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Zom-B. Darren Shan (2012)

by Darren Shan(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

085707752X (ISBN13: 9780857077523)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Simon & Schuster Children's

series

Zom-B

review 1: For starters, I'm a huge zombie fan, so I was intrigued by the title immediately. However, I was so disappointed with this book that I won't even include it in my zombie collection despite the nice cover. The book lacked everything most people like in books: good plot, well-developed characters, enjoyable dialogue, and a satisfying/thought-provoking theme (to some extent). I usually don't mind the simplistic diction in Y/A or middle-grade books, but this book was particularly lousy. In addition to that, it took more than half of the book to actually get to the, you know, zombie part, which was underwhelming. I was initially curious to seehow the protagonist's racist father would play into the book, but it was not at all what I expected. There was no deeper meaning. It was ... moreall just bashing black people, Asians, Muslims, etc. If slurs and racist comments add to a book's meaning, it's understandable. In this case, it just did nothing for the book. Also, a protagonist that you hate is something that is usually interesting, but like I said, all of the characters were flat and boring, lacking any truly deep meaning. The protagonist is a blatant racist just like the father. At times, it felt like the reader was supposed to sympathize with the protagonist's conflicted racist feelings, which is absolutely ridiculous. It's so awful, it pained me to turn every page. The only good thing I can say about this book is that it was a really quick read. That's about it. I don't think I've ever rated a book below 3 stars. Lousy writing. Lousy characters. Lousy dialogue.
review 2: This book isn't like other zombie novels, it's unique in the way the characters are set up. Throughout the story you can never really decide if you love or hate B, the protagonist. You feel bad when they describe their family life, with a timid mother and abusive father, but that doesn't necessarily excuse their actions in the story (read to decide for yourself).A news report describes a zombie attack not to far from where the book takes place, but all the towns people think it's simply a practical joke. Boy are they surprised when zombies attack at the school. Students must band together, and forget there anger towards each other in order to survive, but can they do that? read this weird, yet oddly compelling story for yourself. less

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