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Dead Island (2011)

by Mark Morris(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0857501038 (ISBN13: 9780857501035)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Transworld Publishers

review 1: ‘Dead Island’ is a story about four characters who find themselves on Banoi, ‘a tropical island paradise’ that turns out to be nothing like paradise after a plague breaks out on the island, turning nearly everyone into zombies. It sounded good and it was ‘okay’ but a bit disappointing. The novel was very easy to read but I found the story a little dull and repetitive after a while. There was a lot of gore and zombie action, but it wasn't what I expected, hence the lower rating, but that's probably my fault for not realising it was a game… yes, unbeknown to me it is based on a computer game. However, as I progressed through the story I had my suspicions as I felt I was in the middle of a RPG game with characters being sent on missions. The conclusion had... more too many loose ends for my liking but it is left open for a sequel. The writing style was fine, but it just wasn't for me. On the other hand, it has whetted my appetite to try the game… :)
review 2: This book is a video-game tie in to the recently released "Dead Island" and it follows the 4 protagonists of the game through a zombie infested Island paradise. Overall it wasn't a bad book and it was really easy to get through, but I found it lacked anything deeper that what it appeared to be. The characters didn't really have any depth or develop a whole lot over the course of the book. The ending was very quick and somewhat abrupt and disappointing. It doesn't really tie off the characters suggesting that there will be a sequel but since the setting is wrapped up in this novel it probably won't happen. Overall this novel comes in as an easy read but not a very compelling one. It's not a bad book but it isn't a good book either. less

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