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A review by jrobles76
Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney
5.0
Joe Mckinney is an amazing writer! This Dead City series is spectacular! There are not enough exclamation points to say how much I love this book and series.
I like that the first two books started in the middle of things. The hurricanes had already happened, Zombies were already walking around. I liked that none of the first two books was an origin story. That left the way open for this one, which shows how it all started. That what makes this book work so well, it's that we already know how things turn out. There isn't going to be a happy ending. It adds a level of depth that wouldn't have been available if this had been the first in the series. You're rooting for the characters to make it out of Houston, but we know that even if they make it, it's gonna get worse pretty soon. If they make it out, they've only got more struggles ahead of them. It works brilliantly.
The book is as fast paced as the previous ones. At times I almost imagine McKinney typing at a furious pace to keep up with the action. If it were an audio book I'd imagine the reader running out of breath. You can feel the relentless nature of the zombies by his prose. You feel the tension and fear that the characters feel. You ask yourself not, "will they make it out", but "would I make it out?"
Equally amazing is that McKinney, again, manages to weave strong emotional stories among all the thrills and chills. This book is ultimately about, "what would you do for your family?" You have a mother and a father from two separate families fighting, sometimes literally, to get their families to safety. You feel for both characters even as you may not agree with their decisions. Their pain and struggles come through. All the characters again feel really "real".
If you love Zombies, or just good fiction, you should read this book.
I like that the first two books started in the middle of things. The hurricanes had already happened, Zombies were already walking around. I liked that none of the first two books was an origin story. That left the way open for this one, which shows how it all started. That what makes this book work so well, it's that we already know how things turn out. There isn't going to be a happy ending. It adds a level of depth that wouldn't have been available if this had been the first in the series. You're rooting for the characters to make it out of Houston, but we know that even if they make it, it's gonna get worse pretty soon. If they make it out, they've only got more struggles ahead of them. It works brilliantly.
The book is as fast paced as the previous ones. At times I almost imagine McKinney typing at a furious pace to keep up with the action. If it were an audio book I'd imagine the reader running out of breath. You can feel the relentless nature of the zombies by his prose. You feel the tension and fear that the characters feel. You ask yourself not, "will they make it out", but "would I make it out?"
Equally amazing is that McKinney, again, manages to weave strong emotional stories among all the thrills and chills. This book is ultimately about, "what would you do for your family?" You have a mother and a father from two separate families fighting, sometimes literally, to get their families to safety. You feel for both characters even as you may not agree with their decisions. Their pain and struggles come through. All the characters again feel really "real".
If you love Zombies, or just good fiction, you should read this book.