shan198025's review against another edition
4.0
I liked it. I want more Dead World stories. This book made me evaluate what I would do in some of the situations. I would like to think that I wouldn't be there in the first place, having listened to the evacuation warnings. But I suppose that as cops it was their jobs to stay in place to help. I would really love more details, I crave details when it comes to apocalyptic fiction. I'm happy to have the story of Houston after reading Dead City and Apocalypse of the Dead. Not so patiently waiting for The Zombie King next year then will read the whole series together.
jrobles76's review against another edition
5.0
Joe Mckinney is an amazing writer! This Dead City series is spectacular! There are not enough exclamation points to say how much I love this book and series.
I like that the first two books started in the middle of things. The hurricanes had already happened, Zombies were already walking around. I liked that none of the first two books was an origin story. That left the way open for this one, which shows how it all started. That what makes this book work so well, it's that we already know how things turn out. There isn't going to be a happy ending. It adds a level of depth that wouldn't have been available if this had been the first in the series. You're rooting for the characters to make it out of Houston, but we know that even if they make it, it's gonna get worse pretty soon. If they make it out, they've only got more struggles ahead of them. It works brilliantly.
The book is as fast paced as the previous ones. At times I almost imagine McKinney typing at a furious pace to keep up with the action. If it were an audio book I'd imagine the reader running out of breath. You can feel the relentless nature of the zombies by his prose. You feel the tension and fear that the characters feel. You ask yourself not, "will they make it out", but "would I make it out?"
Equally amazing is that McKinney, again, manages to weave strong emotional stories among all the thrills and chills. This book is ultimately about, "what would you do for your family?" You have a mother and a father from two separate families fighting, sometimes literally, to get their families to safety. You feel for both characters even as you may not agree with their decisions. Their pain and struggles come through. All the characters again feel really "real".
If you love Zombies, or just good fiction, you should read this book.
I like that the first two books started in the middle of things. The hurricanes had already happened, Zombies were already walking around. I liked that none of the first two books was an origin story. That left the way open for this one, which shows how it all started. That what makes this book work so well, it's that we already know how things turn out. There isn't going to be a happy ending. It adds a level of depth that wouldn't have been available if this had been the first in the series. You're rooting for the characters to make it out of Houston, but we know that even if they make it, it's gonna get worse pretty soon. If they make it out, they've only got more struggles ahead of them. It works brilliantly.
The book is as fast paced as the previous ones. At times I almost imagine McKinney typing at a furious pace to keep up with the action. If it were an audio book I'd imagine the reader running out of breath. You can feel the relentless nature of the zombies by his prose. You feel the tension and fear that the characters feel. You ask yourself not, "will they make it out", but "would I make it out?"
Equally amazing is that McKinney, again, manages to weave strong emotional stories among all the thrills and chills. This book is ultimately about, "what would you do for your family?" You have a mother and a father from two separate families fighting, sometimes literally, to get their families to safety. You feel for both characters even as you may not agree with their decisions. Their pain and struggles come through. All the characters again feel really "real".
If you love Zombies, or just good fiction, you should read this book.
lincolncreadsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
The third novel in his Dead World series. Like the first novel, Dead City, it features a cop as the main protagonist and several other officers in supporting roles. McKinney’s not retracing his steps, though; this cop is a female, and not all the cops are necessarily heroes. Best of all, Flesh Eaters is a prequel of sorts; where the first two books are set in the heart of the zombie apocalypse, this details the events and decisions contributing to the initial outbreak, as well as the escapades of a few bad guys who decide to divest an underwater bank of several million dollars that’s been recorded as being destroyed by a flood.
storysaurus_rex's review against another edition
2.5
Wasn’t the greatest thing but wasn’t the worst just meh
ptaradactyl's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted to like it. The premise is great and chilling for anyone who saw the Gulf Coast post-Katrina.
But the characters... Huh? I'm good-now-I'm bad-now-I'm-not? I think it was supposed to show that people were complex, but it was just uneven.
Oddly, seeing this is #3 in the series doesn't stop me from wanting to read #1 and #2. I'm just inclined to borrow, not buy.
But the characters... Huh? I'm good-now-I'm bad-now-I'm-not? I think it was supposed to show that people were complex, but it was just uneven.
Oddly, seeing this is #3 in the series doesn't stop me from wanting to read #1 and #2. I'm just inclined to borrow, not buy.
trike's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars. Very well-written overall. I was a bit disappointed that this is a prequel to the previous two books in the Dead World series (Dead City and Apocalypse of the Dead), so we kind of know what's happening and there was an interesting zombie-related development towards the end of AotD that was intriguing yet left hanging, but I still read it eagerly. I didn't fully buy Captain Shaw's behavior at the end. I get that he's a man pushed past his breaking point, but it seemed to go a bit left-turny, if you get my meaning.
mountainblue's review against another edition
5.0
This series is turning into everything I wanted in a zombie apocalypse. Joe Mckinney has raised the bar on the horror/zombie genre.
wellwortharead's review against another edition
5.0
What's more fun that a couple of catagory 5 hurricanes, followed by zombie infestation and no help from the government? I was looking for something to hold me over while waiting for the next season of walking dead to start, when I lucked into this fast paced action packed zombie tale. I couldn't put it down.
missazane's review against another edition
3.0
Decent zombie book. Not a lot to it, lots of eye rolling, but still enjoyable enough to keep reading. Liked the strong female lead and her relationship with her husband