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Late Fall Reuters Estimates say that nearly three thousand people nationwide and fifteen thousand peop. This was a reread for my Horror Group Challenge I haven’t read these in years I owned the first 7 books in paperback I loved the old school covers Unfortunately they switched them all to the uglier covers in my opinion I broke down and decided to unhaul these anyway as I have most on kindle now Sigh it does make me feel sad because of my nostalgic feelings again Anyhoo I still enjoyed this book Not 5 stars any but I still love it Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
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Zombie FalloutEd in hospitals and clinics across the United States and the world the World Heath Organization report. Resources for Adults Horror SelectionI saw this book on a list of Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century I've never thought of zombie novels as science fiction but there are several on the sci fi lists so maybe I'm the anomaly In any case Zombie Fallout had great ratings on goodreads and the audio book was available for download from my local library so I thought I'd give it a tryAfter listening to it I'd say it's a better fit for horror than sci fi Even if it is sci fi it doesn't belong on the best of list It has since been bumped which makes me wonder if it was spam voted to the list in the first place More on that later Zombie Fallout begins with a swine flu epidemic circa 2009 In desperation the CDC releases an untested flu vaccine that cures the flu but surprise also turns recipients into zombies The plague spreads uickly and before long human survivors are outnumbered Our protagonist Mike is an ex marine survivalist who has been stockpiling weapons and MREs for years just in case of apocalypse zombie or otherwise The townhome complex where he lives with his family becomes a makeshift safe haven for human refugees with Mike as one of the skilled and outspoken leaders Most of the book is setup excursions outside the compound to rescue survivors and gather supplies hint that these zombies are not the mindless zombies of horror flicks Although the undead are slow moving their attacks seem coordinated Predictably a zombie horde descends on the compound and eventually breaches the defenses; they're not as dumb as they look those zombies Still I hope I'm not giving too much away in saying that Mike and his family escape Hint there are six seuels so farThe story itself is interesting enough but the storytelling is distractingly bad It's told in first person from Mike's point of view His narrative style is amusing he's manly and self deprecating and full of corny jokes Initially I wanted to give the author Mark Tufo the benefit of the doubt and assume that any narrative awkwardness was intentional just part of Mike's casual everyman style Eventually though the painful phrasing from which he came from and syntaxgrammar errors penultimate to mean ultimate were than I could overlook Even the sections that were told in another voice were painful Mike's wife narrates briefly and there is inexplicably a section in the middle that is told from a third person omniscient point of view This book needs an editor BadlyStill it was an amusing diversion during a long car ride I just don't care enough about Mike to keep readingI can see this book appealing to fans of zombie fiction who want a series they can stick with for a while It's got humor gore action and a protagonist with wit and charm But unfortunately it's so poorly constructed I can't see myself recommending it very enthusiastically