I really enjoy Hugh's writing, and he delivers exceptional prose here. I am glad I purchased this book, and will gladly buy anything else Hugh Howey writes in the future.

However, I did not like this book overall, hence the low review. There were some stellar things to it, however:

1. The premise is absolutely wonderful.
2. The book opens grand. First couple introduction chapters are lovely.
3. The book isn't "really" about Zombies. In the same way most good Zombie books aren't really about Zombies. More...

Originally published at http://www.fantasyliterature.com with 4 1/2 stars.

Imagine a zombie. An image springs instantly to mind. A rotting corpse, shuffling along, arms held out clumsily, grunting and groaning as it makes its way inexorably forward. Now imagine you, yourself, your ego, inside that zombie. You are that zombie, your consciousness trapped inside a brain that no longer has control over your body, your life, your insatiable hunger. You watch yourself feast on the flesh of those who ar More...

I've been a fan of Hugh's since Wool 1 was a giveaway, since we demanded he keep writing. We the public who said to Hugh, "don't you dare stop writing or we will find you and make you keep at it."

I guess we only have ourselves to blame.

I pre -ordered this book, as an Ebook, so I've had it for a few days now. A few days for this book to take on a physical presence in my house. To speak to me, a voice that asks me, "what do I think I'm doing?". I try to answer this voice, "hey man, I really need More...

How many ways did I like thee, let me count:

1. It's about Zombies....enough said
2. It ROCKS
3. It bring a perspective to the tired old Zombie genre that is like a refreshing rain on a Spring day
4. It is AWESOME
5. It had me hanging out for me next chance to delve into its pages.
6. Did I mention it ROCKS...I think I did.

Hugh Howey keeps going from strength to strength delivering one good read after the next This is one author to definitely keep your eyes on. Lets hope there is a We Zombie in the wi More...

The warning in the summary is not just a gimmick. Seriously. It's a straight up warning!! Proceed with great caution for those with weak stomachs and even for somewhat steady stomachs. Ack!!!

After having read this book, I can still say it was definitely a test. I nearly gagged several times, & yet I kept reading. It was a bit long for the premise. It followed the "lives" of various zombies from their personal perspective, as they were still alive inside.

Although I probably could have done w More...

This was great! I never thought about how the zombies might actually feel about their predicament, but after reading this, I might actually feel sorry for them....providing I escaped. I definitely recommend this for horror fiction fans.

Di Howey ho letto l'insieme di storie di Wool che avevo apprezzato moltissimo; altri suoi romanzi non sono però riusciti bene come quello.
I, zombie è un romanzo che vuole trattare il tema cambiandone il punto di vista, per questo motivo ogni capitolo segue pensieri, osservazioni e ricordi di vari personaggi divenuti zombie.
Personalmente non mi è piaciuto per diversi motivi:
- la prosa risulta poco avvincente e anche le scarse scene di azione risultano piuttosto noiose;
- i capitoli sono lunghe pa More...

What can I say about this book? That I loved it.
First let me say I LOVE the zombie genre, even though it can be slim pickings. This book is amazingly original for the zombie genre. What makes it so special ?
Let us look at the " traditional " zombie book.
1.hero looking for family
2.kills mass zombies to find family
3.makes friends, some important friend is taken by a z.
4. You always have the " villein" in human form
5. Hero saves family overcomes adversity and evil to do so , thus the somewhat " h More...

I'm a Hugh Howie fan. How this guy writes so well as a new-ish author blows me away.

Despite my unabashed affection, I couldn't totally get there with this book. Two things strike me in retrospect:

- I just can't do zombies. They have a placement problem. They're supposed to exist in the world we inhabit, but they strain credulity in that setting. I can't allow for how they would come to be. I can do crazy settings; I like the worlds of Stephen Palmer. But zombies among us? My brain won't go with More...

Must read for any (ADULT) Zombie fan.

This book is a different from the usual zombie fare. In I, Zombie, Howey tells a great story but this time it is from the Zombie's point of view. He does a great job of writing the zombies. Each chapter is either the name or someone who has or is about to turn. From the very first page you find out what it would feel like to be or turn into a zombie.

Sometimes it can be a bit hard to read but that is just because it feels so real. One particularly interestin More...

Mr. Howey could market this as a weight-loss miracle: Thanks for the appetite loss, sir!

His descriptions are vivid, detailed and grotesque, painted in such a way that makes it impossible for one to self-imagine the text into a less gruesome version, or to stop reading. There is no filter, no idea shielded from the reader as the graphic scenes begin their merciless, shuffling onslaught, page after page, from the very first words to the very last.

He can’t say he didn’t warn us, right there, in t More...

This is a series of personal investigations framed within zombies framed within a book. True to zombie canon? yes. Gory as all get-out? oh yes. But the zombies dreams this may occasion are not based in fear of the horde, but in the horror of the zombie plight. Truly, this book is a complete break from the normal psychological horror of zombies, and yet consistent with the existing media.

I see two foci of inflection that accomplish this. The first is the original myth, where the slavery of a man More...

i very much wanted to give this a 5 star, and I may if I ever get around to a second read, but it didn't captivate me the way Wool did. I sensed there were bigger themes lurking under the surface of the short stories within the book, and the writing by Hugh Howey is again impeccable, but the zombie-gore porn turned out to be somewhat of a distraction. As a huge fan of Stephen King growing up, I didn't think I would ever admit that shocking descriptions of violent acts and grotesqueness could dis More...

You know that little demon in the back of your mind that you won't even admit lurks in your secret inner thoughts? He's real, he's not nice and Hugh is about to hand him a six pack of Red Bull and let him bore some holes through the "prim and proper" parts of your psyche!

First off - I am a huge HH fan and I'm sure that probably biased my ratings. As I see it, everyone is biased, but at least you now know one of mine. I will try to keep this review more about content to assist you in deciding if More...

I picked this one to read shortly after finishing the Wool Omnibus, based on the plot and reviews. The concept of zombies retaining their human consciousness was too interesting to pass up. And Howey can definitely write. Choice of words, imagery, and he has a way of putting us right in the middle of a story, of feeling like we're sitting beside the character or even in their head. But ultimately, I was disappointed. Different zombies, slightly different perspectives, all doing the same thing. U More...

I was a bit sceptical at first, but this is a very different zombie book and none the worse for it. New York has become infested. What is different and truly horrible is that the zombies still have the souls of the people they used to be trapped in their heads. Watching, helplessly, as their rotting bodies totter after survivors and devouring them when possible. The amount of gore and gutwrenching details described surpasses anything else I have ever read. I didn't linger over it and my mind aut More...

Only 200 something pages but those pages are full of despair. It's an endless wait for a happy ending that never comes. Like a zombie driven by hunger I kept turning the pages just to get my hopes crushed once again. This book does not so much live off the gore of which there is plenty but off a wide range of feelings and emotions. Ever felt sorry for a zombie? Ever wondered if there was still a thinking mind inside of that slowly shuffling, loudly moaning body? It isn't every day that I want to More...

First a disclaimer: I like the zombie genre but I’m not crazy for it. Sure, George Romero’s flick is a low-budget masterpiece and Dan O’Bannon’s Return of the Living Dead was a hoot. 28 Days Later was a kickass reinvention and its sequel, 28 Weeks Later, creeped me out to no end. Zombies are cool and fun but I’ve gotten jaded by the weird resurgence in the shambling brain-eater phenomenon. Our local October zombie-walk is lots of fun and yes, I watch The Walking Dead, but that’s just great TV re More...

Oh, I loved this book! I bought it on a whim last night. Had never heard of the author, but the price was right and it had a couple of good reviews that made it sound interesting.

It far exceeded my expectations. This guy is a really good writer.

The book was hard to read, although I finished it in one day. I just had to put it down a couple of times.

It's a bunch of vignettes, told from the POV of zombies - or, rather, the people who are trapped inside the zombie bodies, able to feel everything bu More...

READ IT!

Hugh Howey never ceases to amaze me. I, Zombie was more than I expected. I remember Hugh mentioning that his readers were starting to ask him to write a zombie book, and he wasn't sure if it would happen or not. This was back in the spring when he came to speak at my Adolescent Lit class, at Appalachian State. I'm glad he finally did because I was one of those fans who was so anxious for it to come out.

It's disgusting, full of gore, and depressing. There were multiple times I had to st More...

This book is just awesome. The things I enjoyed the most? I loved that it was written from the Zombie's perspective....that there were still people inside! Cool. I liked that different people and their experiences were the focus of each part of the book...sometimes I like that better than one central character. It gives insight into how this is effecting each of them...what they miss about being human...how they feel about their zombie fate, etc. I also enjoyed that Mr. Howey did not reveal how More...

I gave this four stars overall, for how well written it was, and how much it entertained me. It deserves a five for uniqueness, but I don't want to crawl too much further up Hugh Howey's butt than I already am thanks to WOOL/half Way Home.

I have to admit in some areas it didn't quite get that fifth star out of me, but it really is a one of a kind book that I recommend to all my friends that come even remotely close to liking zombies.

I really did like it a lot, and it forever made me look at zomb More...

Should I be worried that I could read a Zombie POV book while eating lunch? Maybe, but it was so engaging that it suppressed my gag reflex. I feel like I should be screaming "oh the humanity!" or something equally dramatic but I find that I am perversely pleased and intrigued by these windows into our inner thoughts that are normally suppress with the mundane distractions of everyday life (and as it turns out, in this 'verse - death) ... I may seek out therapy - but probably more Hugh Howey stor More...

Grim, gruesome, and great reading.

The phrase overdone is overdone. As in 'zombie stories are so overdone'. That said, there is only so much originality you can get out of a mindless, shambling adversary.

Unless, of course, you're Hugh Howey. I, Zombie has all of the tropes zombiephiles want. Apocalypse, decay, consumption, hordes, even a few headshots. Except each zombie still has the functioning consciousness of the living person trapped inside. They see everything they do as a zombie, but are More...

I've never read a book about zombies from the zombie perspective, and I have to admit I was nervous about this one. I loved Hugh Howey's WOOL series, and I adore a good zombie book or movie, but the marketing for this one had convinced me that I, Zombie would focus on the gore to an extreme I wasn't sure I could stomach. However, I read a review that convinced me to give it a read anyway, and I am so glad I did.

Yes, I, Zombie is a gore-fest - those who are seriously squeamish or sensitive may wi More...

I'm a serious zombie freak. I love zombie movies, zombie cartoons, zombie humor, zombie t-shirts, zombie makeup, zombie special effects and, of course, Rob Zombie.

Then I found this.

This novella puts you INSIDE a zombie and believe me it's not how you would expect the experience to be. I admit, it's really icky, mucky & gross, but it's also strangely HUMAN. There is a great deal of overwhelming sadness, loss, despair, & self-realization. Zombies might like to eat awful things and do awf More...

First, the gore is off-putting. It's REALLY gory and graphic. But that's the only reason I took away a star. I can't recommend this to a lot of my friends who would prefer not to wade through the hip-deep viscera in order to get to the story, and that's a shame. Because the story is really good, the writing is excellent, the characters well developed. The premise is intriguing, and kept me reading despite the disgust. I felt empathy with many of the characters, and was riveted - so much so that More...

As much as I enjoy Hugh Howey’s writing, I approached this book with some doubts. I’m not particularly a fan of horror, and scenes of undead people eating live people are not my first choice of entertainment. For those of you that enjoy horror stories, you will not be disappointed with any of the skillfully written graphic description. It is indeed horrific.

The characters are the zombies, each of them an individual with widely varying experiences. The reader sees through their eyes, feels their More...

Don't be afraid of what you'll become.
Be afraid of what you are.

This zombie book kind of transcends the genre. I have read a lot of zombie stories in my day, but I have never come across one that made me do more reflecting on my life than this one. As always, Hugh Howey's character development is uncanny, drawing you in and making you part of his world. I've read everything this author has written, and am an admitted fan-boy. That being said, this is right up there with his best work.

This is no More...