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21st out of 39 books
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Dawn of Zombie Haiku
by
Ryan Mecum (Goodreads Author)
More Brains...Some race. Some lurch. Others come crawling, limping, staggering--dragging themselves toward anyone who might still have a pulse. Zombies invade the island of Manhattan, and they are hungry.
The story of the zombie apocalypse is told through the eyes of Dawn, a ten-year-old girl who has been well-schooled in the undead because of her father's love of zombie mo...more
The story of the zombie apocalypse is told through the eyes of Dawn, a ten-year-old girl who has been well-schooled in the undead because of her father's love of zombie mo...more
Paperback, 139 pages
Published
October 12th 2011
by F+W Media, Inc.
(first published August 8th 2011)
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This series is so awesome. Such a smart package. In this volume, Mecum ups the stakes by making his eventual zombie a child. A child obsessed with poetry (hence the haiku). She has a long-dead mom, a crush, and lives with her dad, who loves watching horror films and drives a ferry between the islands which make up NYC. So when the zombie apocalypse hits, they make their way to the Statue of Liberty. Famous poems, remade in haiku and zombified, are scattered through the pages.
Seriously, it's a p...more
Seriously, it's a p...more
I liked this book.
My two favorite spoiler-free haikus are:
I feel less alone
reading the words of poets
who speak to my soul
and from the author's bio:
This one's for my kids:
When I go, if I come back,
aim for Daddy's head.
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My two favorite spoiler-free haikus are:
I feel less alone
reading the words of poets
who speak to my soul
and from the author's bio:
This one's for my kids:
When I go, if I come back,
aim for Daddy's head.
(view spoiler)...more
A girl and her father escape the zombie apocalypse by taking the Staten Island ferry (he's the driver) to Liberty Island. I thought it was a good plan. But those who plan for the zombie apocalypse know that something always goes wrong.
A fun read for those who like zombies. The whole thing is in haiku, which makes it a quick story. The pictures can be very graphic for those with weak stomachs.
My biggest complaint is that it's supposed to be this girl's journal. And sometimes it is but then it's...more
A fun read for those who like zombies. The whole thing is in haiku, which makes it a quick story. The pictures can be very graphic for those with weak stomachs.
My biggest complaint is that it's supposed to be this girl's journal. And sometimes it is but then it's...more
The book reminded me in a way of A Tale of Two Cities, in that it was challenging to read (in the case of Two Cities the challenge was the difficulty of the old english style of writing, while Zombies was simply gruesome, and of course, written in Haiku.) However, in both cases the ending transformed the book completely into a love story. In A Tale of Two Cities love was represented by totally unrequitted sacrifice, and in Zombies it was represented by a willingness, nay, a gladness, to pay the...more
Following 2008's Zombie Haiku, this companion piece revisits the world of zombie poetry. Although the conceit is not quite as fresh this time around, much of the poetry is still laugh-out-loud funny. The book's design and aesthetic is clever and adds to the fun. All fans of zombies or poetry should check this out.
Even though it was relatively short, I was impressed by the writer's ability to tell a cohesive story in the form of haiku. I know this sounds kind of lame, but Mecum used the poetry form only as a structure for the story, not in the way that most of us are used to: "deep" teenage poems that don't make any sense.
This one isn't as good as Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains but I still enjoyed it. It's just a fun read.
This book offered slightly disturbing view of young girl on zombie apocalypse. Brain eating with style was accompanied with sharp short poems, which were graphically arranged to bring depravity and gore to the humble reader.
This was great. I'll be sharing this one with my 12 year old. I think he'll get a huge kick out of it, too.
i loved the first book, i bought this one, read it in one sitting and i love this one. get both!
Fun poetry with great story - I loved the twist ending :)
I love Mecum's books but Zombie Haiku was much better
5 stars! I'm biased though.
Not amazing in terms of storyline, but overall it delivers what it promises: an interesting blending of haiku and zombies. I may read the rest of the series as this was a derivation of the "Zombie Haiku" title.
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Jun 21, 2011 06:53pm