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Aftereffects: Zombie Therapy (From the Case Files of Dr. Victor Frenzel)
by
Zane Bradey (Goodreads Author)
One day you are an average citizen, carrying on with everyday mundane tasks, the next, you are a fiendish zombie looking to tear off, and eat the flesh of every family member, friend, neighbor, and stranger you come in contact with. That's where your story ends, right? You're destined to live out your remaining days as a blood-thirsty zombie until deprivation or some un-in...more
Published
February 26th 2012
by Zane Bradey
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Yes, five stars :) I don't want people thinking that I automatically give zombie books a five-y stars rating, because I don't. It is definitely a genre that I love, but if it's crap it's getting the stars it deserves. Moving on!
I found this book via Twitter and decided it sounded pretty awesome and worth a shot for the small price of $.99. How could I possibly resist?
This is a little gem of a zombie book that must be read! The premise is that the masses are infected and zombies are roaming and e...more
I found this book via Twitter and decided it sounded pretty awesome and worth a shot for the small price of $.99. How could I possibly resist?
This is a little gem of a zombie book that must be read! The premise is that the masses are infected and zombies are roaming and e...more
Well, whatever I was expecting to read from my initial impression of the title, I was pleasantly surprised by Aftereffects. It's a refreshing, deceptively layered, and exquisitely detailed look at a zombie apocalypse, from more than one perspective. It was like 28 Days Later and the Walking Dead meets CSI, NCIS, and Criminal Minds, with a dash of Alfred Hitchcock for added zest and skin-crawling irony. For someone like me with a morbid and twisted sense of humour, the creativity with which the a...more
"Not just your average zombie novel"
Having read the majority there is to offer in the zombie genre, from the appalling to the eponymous, I was surprised and delighted to stumble across Bradey's stunning offering via the Twittersphere.
Do not doubt - this is a fantastic piece of well-written fiction. At times truly stomach-churning in its prose, Bradey turns the genre on its head, following the pyschiatric "treatment" of victims of a cannibalistic virus in a seemingly decimated United States.
The n...more
Having read the majority there is to offer in the zombie genre, from the appalling to the eponymous, I was surprised and delighted to stumble across Bradey's stunning offering via the Twittersphere.
Do not doubt - this is a fantastic piece of well-written fiction. At times truly stomach-churning in its prose, Bradey turns the genre on its head, following the pyschiatric "treatment" of victims of a cannibalistic virus in a seemingly decimated United States.
The n...more
A virus outbreak has started the zombie apocalypse. But what do you do with a bunch of zombies who have been cured? You send them to a zombie shrink, of course! The zombies who have been cured by a the "Beaver" have gotten their lives back, with one major downfall. They remember everything that happened to them and everything they did as a zombie. Eating your neighbors? Yup - they remember. Plus other things that I won't mention, not because they aren't interesting, I just don't want to ruin the...more
Aftereffects: Zombie Therapy by Zane Bradey
I just finished my first Zombie book ever titled Aftereffects: Zombie Therapy by author Zane Bradey. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I really enjoyed this book very much, which was completely different from what I expected. A very cool and unexpected twist as Dr. Frenzel is most creative in how he, ahem, cures his patients, former zombies who remember every gory detail of their killing spree, once and for all.
I loved the character development and the...more
I just finished my first Zombie book ever titled Aftereffects: Zombie Therapy by author Zane Bradey. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I really enjoyed this book very much, which was completely different from what I expected. A very cool and unexpected twist as Dr. Frenzel is most creative in how he, ahem, cures his patients, former zombies who remember every gory detail of their killing spree, once and for all.
I loved the character development and the...more
Oh. my. WORD! What to say about Aftereffects: Zombie Therapy by Zane Brady…I guess I’ll start with what it’s about.
A zombie outbreak has happened in the city. Victor, a therapist, lost his wife in the recent outbreak but he made it out alive. So did many of the infected. The government actually found a cure for the infection. There’s just one problem…the infected remember turning and they remember their attacks. So who do they turn to afterwards? A therapist, of course. And Victor has dedicated...more
A zombie outbreak has happened in the city. Victor, a therapist, lost his wife in the recent outbreak but he made it out alive. So did many of the infected. The government actually found a cure for the infection. There’s just one problem…the infected remember turning and they remember their attacks. So who do they turn to afterwards? A therapist, of course. And Victor has dedicated...more
Dr. Victor Frenzel lives a normal, quiet life with his wife Barbara. They are very much in love and that's what makes her death even harder to deal with. Witnessing the whole incident, Dr. Frenzel then vows to find those who killed her and make them pay. A pandemic has hit. Zombie-itis is at maximum levels. There is no truly safe place to be. Dr. Frenzel writes some papers on how to "cure" Zombie-itis and presents them to the scientific community. His methods are a little unorthodox but they wo...more
BRILLIANT! It's very rare to find something so original in this genre. Most of the zombie novels I've read have the same formula: Zombies show up+Zombie eat people+people run/try to survive=Zombie are stopped in some standard method and everyone who survives "moves on".
This books starts where everyone else tends to end. How do you move on? In Bradey's world, the "zombies" are transformed back into their "soulful" selves once more. "The curse has been lifted..." or has it? Being cured has a terri...more
This books starts where everyone else tends to end. How do you move on? In Bradey's world, the "zombies" are transformed back into their "soulful" selves once more. "The curse has been lifted..." or has it? Being cured has a terri...more
Aftereffects: Zombie Therapy by Zane Bradley is a very fast paced story. So much calamity happens that I found it hard to stop reading. Client after client visits Dr. Frenzel with their story of what they did while infected. It's gruesome, hair raising and heart breaking to hear what the infected did and how it changed their lives. It's a real twist that the infected are cured and seeking therapy but the rest of the story follows the zombie story model.
The main story revolves around Dr. Frenzel...more
The main story revolves around Dr. Frenzel...more
Zombie aficionados will not want to miss this extraordinary book. Dr. Victor Frenzel is a psychiatrist with a grudge. A horde of zombies dragged his wife out of the car and devoured her. Now that the plague has been halted and the zombies cured, he has a special quest: to try and find the individuals responsible for her death.
The book reads like a series of portraits, as Victor asks each patient to try to remember exactly what happened the day they got infected. The drug they have been given ena...more
The book reads like a series of portraits, as Victor asks each patient to try to remember exactly what happened the day they got infected. The drug they have been given ena...more
I think I have said this before; I’m not really into Zombie books. I did read and enjoy Amanda Hocking’s Hollowland and Hollowmen, but I did not know they were zombie books until after I had read a free excerpt from one of the books. By then, I was hooked. Now, I cannot claim the same thing for Aftereffects. I knew full well that it was a zombie book, but I found the concept so alluring, that I had to read it. I mean a psychiatrist whose clients consist of people who were once infected by the zo...more
I can't believe I read the whole book! But it was well written, and the author is a very unique storyteller. His main character, Dr. Victor Frenzel, a psychiatrist, interviews several people who had previously been infected with a disease that mutated them into cannibalistic zombies. The government erased the disease and cured those infected, but those who had been infected still remember every detail of how they were infected and what they had done to others. I don't know if all zombies eat peo...more
I have to admit that when I opened this book I was expecting something drastically different from what I got. Dr. Frenzel is a man scorned by the "murder," of his beloved wife due to the hands of the walking dead. After a cure has been administered the once infected are in need of some psychiatric help, which Dr. Frenzel is happy to oblige them with. Case after case has the once infected explaining their story of how they were turned and the atrocities they committed while they were in their fle...more
Mar 12, 2012
Nathaniel Connors
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Zombie and Horror Readers
Recommended to Nathaniel by:
Zane Bradey
I read Zane's book in one day, that's how locked in I was to the story. So many zombie stories deal with the present, but Zane brings us a world where zombies have been cured, and those that were once infected, assimilated back into their lives and society.
Following the work of psychiatrist Dr. Frenzel, his patients relive the vivid and grim details of their brief cannibalistic lives and deal with the emotions and reality of the atrocities they have committed. Each patient brings in a new gut-wr...more
Following the work of psychiatrist Dr. Frenzel, his patients relive the vivid and grim details of their brief cannibalistic lives and deal with the emotions and reality of the atrocities they have committed. Each patient brings in a new gut-wr...more
Coming up with a different take on the zombie genre is difficult, but in Aftereffects: Zombie therapy, Zane Bradey manages to come up with an unusual character in the shape of Dr Victor Frenzel, the man dubbed 'the zombie psychiatrist.'
Frenzel’s patients are people who've been cured of the rage virus that caused 'cannibalistic behaviours.' Frenzel despises his clients because they represent the monsters who devoured his beloved wife Barbara like hyenas and he believes they could have resisted th...more
Frenzel’s patients are people who've been cured of the rage virus that caused 'cannibalistic behaviours.' Frenzel despises his clients because they represent the monsters who devoured his beloved wife Barbara like hyenas and he believes they could have resisted th...more
Aftereffects: Zombie Therapy was one of the most engaging and original zombie books I have ever read. This novella is smart and well-written, exploring the psychological after effects of a zombie outbreak. Bradley holds nothing back, offering up impressively graphic scenes of gore that will make even the most cast-iron stomach churn.
A few minor cautions: the e-formatting isn't perfect, the tone of the work is extremely cynical, even for me (and that is really saying something), and the story com...more
A few minor cautions: the e-formatting isn't perfect, the tone of the work is extremely cynical, even for me (and that is really saying something), and the story com...more
There’s no doubt that if zombies are your thing, this is the book for you. There are plenty of guts, gore and detached limbs. But, there’s also more here, much more. Bradey’s book is set up almost as a book of short stories, all linked together by a psychiatrist named Dr. Frenzel. Dr. Frenzel’s wife is murdered by a bunch of carnivorous zombie’s during the outbreak of a virus. This virus, which essentially causes humans to turn into zombies, is cured quickly by the government. Now Frenzel is cou...more
“Aftereffects: Zombie Therapy” takes the reader into the office of a psychiatrist, who sits, listening carefully and takes notes of his patients afflicted with a problem that he has the cure. In a dystopian world, a tragic background, and carnivorous dead abound, no place is really safe. The reader is introduced to a variety of “patients” that do get the kind of assistance only this doctor can deliver in a quiet, skillful way. Nothing is as it seems as the plot moves toward the ending, leaving t...more
If you like Zombies this is a definite book for you! How many times have you wondered at the end of those Zombie movies, what happens with the "cure"? Do people fully recover? Zane does an awesome job answering this question and brings to life great characters in addressing the things Zombies / People go through after a cure! You will love a fresh perspective on this and it will definitely make you smile, stop and think and say "woah" many times!
This is an easy read and was a pleasure to read. I...more
This is an easy read and was a pleasure to read. I...more
In Aftereffects: Zombie Therapy, author Zane Bradey provides a unique twist to the zombie genre. A cure is created and administered to the zombies, returning them to their normal human state. The only problem is, they can remember the things that happened and who they ate while they were zombies. That’s where Dr. Victor Frenzel comes in; he is a therapist who offers counseling to those who were infected. But Dr. Frenzel must battle his own issues as during the height of the zombie epidemic he wa...more
It's been a few months since I read this book, so I'm going from memory here.
Zane Bradey's novel, Aftereffects, is more of a collection of stories with the charactor of Victor Frenzel being the only constant linking them. I found this approach to not do justice to the storyline.
The basic idea is Victor Frenzel develops a cure for zombies to turn them human again. Only thing is, the doc's got a chip on his shoulder about zombies because his wife was killed by one. (This really isn't a spoiler sin...more
Zane Bradey's novel, Aftereffects, is more of a collection of stories with the charactor of Victor Frenzel being the only constant linking them. I found this approach to not do justice to the storyline.
The basic idea is Victor Frenzel develops a cure for zombies to turn them human again. Only thing is, the doc's got a chip on his shoulder about zombies because his wife was killed by one. (This really isn't a spoiler sin...more
My review will be up on my blog tomorrow, 6/27/12, at 8:30 AM PST. http://caterinatorres.com/blog/
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