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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Max Brook's tale of the Zombie Apocalypse is absolutely gripping. It's been years since I've read a book that truly capture my imagination and made me feel a bit squeamish or made me think about the big "What If?"



Told through the eyes of the survivors of World War Z and The Great Panic, Brooks paints us an account of what happened (or what could happen) in the face of the living dead reanimating and fighting back against the world. We learn about the origins of the plague, where it started and how it spread, the panic that ensues, the war that humanity wages to take back the Earth, and the after effects of the battle. The amount of research alone that went into this book will have you tipping your hat to the author.



If you decide to start this book, be sure to clear your schedule as you won't want to put it down. For fans of post-apocalyptic stories, horror, and zombie genre, take a few days to slip into a dangerous world where no one is safe. See how the world falls apart and then joins together to rebuild itself after a global tragedy.



As I finished World War Z, I could only think that if or when the dead decide to reanimate, I hope the US Government has Max Brooks on speed dial, because he's the one who will leading the armies and getting us all out alive.



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