A review by daynpitseleh
After the End by Bonnie Dee
2.0
I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
My main reaction to this was just "eh." It was a quick read and some parts of it were a unique twist on the zombie genre. However, the book was just unrealistic (yes, even zombie novels can be unrealistic), as several things happened that were unbelievable such as.
The supporting characters were also lacking - characters were often introduced and exited several pages later never to be heard about again. The supporting characters that were in the book for longer periods of time were extremely one-dimensional - a teenage computer geek, a dumb/flirty model, a gruff lesbian .... sigh.
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Also, there was a romantic subplot that I really could have done without.
Most frustratingly, the ending was really unsatisfying - an ambiguous ending doesn't have to feel like a let-down, and this ending did. I didn't feel like the characters had really grown at all (unless you count Lila killing zombies despite being interested in philosophy and taking comparative religion courses...).
People who like horror-lite novels might enjoy this, but I like my zombies with a little more ... bite.
My main reaction to this was just "eh." It was a quick read and some parts of it were a unique twist on the zombie genre. However, the book was just unrealistic (yes, even zombie novels can be unrealistic), as several things happened that were unbelievable such as
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the fact that the group magically runs into a scientist who knows what caused the zombies and knows exactly how to fix itThe supporting characters were also lacking - characters were often introduced and exited several pages later never to be heard about again. The supporting characters that were in the book for longer periods of time were extremely one-dimensional - a teenage computer geek, a dumb/flirty model, a gruff lesbian .... sigh.
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Also, there was a romantic subplot that I really could have done without.
Most frustratingly, the ending was really unsatisfying - an ambiguous ending doesn't have to feel like a let-down, and this ending did. I didn't feel like the characters had really grown at all (unless you count Lila killing zombies despite being interested in philosophy and taking comparative religion courses...).
People who like horror-lite novels might enjoy this, but I like my zombies with a little more ... bite.