So, I better review the books I read on my honeymoon! (Regina and I loved Santorini and had the best time ever.)
For book one of the honeymoon—and book twenty-one of the year—I read ‘The Zombie Survival Guide’ by Max Brooks. I’d read ‘World War Z’ many moons ago and loved it. I’d always meant to get around to ‘The Zombie Survival Guide’ but never found the time. But when waiting around at airports or sunning yourself on a beach, you have time!
I enjoyed ‘The Zombie Survival Guide’ quite a bit, although I prefer ‘World War Z’ if memory serves. This reason isn’t due to any fault on Brooks’s behalf. The book guides the reader through surviving the zombie apocalypse, as advertised. Thus, the book lacks any real story until you reach the end. If you need a narrative to propel you through a book, there might be a better book for you. You’ll have a blast if you like humourous and well-thought-out world-ending scenarios. And, at the end of the book, Brooks regales us with ‘historical’ zombie tales of survival (and death, of course). This part reminded me of ‘World War Z’ and might be the best part of the book for some.
I’m a zombie nut, always have been, and always will be, so even pages on vehicles in the apocalypse interest me. That said, this approach to a book will only please some. If you need a story but like the zombie genre, try Brooks’ ‘World War Z’.
But if—like me—you don’t care how you get your undead meals, ‘The Zombie Survival Guide’ will give you more than a few laughs.
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