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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Beyond Exile was the second book in the Day by Day Armageddon book. Honestly, this one didn't work as well for me as the first one. It felt like halfway through this book there was a shift from the cool journal like entries to a more story based route for presentation. It was noticeable and just didn't hold my attention as much as the journal entries. I also don't know much about military, planes or cars so I felt at a loss and had to constantly research what was going on in the book. I felt like I was spending more time on the internet trying to understand what was going on than actually reading the book. I also felt that there was a lot in this book that could have been left out and the story would have remained unchanged. That being said, it's still a great book. It's just not a book for me as a reader. I won't be continuing with this series but I will look up some spoilers for how it ends. J.L. Bourne has crafted one super cool but and I really appreciate the uniqueness of it! Three out of five stars. Beyond Exile by J.L. Bourne is the continuation of his zombie story that began in Day By Day Armageddon. I rated the first book very high and was excited to finally be getting around to the second. Although not quite up to the level of the first, Beyond Exile was still an exciting and fun read. Written as the personal journal of one man, the story tells how the small group of survivors from the first book manage to come in contact with the remnants of the American military and soon the main character finds himself the commanding officer at his outpost and in charge of planning and executing missions. Of course, something goes wrong and he is stranded some 200 miles away from the relative safety of the missile silo and has to work his way across Texas and through armies of the undead and other dangers to get back. As both the author J.L. Bourne and the main character of the story are members of the armed forces, there is a lot of discussion of armaments and military jargon included in this book. I actually found this added to the believability of the story and most of this was explained in layman’s terms so it wasn’t too difficult to follow. The main character was trained in military equipment and had gone through survival training so is definitely someone I would want to be with in the event of an apocalypse. Beyond Exile didn’t quite have the natural flow of the first book, but certainly delivered what I look for in a zombie book - plenty of frightening moments and lots of gore. Finished this morning and to be honest I was glad I was done. There is book 3 but to me this book became a bit over the top en again to me, ridiculous so I think I am going to not read the last book. He is going to China I believe? This author is a typical male writer but that is not fair cause I know many male authors who can come up with good detailed characters. Lots of talk about the weapons which I do not care much about. I am sure there are people who will enjoy this book though. no reviews | add a review
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START INTERCEPT Armies of undead have risen up across the U.S. and around the globe; there is no safe haven from the diseased corpses hungering to feed off human flesh. But in the heat of a Texas wasteland, a small band of survivors attempt to counter the millions closing in around them. INTERCEPT COMPLETE Survivor, Day by day, the handwritten journal entries of one man caught in a worldwide cataclysm capture the desperation -- and the will to survive -- as he joins forces with a handful of refugees to battle soulless enemies both human and inhuman from inside the abandoned Hotel 23. But in the world of the undead, is mere survival enough? No library descriptions found. |
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As a zombie book this is almost pitch perfect; the author's obvious military training (he's on active duty) gives a more realistic spin on how to deal with the threat. This doesn't mean its a clean cut fight, but there is a sense of order to some of the chaos. As this is about the narrator's first hand experiences anything that happens outside of his purvue, or anything he doesn't directly relate to us via his entries, may as well have not happened. In a way I was glad that the narrator wasn't in every single skirmish or battle, that would have seemed contrived. Sometimes though Bourne keeps the interesting action as a third hand accounting, which is irritating.
By its very nature a journal is an anti-info dump. Journals are personal things, how many people explain every little detail about something that is a) obvious to them and b) almost second nature? The occasional explanation of what a weapon or abbreviation means--that's understandable. It's nice to have reminders about important stuff.a full point-by-point breakdown of a big plot point in the third act just before the ending? Warning bells!
Not only that but abrupt what the heck are you talking about warning bells. At first I thought it was because I hadn't read the first book, but then I bought the first book. And it still made little sense to me. There is going to be a third one (I can't see how there won't be given that ending), so there is hope for this all to be explained. As is, read, enjoy and pick up some useful tips for surviving a zombie invasion. ( )