Straight back into the
action, which if you are reading back to back makes for spectacular flow, but
if waiting (months!) desperately for each installment then you can get a little
bamboozled with how intense the jump back in is.
Some clever references that made me smirk!
Cats that eat zombies? What
do zombie/horror authors have against cats??
I felt some real
sadness for certain characters, especially Emily-zombie but caught myself frowning
at certain things she did, they felt just a little too contrived for my liking.
However, I am intrigued to see where TWB is going to take this particular story
line, especially as all the groups are noticing the same issues.
Love the fact that
Billy has a much stronger voice and is not living in anyones shadow anymore.
This book has a big chunk dedicated to his, and his traveling groups, story;
which is great as it allows you to really get to know all the new characters.
Had to laugh at the
British group and Vix wanting a word with the zombie writers for getting stuff
wrong whilst in the midst of battle. Credit to TWB for getting the locations so
spot on and a special pat on the back for the colloquialism achievement!
I did get a little
bogged down with Cynthia’s story but her life/animal views really gave me a
reason to love her and then I found myself routing for her.
Now on to the moans and
niggles: New characters generally – so many of them and to each group! This got
a bit confusing for me.
Why are there so many
beefy characters in these apocalypse stories, TWB is by no means unique in his
characters that are huge in stature, full of muscle etc but how is this still
possible? How are they finding enough food to maintain this bulk??
Also Kevin seems to
have grown back his frost bitten foot as he can now run with no limp impediment
despite obviously losing his prosthetic one when being (spoiler alert!)
captured and fleeing for his life.
Not happy that so many
animals are getting killed, humans you can blast to where ever, but please
leave the furries alone L
What has happened to
the Egypt group?
Ok, back to good stuff!
I am really looking
forward to the next installment and what happens in this next phase, I think
one all the completed books are out (I believe 12) I will treat myself to a
full read through of all of them or maybe read all the separate stories.
This chapter ties up a few
loose ends but also leaves the groups on positive notes which I think was
needed as not all the people left in the Zompoc can be horrific all day every
day? Scheming and slaughtering must get boring after a while and human nature
says we want to be loved and need comfort; don’t even the nastiest of
characters love somebody?
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