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A review by secre
Life After the Undead by Pembroke Sinclair
Did not finish book.
Genuinely found this generic and boring. The writing style isn't horrendous, but it's nothing special either. The world building adds nothing new to the whole zombie apocalypse momentum and in fact doesn't even fill holes within it's own world; you definitely turn by being bitten, so whatever it is can be passed through saliva and blood. However, you are not concerned at all about being covered in zombie gore? Minor issue there.
On top of this, I found just about everything about the world building and the characterisations to just be samey and tedios, Characters act in random ways for no obvious reason; there's no explanation as to why Liet is a tyrant for instance, he has no motive other than pique and he is therefore a flat and two dimensional character. Krista is no more fully fleshed out and she flits between being an scared teenager to wanting to go out on fighting missions.
There's no attempt to explain the zombies or to empathise with them; Krista blames the zombies for killing her parents and she wants to take her revenge. That's fine, but again it's a thin motive to base someone's entire actions and personality off. It would have been far more interesting to read had there been some form of thought to the fact that the zombies were once human and are also victims.
All in all, weak writing style, weak narrative arc, weak world-building and weak characterisations. Not impressed.
On top of this, I found just about everything about the world building and the characterisations to just be samey and tedios, Characters act in random ways for no obvious reason; there's no explanation as to why Liet is a tyrant for instance, he has no motive other than pique and he is therefore a flat and two dimensional character. Krista is no more fully fleshed out and she flits between being an scared teenager to wanting to go out on fighting missions.
There's no attempt to explain the zombies or to empathise with them; Krista blames the zombies for killing her parents and she wants to take her revenge. That's fine, but again it's a thin motive to base someone's entire actions and personality off. It would have been far more interesting to read had there been some form of thought to the fact that the zombies were once human and are also victims.
All in all, weak writing style, weak narrative arc, weak world-building and weak characterisations. Not impressed.