Based on Steve's review of Zone One, I decided to pick it up. This book isn't really your normal zombie novel. It doesn't concentrate so much on the gore and is more philisophical. This effect is magnified as the author writes in a stream of conciousness style. The main character is suffer from PASD (post apocalypse stress disorder) so this stream of conciousness can jump around quite a bit and not seem to make much sense. There are many instances where the timeline just shifts without any warning. It makes the book a much slower read, but it is still a good story and quite enjoyable. It is actually a litterary zombie story. I think Steve's assessment of a 4 is fair. I am not a huge fan of stream of conciousness, but this one was still engaging.
Here are some things I clipped from this novel:
"Time slowed down in situations like this, to grant dread a bigger stage."
"He stopped hooking up with other people once he realized that the first thing he did was calculate whether or not he could out run them."
Yes the book is dark. I won't say it is for everyone, but it is good.
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I think I'm ready for a new take on this subject. I'll certainly be checking it out. Thanks Budd!
Yeah -- in an area that's getting a little over-exposed, I thought this was an interesting read.
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