A review by klieber
Apocalypse of the Dead by Joe McKinney
2.0
The book was OK. Barely. It exists in the same world as the first one, but none of the characters are carried over -- it's a whole new cast. That's nice in that it gives you a fresh take on the world apocalypse, but it also is a bit of a downer since it requires you to re-familiarize yourself with a whole slew of new characters.
And there are a LOT of new characters. Many more than in the first book. This makes it more difficult to keep track of all the different sub-plots and I found the overall experience distracting. In my opinion, he could have easily cut out one of the sub-plots and made the book better overall. As it stands, everything feels cramped and rushed. I felt he wasn't able to fully develop any of the plots or characters because he had too much different threads he had to muscle along and tie up before the end of the book.
My other complaint is that nearly every character is very archetypical, which makes the book feel very formulaic overall.
It wasn't a bad book. But it also wasn't a good book. I'm stopping here and not continuing on with the series.
And there are a LOT of new characters. Many more than in the first book. This makes it more difficult to keep track of all the different sub-plots and I found the overall experience distracting. In my opinion, he could have easily cut out one of the sub-plots and made the book better overall. As it stands, everything feels cramped and rushed. I felt he wasn't able to fully develop any of the plots or characters because he had too much different threads he had to muscle along and tie up before the end of the book.
My other complaint is that nearly every character is very archetypical, which makes the book feel very formulaic overall.
It wasn't a bad book. But it also wasn't a good book. I'm stopping here and not continuing on with the series.