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Zombie Nights (1983)

by Tom Lichtenberg(Favorite Author)

2.8 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Smashwords, Inc.

review 1: Rough around the edges (read: poorly edited), this short story was only 81 pages on my iPad, including title pages, & yet boasted at least ten characters that seemed to come & go like zombies in the night... (Er... *shrug*) Ultimately, this short story had way too many characters, & I felt the ending was rather abrupt. It also seemed to be lacking a purpose, & details within the story often contradicted other details (eg., the zombie is described early on as completely lacking a sense of smell, yet later is able to distinguish the smoke from a campfire, from the smoke from cigarettes). However, despite all this, I found myself quite drawn to the main character - Dave the Zombie - and came to care what happened to him. It is the author's clever characterisation of the zombi... moree - a creature that is, essentially, lacking in character - that saves this story for me: 3 stars.
review 2: A new and different take on the traditional zombie story, it starts at the grave of Dave Connor as he wakes up, crawls out of his grave and makes his way to the home of a family member although he can't remember who he is or anything of his former life and is working on instinct alone. His uncle takes him in despite is perculiar look, odour and the gapping hole in his abdomen (not to mention the bits of skin flaking off him) and tries to help him get his 'life' back on track. Told through the eyes of Dave, this novella shows the softer side of the zombie world and shows that they're really just mis-understood and they don't really want to eat your brains, they just want to get on with their 'lives'. less

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