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A Zombie Apocalypse (2000)

by Keith Luethke(Favorite Author)

3.21 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

genre

Horror

series

Zombie Apocalypse

review 1: I wish I could give this zero stars. It was BAD.The story was a promising (if not a little second hand) foray into an already overcrowded genre, but then, I guess its the popularity of the zombie movement that makes trash like this saleable. I stumbled through spelling errors, grammatical errors, stupid errors and so, so much more before finally giving in at 54%. 99c or not, my life is way too valuable to be wasted reading rubbish like this. PRIME EXAMPLE: In one diary entry, the narrator makes a list of everything she is taking with her. "8. Five cans of spaghetti and meatballs." Then for the next few chapters she moans about being sick of eating tinned peaches and wishing she had some meat. YOU PACKED SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS, NOT PEACHES YOU STUPID B*TCH!Did the author n... moreot have any friends to beta-read before publishing or did they not simply not admit that they couldn't get through it either?I'm just getting mean now, so I'll stop. *sigh*
review 2: 'A Zombie Apocalypse' is a pretty simple, straight forward novella written in journal form. Rachel Cormac spends half the story hiding away from the undead and the second half as a zombie, after having injected herself with a "cure" some scientist handed to her before dying from a zombie bite. Instead of curing her, it turns her into a new form of zombie that can still read and write (but can't speak), looks pale and ghostly, doesn't rot, but otherwise has the same cravings as the other zombies it surrounds itself with. The idea of writing a story from the undead perspective is not a new one, though many folks haven't seen it done too much. Typically because most zombies are brain dead monsters without much to offer as far as insight into their affliction. The author has created a new tactic, a psuedo-intelligent zombie that has the urge to feast on flesh but has some reasoning abilities still remaining, making them both more crafty and also guilt ridden for what they are doing. As a standard zombie story, this one is entertaining enough, though the editing problems were a distraction. It became clear that the author needed to inspect his work with a human eye and not just spell check due to the replaced words here and there, which were repetitive. While it did distract, I knew what the author was getting at, which allowed me to look past that. The basic story has the main character trying to get back to her sister and her niece in Ohio, both before and after she is bitten, and details her experiences with the people, both living and dead, that she meets along the way. I would have preferred a sharper, more defined "new" zombie with this creation the author made. She is still driven by her hunger, and while she seems a smart hunter, her humanity never seems to get in the way of a good feast, so the deliberation or interesting debate on if she is more human than monster really never takes place in this tale. Still, I see that there is a sequel on the Kindle, and I felt that this was enjoyable enough, and priced right, for me to pick that one up as well. I have to admit, I am curious where the road takes Rachel. less

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