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I Am Scrooge: A Zombie Story For Christmas (2011)

by Adam Roberts(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0575091541 (ISBN13: 9780575091542)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Gollancz

review 1: Folks, I don't think this book was meant to be taken seriously and judged against Alastair Reynolds or Olaf Stapledon. I suspect a better comparison would be a Christmas panto, with the audience shouting, "Oh no you won't!" and "Look out!" at key points. OK, I almost didn't finish this, but when I pressed on it got better. There are some truly awful jokes and puns in here, and I am certain they are awful on purpose. There are many cultural references, and I am sure I missed some of them. You had to expect, for example, a hint to a certain song by the Cranberries. As we near the end, the plot actually coalesces - congeals? - into a structure that actually must have taken some thought. That, and the explanation of what Christmas REALLY celebrates. Minus one for various edi... moreting slips, including "breath" as a verb several times and a few homonym errors that make me think the book was dictated or auto-corrected. Read it quickly, and enjoy.
review 2: This is a very entertaining zombie retelling of A Christmas Carol.Roberts takes the basic story idea runs with it and twists it to his purposes along the way. This does make the story feel forced from time to time, but there's so much cool zombie mayhem that I didn't mind too much.I wouldn't advise this story to people who take their literature or Christmas serious, because this story makes a fun parody out of both the original story and Christmas.Overall this is a fast-paced read that get's you in the proper Christmas spirit to go out and fight some zombies ;-) less

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