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The First Days: As the World Dies (original 2008; edition 2011)

by Rhiannon Frater

Series: As the World Dies (1)

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A lawyer, Katie, and a housewife, Jenni, are thrown together by circumstance and find themselves fleeing for their lives when a horde of zombies takes over the world.
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Title:The First Days: As the World Dies
Authors:Rhiannon Frater
Info:Tor Books (2011), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 336 pages
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Sometimes there are books that clearly written by amateur and it shows in every way. The amateur side is so strong that there is no point in bashing book on that ground. BUT. Most amateur books also usually written either exceptionally badly or with so much heart that amateurish attitude becomes their greatest plus. And this book has that heart. ( )
  WorkLastDay | Dec 17, 2023 |
Book 3 of my Zombie-a-thon 2022!

This started off excellently with a stressful and heartbreaking scene. Things steadily declined from there with some personality shifts that were ridiculous and annoying. I need character development in a story and enjoy the building up of relationships, however, this all moved at a laughably unrealistic pace. I know it's a zombie apocalypse story but I still want some elements to be believable. The zombie attack scenes were well written and intense. Overall though, I did not enjoy the characters in the story and the heavy focus on finding love again a matter of days after characters lost their kids and spouses to the zombie virus. Others have enjoyed this so another case of 'not for me'. More flesh eating and less swooning please. ( )
  Mrs_Tapsell_Bookzone | Feb 14, 2023 |
I liked how this book focused on what they went through to survive from these creatures. I didn't like the touchy feelyness throughout this book. It didn't seem realistic to me. ( )
  MBTC | Jul 9, 2022 |
The First Days by Rhiannon Frater is the first book in her zombie trilogy, As the World Dies. It’s been awhile since I have read a “zombie book” and I have to say that I quite enjoyed this one. I find these kind of fantasy/thrillers very good escape reading. While Frater really didn’t bring anything new to the genre, she provided an exciting, page turning story and a group of characters to root for. Two women are front and centre in this story, Katie and Jenni, and it was fun to see how they grew from terrified victims to kick-ass, gun toting, zombie bashing heroines.

The story follows Katie and Jenni as they escape from a heavily populated city and find sanctuary in a small, roughly fortified Texas town. With the men outnumbering the women, and many of the man being young and single, it isn’t long before romance breaks out. Things don’t always run smoothly however, as both Katie and Jenni are recovering from the zombie death of their spouses. While the book doesn’t end on a cliff-hanger, there are enough unsolved issues that have me looking forward to the next book.

While The First Days deals with zombies in a very familiar way, and there isn’t a lot of emotional depth to explore, I still found the story compelling enough to clear my mind of the real life difficulties we are currently facing. ( )
  DeltaQueen50 | Mar 16, 2020 |
Pretty decent zombie thriller meets chick lit. Quick read definitley written for a movie adaptation but I'll be reading the second and third ones as well. Good job of keeping it not too gory but also keeping it realistic in terms of what we all grew up with learning about zombies. ( )
  AnnaHernandez | Oct 17, 2019 |
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