jgolomb's review
2.0
"It's Okay to be a Zombie" is subtitled "An Unchildren's Book". Which means, and let's make no mistake, that's it's not for children, at least not little ones.
My 6-year-old and I hunkered down to read what appeared to be a cute and childish spin on Zombies. My son, after all, wrote a story in his first grade class this year called "Zombie's are Coming" (to be fair, I don't believe he spelled any of the words as I have them in quotes). "It's Okay" went as expected initially: crudely and cutely drawn little zombies happily falling into pools of government super-sludge.
Then things get very unchildren-y at about page 11 when the zombie's arm "finally succumbs to necrosis and falls off." On page 12, the zombie uses that arm to "bludgeon someone to death."
Yeah...not so good for the 6-year-old.
My 10 and 13-year-olds thought it was kind of funny and cute. But keep in mind this is a picture book.
If you're into dark humor then you and your older children would enjoy this feel-good story of being a zombie, right before sharing "Dawn of the Dead" on demand.
However keep this away from the little dudes.
I received this as part of the Goodreads First Reads program.
My 6-year-old and I hunkered down to read what appeared to be a cute and childish spin on Zombies. My son, after all, wrote a story in his first grade class this year called "Zombie's are Coming" (to be fair, I don't believe he spelled any of the words as I have them in quotes). "It's Okay" went as expected initially: crudely and cutely drawn little zombies happily falling into pools of government super-sludge.
Then things get very unchildren-y at about page 11 when the zombie's arm "finally succumbs to necrosis and falls off." On page 12, the zombie uses that arm to "bludgeon someone to death."
Yeah...not so good for the 6-year-old.
My 10 and 13-year-olds thought it was kind of funny and cute. But keep in mind this is a picture book.
If you're into dark humor then you and your older children would enjoy this feel-good story of being a zombie, right before sharing "Dawn of the Dead" on demand.
However keep this away from the little dudes.
I received this as part of the Goodreads First Reads program.
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