Hard book to review, I will say up front that I went in with rather low expectations. I blithely assumed that this book was another "let us inject zombies into a historical type book," which sounded tired and somewhat of an excuse for bad writing (I'm thinking here Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, etc.)

Luckily I was rather wrong in my initial assessment, the story itself is played much straighter. The majority of the story is about two brothers during the depression who rob banks. The story starts after they have been doing it for awhile and throughout the book they reminisce about how the depression got them to this point. The easy highlight of the book is this look into depression era America in the midwest; it felt real and immediate.

Of course the book *is* still about two brothers who seemingly cannot die, which does lend the book a certain tall tale flavor. All I can say about that is it does not happen too often nor did it seem too hackney (or as hackney as I had feared?) through the story.

My low expectations were doubtless part of this, but overall this was an interesting book.