http://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=murderedmymusemurderedmymuse's reviews from LibraryThinghttp://www.librarything.com/work/book/43606294<img src="http://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/d7/50/d7504b31cc79921593234345267426141414141.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/> murderedmymuse's review: "This was a nifty little book I read as a teen. I reread it as an adult as few years ago, and surprisingly, it stood the test of time. A lot of books I've reread from the teen Point Horror series haven't fared so well (re: R.L. Stine). The Basics: Kelly (if I recall her name correctly) is taking her senior year final exams. She accidentally finds a journal of the villian/psycho of the novel, but has no idea who owns it. Unable to return it, she hangs onto it for the duration of the story, searching out the owner. The psycho has written some nasty stuff and is unhinged enough to think Kelly will use it against them--and so proceeds to stalk Kelly and play increasingly horrible pranks on her. The psycho is one of the people in her immediate circle. Slowly the novel reveals who it is. Will Kelly succeed in discovering the owner of the journal before they can kill her? I gave the novel 4/5 stars in relation to other teen novels, as it had a subtle but surprising depth. The novel was written for the bloodthirsty and sometimes fickle Point Horror imprint but you could tell the author actually cared about the story she was telling (unlike other Point Horror authors who seem to be doing it by formula and only for the money). As a teen I found the novel to be average; but as an adult rereading, I discovered levels to the novel I missed as a teen, and was very impressed. The style and setting are spare (basic teen reading level standard), but the characters have a depth I wasn't expecting on the reread. And Kelly's reaction to revelation of the villian/psycho was different but believable. One of the best of the Point Horror series. Good for easing a Goosebumps type reader into more thoughtful novels."<br>Scholastic Paperbacks (1991), PaperbackThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:20:57 -0400http://www.librarything.com/work/book/43605541<img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307346617.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/> murderedmymuse's review: "This is as close to literature a zombie novel will ever get. Brooks peppers the book with both heart grabbing action scenes, and various political and sociological considerations of the effects of the zombie 'problem' on humans. This gives the book much more depth than the usual zombie novel, but World War Z never feels bogged down by its more introspective moments. Although there are no central characters (the story is told through numerous people being interviewed around the world after the zombie threat is eliminated), I found myself frequently connecting with the characters in their mini-stories--although several seemed shallow and needed more fleshing out. And while the mini-stories can be read out of order (I find myself going back to certain favourites), the novel builds on key themes surprisingly well and is good at showing the cumulative effect the zombies had on the world over the ten years of the war. This is a different book to The Zombie Survival Guide. For me it is a definite step up. A key book for any zombie/horror collection."<br>Three Rivers Press (2007), Paperback, 352 pagesThu, 02 Apr 2009 08:44:04 -0400