Do you know the kind of book where you would rather, instead of continuing to read, pick up a rusty, dull knife, and stab it in your heart again and again? Yes? yeah me too. No? Well, keep reading then..This is without a doubt the most boring book ever written. Oh, there’s a book about watching pain...
If you are looking for some fast-paced, heart-pumping survival action in fiction form, this is not the book you're looking for--although to be sure, the daily horrors and random attacks weathered by these characters did cause me to lose some sleep and check my doors for weak points.Instead think of ...
There is a difference between intelligent writing and trying desperately to sound intelligent. This was the latter, and Whitehead's insistence on over-metaphorizing EVERYTHING made it pretty unreadable.
I get why all the critics think this is an excellent book. The writing is poetic. But... I didn't enjoy it all that much. In this book humanity ends not with a bang but a whimper. I guess I need more action in my zombie books!
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