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  <title><![CDATA[The Rising]]></title>
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  <default_description>The dead are returning to life as intelligent zombies. Trapped by the undead, escape seems impossible for Jim Thurmond. But Jim's young son is alive and in dire peril hundreds of miles away. Despite overwhelming odds, Jim vows to find him - or die trying. 

Joined by an elderly preacher, a guilt-ridden scientist, and a determined ex-prostitute, Jim embarks on a cross-country rescue mission. They must battle both the living and the living dead. And for Jim and his companions, an even greater evil awaits them at the end of their journey. This is the time of... The Rising.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2004</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Rising</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Brian Keene]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Oct 24 08:22:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are too many things wrong with this book. Despite some original ideas and a few worthy tense moments, it is most of the time laughably bad, and embarrassingly badly written.<br/><p>The amount of typos and the atrocious grammar was shocking. Someone needs to tell Keene, the copyeditors and publis...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35385389">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Stupid forum user.]]></recommended_by>
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 26 16:27:08 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 27 07:42:23 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh dear. Where to start...<br/><br/>Whilst looking for zombie books worth reading, I saw this one mentioned and figured it looked like it might be a decent read.<br/><br/>I was so wrong. Maybe the fellow in the forums that mentioned this book as being good was a 7 year old?<br/><br/>Reading th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16459678">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20971482">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kristen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Harrison, TN]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 25 10:04:22 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 25 11:20:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the First Brian Keene book that I picked up, and to be honest... I wasn't expecting much. I enjoy a good Zombie film as much as the next person, but had never read a zombie book before. I was pleasantly surprised while reading this book. The characters were (for the most part) very real, en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20971482">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21508991">
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    <location><![CDATA[Logan, UT]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Not many people]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 03 07:11:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 04 21:09:08 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There were so many things wrong with this book that I couldn't even finish it. Some people will be angry at me for this, but I have my reasons. Firstly, the book was WAY too gory. Some people may be cool with that, but not me. Secondly, WAY too much swearing. Third, the characters seem to be heading...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21508991">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="10439518">
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  <date_added>Fri Dec 14 15:42:25 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 14 15:42:59 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i'm sorry - zombie fish? i kind of lost it after that...]]></body>
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    <review id="5510257">
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    <body><![CDATA[Zombified goldfish?  Nah.]]></body>
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    <review id="21239581">
    <user id="1125077">
    <name><![CDATA[Kenjii]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hemet, CA]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[fans of survival/zombie horror, smart horror]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Dec 11 10:51:11 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Multiple characters are trying to survive in a world being overrun by zombies. Jim's fight to survive involves trying to save his son Danny that is across the from WV to NJ. Part 1 of 2. Next City of the dead. Last read in 2007. Read again Dec 2008.<br/><br/>I learned you have to enjoy the story a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21239581">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12951258">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jackie]]></name>
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 20 05:00:39 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 15 11:12:59 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my very first &quot;zombie&quot; book. And I'll have to say I was a bit disappointed in his explanation of the zombie phenomenon. That aside, the plot ebbed and flowed. Sometimes it seemed well-paced and other times it was stagnant. I also had a problem with the ending. Either kill them off...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12951258">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43826482">
    <user id="26183">
    <name><![CDATA[Eric]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Jan 21 11:15:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 21 11:16:21 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/><br/>I was thoroughly enjoying myself until I read a sentence pairing which drove me up the wall and seemed to bring all of the faults of the book to the forefront making my continued enjoyment a bit more difficult. I don't have the book with me so I can't relate exactly what it was but it wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43826482">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58103575">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 01 16:05:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 01 16:06:45 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So to be perfectly honest, I’ve been going back and forth on whether on not I actually wanted to write this review. It basically came down to ‘not burning bridges’ in a very small universe, or being honest with my readers. (I know, all three of you.)<br/><br/>When I weighted it out, I decided ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58103575">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74594378">
    <user id="1233422">
    <name><![CDATA[Liz]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 15 01:16:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 20 22:40:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rising is a zombie apocalypse novel. The story begins in West Virginia with the apocalypse already in progress and the dubious hero, Jim, in a survivalist shelter watching zombies roam his neighborhood. Among the dead is his pregnant wife, Carrie. He is perplexed by the zombies; not only are they fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74594378">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63538680">
    <user id="2326599">
    <name><![CDATA[Alyson]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Arlington, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 14 20:56:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 14 21:02:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I do love zombie books I really do! This one was ok. There's a sort of wacky premise about why zombies are around, and some of the content was a tad gratuitous, but otherwise this novel delivered some mighty fine zombie action. I gave it two stars because I think that at times the story gets a bit h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63538680">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36334176">
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    <name><![CDATA[Stefanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 27 15:40:47 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 27 15:43:27 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was terrible. Badly written with a cliff hanger ending which means a second book I will definitely not read. I don't even know why I finished this one expect that it was pretty much the only thing I had to read at work. The really sad part about this book is that it could have been good.]]></body>
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    <review id="49155028">
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    <name><![CDATA[Alejandra]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tarboro, NC]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everybody who love horrors!]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Rising is a very interesting book. This book is about the rising of the undead upon the earth. This book is very detailed and you feel like you are at where the author is describing. There are four point-of-views in this book. The four are: Jim, a former construction worker before the rising; Ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49155028">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43481537">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mo]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bothell, WA]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Zombie lovers who don't mind gore]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 18 12:38:44 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 18 12:44:01 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[You can sum this book up by saying it's basically, &quot;A Series of Unfortunate Events. With Zombies.&quot; The idea behind this book (I hesitate to call it a plot) is that the world has gone to hell due to the sudden zombie uprising. There are, of course, still a few survivors, but mostly, any per...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43481537">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23460592">
    <user id="1173005">
    <name><![CDATA[Eric]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 01 15:04:40 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 31 12:10:52 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Rising delivers what it promises: fast-paced gory zombie goodness. Keene holds nothing back and often goes over the top in his descriptions and situations, but the writing is so good and the experience so enjoyable that you don't really mind. <br/><br/>As other readers have noted, he does chan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23460592">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19985527">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dustin]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hell, I love zombies but man have I not seen enough fan films just treading over the same Romero ground.<br/><br/>Keene takes the zombie genre to a different level of craziness with this book.  Not a better level, just a different one.<br/><br/>See, we humans screwed up.  We were trying to open ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19985527">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 07 18:27:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started reading this book well over a year ago and put it down halfway through. I had liked it but life kind of came over me like a wave and I put it down to do something else. While looking for something to change gears, I came across it and picked it up.<br/><br/>What a waste.<br/><br/>I lik...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15565960">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So I am doing a sweep of Brian's books which I have read.<br/><br/>I had the pleasure of being present when he read a chapter of this book at the World Horror Convention is Chicago.<br/>It was then which I decided that I would look at reading his work, because he has a good edge of catching the r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10793552">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read three Brian Keene horror novels this summer- previous to this, I tried The Conqueror Worms and City of the Dead, the &quot;sequel&quot; to this book, The Rising. I put sequel in quotes because City of the Dead isn't so much a sequel as it is a necessary continuation of the story in this bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4718640">more...</a>]]></body>
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