2.5 Stars. What a rough go. This was 259 pages of literal hell for me. Is it the prose that I disliked so much or is it just my deep dislike of the concept of zombies that made this read lengthy and just plain awful? We will never know. But I will not count his writings out just yet. I will give him...
I was never a huge fan of zombie movies even when I was more into horror movies, so I approached this novel with a little bit of a misgiving. The author is brilliant and I've loved everything else I've read by him, so that gave me less reason to worry.This is a great book and zombies are really only...
Start spreading the news. I’m leaving today There is a lot to sink your teeth into in the latest book from MacArthur Genius grantee Colson Whitehead. The nation has pretty much collapsed, with the implication that things are no better elsewhere in the world. But there is still some hope. A provisio...
Rating: 4 of 5 Zone One is a perfect example of "literary horror." I love stories that dig under the surface of horrific events, like a zombie apocalypse, to show me not just the physicality (running for their life) of the situation but also the emotionality (why they're running, what they're real...
Another zombie apocalypse but with a literary bent. The format was basically three days in the life of "Mark Spitz". "Mark Spitz" (we never learn his real name) is a sweeper on the Omega team, working through Manhattan, block by block, clearing out straggler zombies and removing bodies for the Dispo...
I loved THE INTUITIONIST and very much liked JOHN HENRY DAYS, so I picked this book up even though I don't love zombie stories or horror in general. And, unsurprisingly, I found lovely writing, smart observations, and a high gross-out factor. I ended up skimming a lot of this book because I just rea...
Personally, I love it when a literary writer takes on a genre novel. To me, literary writing and genre novels together are great taste and less filling all in one package. Whitehead can certainly craft a pleasing sentence, a startling description, a dark and poignant anecdote. The narrator constantl...
Oh dear. Is it possible to make flesh-hungering zombies seem dull? While I never thought so, AMC and Whitehead have both been giving it their all by enveloping them in navel-gazing Philosophy 101 monologues and odd series of pastoral flashbacks in the midst of life-or-death situations. Whitehead, a...
You know I liked the book but these "high brow" zombie books just aren't as good as the blood and guts, terrifing, scared to look under the bed zombie books.
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