Reviews tagging 'War'

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

49 reviews

searchbox's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

So well written and a good commentary on us as a species in so many ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and War

corabookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

books_n_bananas's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and War

jazhandz's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

royallyreading's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Suicide

therealratking's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

"Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature."

Whats the book about?
World War Z is comprised of multiple short stories from many diverse people across the globe. The book is set out in an interview type format and follows the rise and fall of the zombie war as perceived from different types of people.
Whats my opinion?
This is an excellent book for those who like alternate histories. The individual stories feel realistic and the low-simmer ever present horror of the undead adds an overarching tension that worms its way deep into your brain. Another element i loved about this book is its commentary on human nature and how society may react when faced with a seemingly invincible enemy.
I highly recommend this book to fans of zombies, history, science and realism.
One criticism is that their were very few female charcters and their personalities felt stereotypically shallow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Suicide, and Cannibalism

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

I really enjoy seeing the human side of wars, even fictional ones. The short interview style lent itself to exploring so many perspectives and things I never would have considered to think about. (The people left on the ISS!!) I was just disappointed at the ratio of interviews that were from men as opposed to women, the balance was really off. Like 1/10 might have been women. Probably less.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hellsjerome's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

I know “realistic zombies” has been done to death but this was a very fun read. Felt like every short story was this interesting little world that covered just about every aspect of a zombie apocalypse.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

silver_blue's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and War

meecespieces's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Child death