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Zombies And Shit (2010)

by Carlton Mellick III(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1936383195 (ISBN13: 9781936383191)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Deadite Press

review 1: In the introduction to this book, Carlton Mellick mentions that he hasn't had this much out-and-out FUN writing a novel in a very long time. I can definitely feel that exuberance coming off every page of 'Zombies and Shit'. Mellick writes with the intensity of a manic six-grader gleefully plotting out his detailed zombie apocalypse fantasy (i'm with him, by the way - Return of the Living Dead-style zombies are WAY underrepresented in the zombie canon). Just when you think the book has hit a ceiling in how big, how ridiculous, how utterly weird it can be, it one-ups itself with flamethrower Nazis, zombie cunnilingus, or robot-zombie-Mr. T. Despite all of the book's flaws (mediocre writing quality, a deus ex machina ending and an overreliance on the trope of cutting a charac... moreter's death scene with flashbacks into their backstory), the whole experience is much more enjoyable and readable then the sum of it's parts. Somehow, it just works. Anybody looking to get into the whole 'bizarro' genre (and really, what are you waiting for) could do far, far worse then to start here.
review 2: I absolutely loved this story. This was my first Mellick novel and my first experience with the bizarro genre. I will be continuing to read his work. The story itself was fun and full of lots of little twists and turns. I really enjoyed getting a bit of insight and background on the contestants, they all had colorful and unique history. I was not fully prepared for the bizarro genre but I love it, as I believe there's something a little sick and twisted in all of us. less

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