World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
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Author: Max BrooksEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-12
ISBN: 0307346609
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Crown
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Book Review: A good romp through a world of zombie carnage.
Summary: 4 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's written as a collection of interviews with key players from a fictional previous global zombie pandemic. The stories range from sources all over the planet so there should be something to wet the taste of any English reader. There are links between the accounts and lots of plot hooks left open, great food for thought for any budding zombie genre writers or story tellers. I especially liked what happens in Korea, but I'll let you read about that. The writing style is easy to read and contains small cultural references to give the 'foreign' interviews an authentic feel, although whether they are correct I could not say. As it is not a traditional, 'follow the protagonist', story the pace is not terribly fast, but this is made up for by the scope and depth of tales which give you good rounded vision of the war from initial infections to final resolution. I'm no expert on the zombie genre but this was an excellent horror apocalypse story and well worth a read by those who like to immerse themselves in that sort of world.
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