A review by prationality
Flotsam & Jetsam by Carrie Ryan

3.0

Two guys, one lifeboat and hey the zombie apocalypse came a-knocking...I'm more than certain this is set before Ryan's short story "[b:Bougainvillea|22005787|Bougainvillea (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)|Carrie Ryan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1445178624s/22005787.jpg|41316718]" (from [b:Zombies Vs. Unicorns|7171748|Zombies Vs. Unicorns|Holly Black|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1287515911s/7171748.jpg|7589446]), which in and of itself is set a decade or so after the mudo rose up. The intro claims that its set several hundred years before [b:The Forest of Hands and Teeth|3432478|The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1)|Carrie Ryan|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320633297s/3432478.jpg|3473471] (which helps my theory that there are many generations between when the mudo first came to be and when we first meet Mary). If nothing else, the characters are still in shock about the dead rising and call them zombies. This is a worrisome little story about one guy who isn't bitten, one guy who is and what complete despair and desperation does to a person. Its bleak (like all of Ryan's works) and offers no comfort unless you are lucky enough to be one of the dead-dead.