I read the first of this series last summer and have been procrastinating writing about it ever since; now that I've read the sequel, I will give you my opinion and a sum up.
Good schtuff: Good writing. It's a series about what it would be like to live in a zombie infested world. Maberry looks into the ethics of the situations in a good way. What I mean by that is: instead of having a character shoot a zombie and then cry for a while like a sissy because zombies are people too, he... well... here's a made up conversation that sums up a book.
Bad guy: I'm really evil. I throw children to zombies and take bets on how long they'll live.
Main character's brother who is a samurai for reasons that make sense: That is ethically not good.
Bad guy: It totally is fine! I'mma murder everybody who says otherwise.
Main character: I will now rescue everyone and learn a life lesson.
Haha but seriously. Zombies, samurai, crazy people. It's a pretty decent series so far.
Bad schtuff: Immortal main characters. Not, like, as a plot point. the author just likes them too much. Also sadness. So much sadness. Just so sad. Mainly because the author has no qualms about murdering the fiffle out of minor characters.
Rating? Very good.
Read again? Yesh.
You read? Yesh.
Age level: teen + as long as they can hand blood n' guts.
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