A review by melaniefiction
Max Brooks' the Extinction Parade Volume 1 by Max Brooks
3.0
So. Many. Intestines. So. Much. Blood! Be warned.
My impression of this collection - before I actually read it - was that it would be pretty straight forward zombie fiction. Little did I know that the plot would run deeper and become more interesting and, dare I say, RELEVANT (I saw a lot of parallels between the zombie apocalypse and climate change), than I had expected.
Sure, there are zombies and they are EVERYWHERE and they are coming for YOU. But this story is told from the perspective of the VAMPIRES, who - after a really long, stupid time - realize that zombies changing humans into zombies means there will be no more people to munch on. I enjoyed watching this truth sink in for the vamps, and I think you will too.
I give this collection 3.5 stars - a little bit preachy and the protagonists are pretty much impossible to like because they are big stupidheads who call humans stupid but hey... look in the mirror gluttonous vampires! It took you WAY too long to figure out that human extinction means you die too, fools! Ahem, but the story is engaging and meaningful, and the art is beautiful (if gory). Well worth a read.
My impression of this collection - before I actually read it - was that it would be pretty straight forward zombie fiction. Little did I know that the plot would run deeper and become more interesting and, dare I say, RELEVANT (I saw a lot of parallels between the zombie apocalypse and climate change), than I had expected.
Sure, there are zombies and they are EVERYWHERE and they are coming for YOU. But this story is told from the perspective of the VAMPIRES, who - after a really long, stupid time - realize that zombies changing humans into zombies means there will be no more people to munch on. I enjoyed watching this truth sink in for the vamps, and I think you will too.
I give this collection 3.5 stars - a little bit preachy and the protagonists are pretty much impossible to like because they are big stupidheads who call humans stupid but hey... look in the mirror gluttonous vampires! It took you WAY too long to figure out that human extinction means you die too, fools! Ahem, but the story is engaging and meaningful, and the art is beautiful (if gory). Well worth a read.