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Zombocalypse Now (2009)

by Matt Youngmark(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0984067809 (ISBN13: 9780984067800)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Atherton Haight

series

Chooseomatic Books

review 1: WOW. Okay, this was a LOT of fun. Even beyond the novelty and whimsy of reading a choose-your-own-something book in the first place, this one is done *extremely* well. Reading through to each new ending is entirely entertaining, as the writing keeps a constant sense of humor that's both funny and inventive. However, it's when you really start to have read through most of the branches that an unexpected Easter Egg emerges, as your discoveries down different roads illuminate your newest path, whether it's having a previous main supporting character crop up in only a passing cameo, or having something occur that would have just seemed like random apocalyptic oddness if you hadn't learned more about the backplot through a markedly different path before. The sum of all the... morese mutually-exclusive choices adding up to a larger understanding of the story in aggregate is something rarely used in these kinds of gamebooks - as a lifelong fan of the medium, I can't recall another instance offhand - and it made the end product far, far more innovative and satisfying than it really had any right to be. Above and beyond all expectations; pick this one up!
review 2: A choose-your-own-adventure style book, this was more enjoyable than I'd expected. Chock-a-block full of gruesome endings, with a few bright rays of hope, and no real way to logically guess which route will take you to a happy ending. Like all CYOA books, it suffers a bit from repetition, since you wind up re-reading the first few paths over and over again to fully explore the book. Funny and zippy, this would make a great subway read for shorter commutes. less

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