xenophobia, and Cannibalism
mauvenotebook's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.75
My favorite stories were the one about the Russian priest, the one about the downed pilot, the entire Todd Waino arc, and the one about Arthur Sinclair.
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Cannibalism, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
nyxonyxdust's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War