Michael J. Totten

Ouf! I tried my best but in the end, I just couldn't finish it. It's a drudge of a read with way too much internalized soliloquy from most of the characters. I like a good multiple PoVs myself but this was too much. In the end, I just didn't care about any of them. Close to the half-point, I started to want to cheer the "zombies" on just to put them all out of their misery.

Even the whole Annie spiel was uninteresting. As a genre, I greatly preferred Dierdre Gould's After the Cure. Now that show more was a zombie/crazed-humans-turned-violent-cannibals story well crafted which this one simply is not.

I hate leaving such reviews but I really did not find anything enjoyable in this novel. show less

I have read a few books written by journalists regarding their insights on international topics. I've enjoyed all of them. This one, however, had the same impact on me as Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion, edited by Paul Marshall. Nowhere have I seen the topics raised regarding the Balkans and current conflicts in Chechnya and Georgia as I have seen in this book. It's not just a fact-finding operation, but well beyond that into the impact the US has had on the area, what people show more think in that area, and how their own ethnicity and religion has affected their perspectives. I think everyone should read this book. show less

The beginning of the book, an all encompassing explanation of Lebanon's politics after its civil war, is brilliant. I also like all the first hand information the author throws in the story, from personal experiences to interviews with most of the main figures. What I didn't like as much was the inclusion of some information taken directly from the "rumor mill" (the author's words), it strikes me as amateurish writing. Still I would say the book is a decent read for those previously show more unfamiliar with the subject. show less

I liked the character development, not exactly what you expect from a zombie apocalypse story. There were some twists and turns that I didnt expect, although I do not read every zombie book out there.
Looking forward to the next chapter, putting it on my list now.
Good effort, look forward to more.