This was my first ever zombie read and I absolutely loved it. Jenni and Katie become sisters-in-arms, developing an unbreakable bond in the face of the zombie holocaust. I was envious of their friendship. They came from very different backgrounds, their old lives lost and embark on new ones together...
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I bought the trilogy based on recommendations I found on another forum. I made it 64% of the way through before giving up. It really wants to be a great story, but it gets bogged down by over explanations. The character development reminded me of Robert Jordan - give each character Their One Trait, ...
As the World Dies: The First Days is a fantastically scary zombie read that has you cheering the strong survivors until the end in a "world {that} had slid sideways into hell." The story begins with Jenni, ...a strange, strange girl in a strange, strange world", muttering to herself while watching ...
Any zombie book where a character has read The Zombie Survival Guide and tries to use the information in it gets big extra bonus points. The main action takes places in Texas, but there are zombie outbreaks all over the world. The outbreaks are first reported as race riots, then the CDC says it's a ...