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Zombie Day Care (2009)

by Craig Halloran(Favorite Author)

3.11 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0982779917 (ISBN13: 9780982779910)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Ten-Two Book Press

series

Impact

review 1: Zombie Day Care is interesting. It starts off as any predictable zombie fare, the world has gone to hell, zombies are eating everyone, no one knows how it started, and everyone is going to die. But then, one average joe stumbles across a 'cure'. Well not a cure really, but something that definitely helps the odds. Something that also leads to zombie 'day cares'. Sorry don't want to spoil too much.I liked the story. It gave a neat twist to the traditional zombie tale. Yes, the twist is kinda silly, but it's still fun. The characters were well written. Even supporting characters were given just enough detail to flesh them out, even the zombies! (No pun intended,ok well maybe a little bit intended.)The ending is a twist as well. It' s also a bit of a cliff hanger. You ne... morever really get to find out what's happened to all the characters. Amazingly it's not as annoying as it sounds. I guess that is due in part to the fact that this is only the beginning of the series, so one would hope that certain characters would reappear in further installments. Considering the ending and the fact that this is less a tale of zombie survival and more a tale of government cover up that involves zombies, I really have to say I enjoyed Zombie Day Care. There's a lot of background social satire in certain parts that had me laughing at the fact that I could see people actually arguing over zombie's rights and stuff. Don't get me wrong, it isn't a comedy, but the story doesn't get caught up in taking itself too serious.I definitely plan to pick up a copy of the next book in the series. I want to see what happens to some of the characters, as well as to the world in general since the zombie problem was far from fixed. I also want to see if the author's sarcastic wit still carries on through the series.
review 2: Kindle freebie. The writing is decent and I'd read more from Halloran. The premise of a zombie day care is unique, at least based on the various zombie books I've read. The fact that Mountain Dew temporarily 'fills' zombies is far reaching, but I think the drink is only good for the living dead in reality, so...there is that.The story is a quick read with a moderate amount of action. I didn't really connect with the characters - they all were a bit off. Nate, who starts the story, reminds me of Eric, from Eric the Zombie Slayer. A lucky douche, basically.There is a mild thread in the book - global population control. I assume this is explored in the following "Impact" series.Unless I'm confusing books, this one references a favorite song of mine - 'Run From the Hills" by Metal Maiden (aka Run to the Hills from Iron Maiden). Okay, at least I got a chuckle from it.Enjoy and drink Dr. Pepper. less

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