A review by sarahanne8382
Rise of the Governor by Jay Bonansinga, Robert Kirkman

3.0

This is a novelization of the world portrayed in The Walking Dead series of graphic novels. It's the first in a series of novels telling the backstory of Philip "The Governor" Blake, the villain of several volumes of the comic. I'm really on the fence about this one. The writing is fine, but in the comics the horribleness of constantly battling zombies is balanced out by the characters trying to maintain their humanity. There isn't nearly enough of that in this book. However, there's a big twist at the end that has me just curious enough about the next one that I may keep reading.