false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170252672m/44190.jpg 44190 4 <div>It's one month after a global disaster. The most "developed" nations of the world have fallen to the shambling zombie masses. Only a few pockets of humanity survive &#8212; in places rife with high-powered weaponry, such as Somalia.<br><br>In New York City, the dead walk the streets, driven by an insatiable hunger for all things living. One amongst them is different; though he shares their appetites he has retained his human intelligence. Alone among the mindless zombies, Gary Fleck is an eyewitness to the end of the world &#8212; and perhaps the evil genius behind it all.<br><br>From the other side of the planet, a small but heavily-armed group of schoolgirls-turned-soldiers has come in search of desperately needed medicine. Dekalb, a former United Nations weapons inspector, leads them as their local guide. Ayaan, a crack shot at the age of sixteen, will stop at nothing to complete her mission. They think they are prepared for anything. On Monster Island they will find that there is something worse even than being undead, as Gary learns the true price of survival.<br></div> 1405943 1 4 2006 Monster Island (Zombies, Book 1) total:693|5:130|4:252|3:238|2:50|1:23| 693 2495 1097 140 1 2 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 12:02:48 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 11:48:21 -0700 2008
Ugh. I mean I got all the way through it, so it wasn't the WORST book in the world. And there were some interesting parts. But overall the thing felt very amateurish, it read like fan ficti...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 07:42:29 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:10:43 -0700 2009
I actually read this out loud to my girlfriend over a succession of evenings, and we both got completely sucked in ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 13 10:16:19 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 11:04:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Mar 01 18:37:37 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 01 18:39:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 11:49:28 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 00:07:31 -0700 2009
Anyways, I suppose that leads us to the review of Monster Island. I basically picked this...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 14 16:25:18 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 16:25:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 06 13:18:36 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 23:45:02 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 13:18:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 07:11:29 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 10:26:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:23:32 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:29:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 22:11:52 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 18:00:37 -0800 2009
It was an entertaining but short read and not too gory as most in the genre are. Ok, ok, zombies eating living people, intestines hanging out, bits & pieces of dead flesh hanging of the zo...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 05 08:12:24 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 08:14:20 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 18:07:26 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 16:22:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 12:08:05 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 12:08:05 -0700 2009 Characters seemed a little light I would have appreciated some clearer motivation for Gary and Dekalb. The Somalian school girl mercenaries got ignored by the author hard-core. Where was Ayaan's head during all this? - as is she is wispy Muslim background character...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 23 13:11:01 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 13:22:07 -0700 2009
All of the characters are memorable and most of the major playe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 05:45:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 05:49:50 -0700 2009
The novelty: the last survivors of the zombie apocalypse are african, mostly, as the zombies circle in, drawing humanity's last society into a smaller and smaller circle; the way survivors ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 08 18:19:01 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 25 08:37:14 -0800 2009 1
Frankly, I was surprised by how good this book was. Usually zombie novels and films foll...more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 21:49:06 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 18:36:40 -0700 2009
I have to say i was slightly hesitant to read this, considering the multitude of negative reviews i have read for this, and the other 2 books in the series. But when i finally gave in and began reading it, i was hooked instantly. The entire concept ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 27 22:14:42 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 22:15:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun May 04 06:16:06 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 26 02:12:44 -0800 2008
Anyway, back then, even in my weak mental capabilities, my first thought was that ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Oct 03 12:31:49 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 12:33:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=44190