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Dead Inside: Do Not Enter: Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse
Post Secret meets World War Z in this chilling vision of the fallout following a global zombie pandemic. A gradual mutation of a virulent strain of super flu gives rise to millions of the undead, who quickly overwhelm treatment facilities and swarm cities around the world, leaving survivors on their own against a legion of the infected. This chilling story is told through the scraps of paper, scrawled signs, and cryptic markers left by survivors as they struggle to stay alive and find those they ve lost in a world overrun by zombies. Through these found notes and messages letters to loved ones, journal fragments, confessions, and warnings readers can uncover the story of what went wrong, and come to know the individual voices of those affected by the zombie crisis.
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 21, 2011
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May 23, 2013
This is what PostSecret will look like after the zombie apocalypse. Like PostSecret, it's a collection of (mostly) handwritten notes, supposedly collected by an anonymous survivor. Most of the notes were written after the worst case scenario had already happened, and there's little of the build up to the outbreak. This is a very bleak apocalypse, but what do you expect from zombies?
It seems that the notes were written as part of a collective project, Lost Zombies, which I haven't really looked at yet. I definitely will now, though. Since there was a group of people writing these, the quality does vary a bit. Some of the notes do sound a bit more like something that would actually be sent to PostSecret than a note that you really would find lying around a mysteriously empty house. But there is some really, really good stuff here. The mother who watched her daughter die of heatstroke in a car surrounded by zombies. Somebody snarking on the comic sans in a sign. Scraps of somebody's attempt to write a book about what's happening. And they (mostly) read like notes that really would be left around in a zombie apocalypse.
But I really wish the introduction wasn't there. It's written in-universe, but the mere presence of a calmly typed timeline of zombies undermines the immersion of the rest of the book. It's not like there's anything you really need to know and couldn't possibly get from the rest of the book. I would say to skip the intro and just absorb everything from the notes themselves. They'll tell you everything you really need to know. I wish I had. I also kind of wish that I'd read this on a dark night, in an otherwise empty house, maybe with enough wind to provide strange noises. Actually, that sounds like a really bad idea.
It seems that the notes were written as part of a collective project, Lost Zombies, which I haven't really looked at yet. I definitely will now, though. Since there was a group of people writing these, the quality does vary a bit. Some of the notes do sound a bit more like something that would actually be sent to PostSecret than a note that you really would find lying around a mysteriously empty house. But there is some really, really good stuff here. The mother who watched her daughter die of heatstroke in a car surrounded by zombies. Somebody snarking on the comic sans in a sign. Scraps of somebody's attempt to write a book about what's happening. And they (mostly) read like notes that really would be left around in a zombie apocalypse.
But I really wish the introduction wasn't there. It's written in-universe, but the mere presence of a calmly typed timeline of zombies undermines the immersion of the rest of the book. It's not like there's anything you really need to know and couldn't possibly get from the rest of the book. I would say to skip the intro and just absorb everything from the notes themselves. They'll tell you everything you really need to know. I wish I had. I also kind of wish that I'd read this on a dark night, in an otherwise empty house, maybe with enough wind to provide strange noises. Actually, that sounds like a really bad idea.
October 26, 2012
Because I like graphic novels, zombies (please don't talk to me about the TV adaption of The Walking Dead), and narrative theory (and who doesn't!?) I had high hopes for this book. It's basically a variation on the epistolary novel: a zombie apocalypse told via a series of collected notes and letters, in a range of formats: instructions to loved ones, warning signs, to-do lists, children's stories, public information notices, all written on letterhead, torn boxes, scrap paper, printed forms, photographs etc.
The book is a collaborative effort from a zombie-themed social network, but as I'm not involved in this I'm judging it as a stand-alone text.
As such it is disappointing, and maybe I'd go so far as to say the book was ruined for me by the editor's note and foreword. These comprise an "explanation" of how and where the notes came to be discovered, the timeline of the zombie outbreak, the development of the virus, how it is transmitted, and the important places involved in the outbreak. Way to ruin the book, guys!
Can I not be trusted to just read the notes and work it all out for myself? I'm relatively intelligent and I think I'd be OK without having every single detail of the outbreak laid out for me. It's zombies. Not quantum entanglement.
Additionally, the editor's note clashes with the premise of the book. In this zombie apocalypse the zombies won. There is no civilisation left. But the editor's note, by identifying themselves as an editor, acknowledges the notes have been ordered and arranged, prepared, and published. This presupposes a level of organisation that seems dubious at best in a zombie-infested world. How much stronger this book would have been without this introduction (the timeline would have made good extra online content to access after reading the book). I highly recommend ignoring these first three pages.
The notes themselves are often highly effective, although some do seem very stagey. Only one completely jarred: a printout of a text conversation, cut up very, very carefully and neatly, and laid out much like an iPhone text conversation. I could believe that someone would print out a last conversation with a loved one, but not the way this has been presented. This brings the "editor" to mind and jerks the reader out of the narrative, by calling attention to its mediated nature.
I also think the pacing was off. There should have been more from prior to, and at the beginning of, the outbreak. The vast majority of content is from a full-blown apocalypse. As a crowdsourced book I can understand not many participants wanted to do notes where life was pretty normal, but they just had a little cough. Guns, killing, and betrayal are much more appealing. This relentless bombardment of worst-case horror stories means the horror loses all impact (also, not that horrible).
Stronger editorial input (and I mean a real editor, not the "editor") would have helped strengthen the story.
Dead Inside does some interesting things with multiple-author storytelling, and I am glad to have a copy. I also like my Zombie Outbreak Warning sticker.
The book is a collaborative effort from a zombie-themed social network, but as I'm not involved in this I'm judging it as a stand-alone text.
As such it is disappointing, and maybe I'd go so far as to say the book was ruined for me by the editor's note and foreword. These comprise an "explanation" of how and where the notes came to be discovered, the timeline of the zombie outbreak, the development of the virus, how it is transmitted, and the important places involved in the outbreak. Way to ruin the book, guys!
Can I not be trusted to just read the notes and work it all out for myself? I'm relatively intelligent and I think I'd be OK without having every single detail of the outbreak laid out for me. It's zombies. Not quantum entanglement.
Additionally, the editor's note clashes with the premise of the book. In this zombie apocalypse the zombies won. There is no civilisation left. But the editor's note, by identifying themselves as an editor, acknowledges the notes have been ordered and arranged, prepared, and published. This presupposes a level of organisation that seems dubious at best in a zombie-infested world. How much stronger this book would have been without this introduction (the timeline would have made good extra online content to access after reading the book). I highly recommend ignoring these first three pages.
The notes themselves are often highly effective, although some do seem very stagey. Only one completely jarred: a printout of a text conversation, cut up very, very carefully and neatly, and laid out much like an iPhone text conversation. I could believe that someone would print out a last conversation with a loved one, but not the way this has been presented. This brings the "editor" to mind and jerks the reader out of the narrative, by calling attention to its mediated nature.
I also think the pacing was off. There should have been more from prior to, and at the beginning of, the outbreak. The vast majority of content is from a full-blown apocalypse. As a crowdsourced book I can understand not many participants wanted to do notes where life was pretty normal, but they just had a little cough. Guns, killing, and betrayal are much more appealing. This relentless bombardment of worst-case horror stories means the horror loses all impact (also, not that horrible).
Stronger editorial input (and I mean a real editor, not the "editor") would have helped strengthen the story.
Dead Inside does some interesting things with multiple-author storytelling, and I am glad to have a copy. I also like my Zombie Outbreak Warning sticker.
May 9, 2020
edit 2020: THIS HITS SO DIFFERENT IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC!
My review was first posted on Northern Plunder, you can read more of my reviews there too.
I really don’t know where to start with this book, I loved every page and found myself giggling at most.
In the summary it mentions it’s a combination of “Post Secrets” and “World War Z”; I haven’t read World War Z but I can easily pick out why it’s like Post Secrets. This is because rather than a story being told in the traditional way it is actually scraps of paper that have been found and collected by someone (or some people I guess) during a zombie apocalypse.
*Please note: I have since read World War Z and I would say this is a correction comparison to make. World War Z is a collection of stories from around the world in different stages of the outbreak. Dead Inside: Do Not Enter is a collection of stories/notes/diary entries from different stages of an outbreak too.
It’s amazing how much detail and knowledge you get from this collection of found notes, especially when some could have as little as 5 words on them.
I read this book in one sitting so I guess you could complain it’s a little on the short side but what can you expect when you’re reading notes! (I’m really good at complaining, damn. I promise with my next review I wont complain at all).
Pick it up if you’re into zombie books and arty compositions of books.
My review was first posted on Northern Plunder, you can read more of my reviews there too.
I really don’t know where to start with this book, I loved every page and found myself giggling at most.
In the summary it mentions it’s a combination of “Post Secrets” and “World War Z”; I haven’t read World War Z but I can easily pick out why it’s like Post Secrets. This is because rather than a story being told in the traditional way it is actually scraps of paper that have been found and collected by someone (or some people I guess) during a zombie apocalypse.
*Please note: I have since read World War Z and I would say this is a correction comparison to make. World War Z is a collection of stories from around the world in different stages of the outbreak. Dead Inside: Do Not Enter is a collection of stories/notes/diary entries from different stages of an outbreak too.
It’s amazing how much detail and knowledge you get from this collection of found notes, especially when some could have as little as 5 words on them.
I read this book in one sitting so I guess you could complain it’s a little on the short side but what can you expect when you’re reading notes! (I’m really good at complaining, damn. I promise with my next review I wont complain at all).
Pick it up if you’re into zombie books and arty compositions of books.
January 21, 2012
It's like a book of hand written love poetry. Except it's not poetry, and it's not about love, it's about zombies.
February 10, 2013
Immediate Thoughts: Holy shit. THAT'S how you write a motherfucking zombie book. No joke. Review to come.
Not really a review, originally posted here.
Me: Oh, god, Amy. I can already tell that you'll have to read the book I just started. I can TELL.
Me: On second thought...wait, you like books that make you cry, right?
Amy: I LOVE books that make me cry. That's in the book? That gave me chills!
Me: YES! The whole thing is handwritten notes and transcribed texts from the zombie outbreak. It's terrifying, thank goodness it's daylight.
Me: (an hour later) I just finished. Holy shit. My heart is racing.
This is all very confusing (even for me), so let me go back a bit -
There's this social network, lostzombies.com, which posits that the zombie apocalypse is/has happen/ing/ed and they're creating a documentary about this currently happening zombpocalypse, based on submissions from the community. People make videos, they write letters, they stage photos, all set up to make the participants (and eventually, the moviewatchers) feel as if they're currently in the middle of this thing RIGHT EFFING NOW.
While I don't know that I'd be down for a full on immersion like some of these people, I was able to get into it for the hour it took to read this book.
It's set up at the beginning with a vague timeline of events. First there's the flu, which is the first super-flu, and it mutates into the Campion Flu (heh, fans of The Stand will get a chuckle out of that, if nothing else), which is the zombie virus. A handwritten note at the beginning explains that everything we find within the pages of this book was contained in the backpack of a little zombie girl that had to be put down.
It's heartbreaking and breathtaking from its first pages. It's billed as being a cross between Post Secret (which ALWAYS makes me a little weepy) and World War Z (which has pretty much set the bar for zombie fiction), but it's more of the former than the latter, I think. At the end of WWZ, I had a feeling of hope for humanity.
Dead Inside: Do Not Enter is rather hopeless and bleak.
Which was why it was perfect for a quick afternoon read. If you read it too slow, it won't have the same effect - but if you don't pause to take note of the horrifying aspects of the things you're reading or allow yourself to BELIEVE that this is currently happening...it just won't be worth your time.
Not recommended for people that aren't already fans of zombie literature, but HIGHLY recommended for those that are.
Not really a review, originally posted here.
Me: Oh, god, Amy. I can already tell that you'll have to read the book I just started. I can TELL.
Me: On second thought...wait, you like books that make you cry, right?
Amy: I LOVE books that make me cry. That's in the book? That gave me chills!
Me: YES! The whole thing is handwritten notes and transcribed texts from the zombie outbreak. It's terrifying, thank goodness it's daylight.
Me: (an hour later) I just finished. Holy shit. My heart is racing.
Dead Inside: Do Not Enter: Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse is NOT a zombie novel, so don't try to read it like one.
This is all very confusing (even for me), so let me go back a bit -
There's this social network, lostzombies.com, which posits that the zombie apocalypse is/has happen/ing/ed and they're creating a documentary about this currently happening zombpocalypse, based on submissions from the community. People make videos, they write letters, they stage photos, all set up to make the participants (and eventually, the moviewatchers) feel as if they're currently in the middle of this thing RIGHT EFFING NOW.
While I don't know that I'd be down for a full on immersion like some of these people, I was able to get into it for the hour it took to read this book.
It's set up at the beginning with a vague timeline of events. First there's the flu, which is the first super-flu, and it mutates into the Campion Flu (heh, fans of The Stand will get a chuckle out of that, if nothing else), which is the zombie virus. A handwritten note at the beginning explains that everything we find within the pages of this book was contained in the backpack of a little zombie girl that had to be put down.
It's heartbreaking and breathtaking from its first pages. It's billed as being a cross between Post Secret (which ALWAYS makes me a little weepy) and World War Z (which has pretty much set the bar for zombie fiction), but it's more of the former than the latter, I think. At the end of WWZ, I had a feeling of hope for humanity.
Dead Inside: Do Not Enter is rather hopeless and bleak.
Which was why it was perfect for a quick afternoon read. If you read it too slow, it won't have the same effect - but if you don't pause to take note of the horrifying aspects of the things you're reading or allow yourself to BELIEVE that this is currently happening...it just won't be worth your time.
Not recommended for people that aren't already fans of zombie literature, but HIGHLY recommended for those that are.
November 1, 2020
I just read this book in one go and I thought it was truly terrific. It's amazing how one note can make you feel really sad, certainly some of the notes in there made me want to know more about the person. I hope they continue to make books like this because it's very unique and an interesting read.
xxx
[EDIT]
I decided to re-read this for Halloween (I first read it in 2015 and here we are during a pandemic in 2020) because I wanted a good zombie book and it's just as good as I remembered. I wish there were more books like that out there, it's very creative.
My only minor criticism was I struggled to read some of the handwriting!
x
xxx
[EDIT]
I decided to re-read this for Halloween (I first read it in 2015 and here we are during a pandemic in 2020) because I wanted a good zombie book and it's just as good as I remembered. I wish there were more books like that out there, it's very creative.
My only minor criticism was I struggled to read some of the handwriting!
x
December 13, 2014
I can't believe I actually read this...
The concept is really cool, but there is no story.
The concept is really cool, but there is no story.
April 4, 2017
Книжката се състои от фотографии, правени от потребителите на сайта LostZombies.com. Над 150 бележки, снимки и хитроумни съобщения, които ни вкарват в един постапокалиптичен свят пълен с ходещи трупове.
За мен книгата е гениална. Епистоларен роман от втори порядък, където думите са излишни, защото феновете сами си запълват историята.
За мен книгата е гениална. Епистоларен роман от втори порядък, където думите са излишни, защото феновете сами си запълват историята.
August 4, 2024
If you love the walking dead, you’ll love this. Literally read it in like 20mins it’s great.
August 17, 2024
Was as expected. Short read of note letters and warning from those lost during an outbreak of the undead. The book is very well done. Worth my shelf space.
July 20, 2016
I read Dead Inside on cold Friday evening, tucked up in bed with a warm blanket, during the middle of October. I should’ve probably waited until nearer Halloween to start reading, but I just couldn’t wait. The book begins with a timeline explaining to us how the zombie apocalypse began - with a super flu that spread throughout the world. The book is made up of scraps of paper and photographs that a survivor collected throughout the epidemic.
After I had finished reading Dead Inside I finally understood the comparison that the publishers makes with Post Secret and World War Z. The scrapbook has a combination of confessions and documented events, both in written and photograph form, that are often bloodied, burned, ripped or waterlogged. The confessions are honest, and sometimes heartbreaking, notes written by survivors for their loved ones, as well as maniacally-written threats from those-turned-zombie. The other scraps are notes, letters and warnings that document what it is like living in fear, being quarantined, and hiding from the zombies. I didn’t realise that some of the notes would be from the same people, telling us their story throughout the book. The notes also seem to be in chronological order, so you get real insight into what a zombie-infested world might be like. It told a sad story about what it was liking living in a world where you could trust no one.
I had assumed that the book would be aimed at young adults, probably due to the influx of zombie titles lately, but I think it’s actually aimed at adult readers as there’s a large amount of swearing (understandable, given the situation). The book is a mix of horror and humour, which worked really well. One of my favourite pages was both gruesome and hilarious at the same time. The only little problem I had with the book was that there were quite a few intentional grammatical mistakes and spelling errors. I understand that, given that the survivors probably had more pressing issues than the quality of their writing, there would be the occasional error, but it seemed too forced to feel realistic. Nonetheless, this didn’t impair my enjoyment of the scrapbook too much.
Dead Inside is a wonderfully chilling scrapbook that would make a fantastic gift for any zombie fan!
Thank you Chronicle Books for sending me a copy of this book to review.
I also reviewed this book over on Pretty Books.
After I had finished reading Dead Inside I finally understood the comparison that the publishers makes with Post Secret and World War Z. The scrapbook has a combination of confessions and documented events, both in written and photograph form, that are often bloodied, burned, ripped or waterlogged. The confessions are honest, and sometimes heartbreaking, notes written by survivors for their loved ones, as well as maniacally-written threats from those-turned-zombie. The other scraps are notes, letters and warnings that document what it is like living in fear, being quarantined, and hiding from the zombies. I didn’t realise that some of the notes would be from the same people, telling us their story throughout the book. The notes also seem to be in chronological order, so you get real insight into what a zombie-infested world might be like. It told a sad story about what it was liking living in a world where you could trust no one.
I had assumed that the book would be aimed at young adults, probably due to the influx of zombie titles lately, but I think it’s actually aimed at adult readers as there’s a large amount of swearing (understandable, given the situation). The book is a mix of horror and humour, which worked really well. One of my favourite pages was both gruesome and hilarious at the same time. The only little problem I had with the book was that there were quite a few intentional grammatical mistakes and spelling errors. I understand that, given that the survivors probably had more pressing issues than the quality of their writing, there would be the occasional error, but it seemed too forced to feel realistic. Nonetheless, this didn’t impair my enjoyment of the scrapbook too much.
Dead Inside is a wonderfully chilling scrapbook that would make a fantastic gift for any zombie fan!
Thank you Chronicle Books for sending me a copy of this book to review.
I also reviewed this book over on Pretty Books.
June 12, 2020
I first spotted this book online in 2014 and I've been wanting to read it ever since. Of course back then I had no idea I'd be reading it while in lockdown during a real-life pandemic. (Said real-life pandemic makes the reading a slightly more eerie experience, and that says nothing for the loose timeline at the book's beginning.)
I love the entire concept of this book. Fragmented narratives like this are one of my favourite mediums, and it suits the subject matter so well. I'm no stranger to zombie stories told via different documents, journal entries, chatlogs, etc, but this is the first time I've ever seen a story told through photographs. The idea of using found fragmented notes is so cool, and there's something especially harrowing about seeing everyone's unique handwriting and the paper they used to write their messages on -- sometimes notepaper, sometimes personalised reminder notes, sometimes cards or backs of receipts and envelopes, with the paper growing all the more unconventional as the outbreak progresses (matchboxes, car air fresheners).
I have to also mention the quality of the photographs in this book. They're so good that several times I almost found myself smoothing out a page because I thought a photographed wrinkle was a real one. The writing looks as though it's physically there on the page -- you can see where the writer has put more pressure on the paper, you can see things showing through on the other side, ragged edges and wrinkles on the notes look real enough to touch. It really is some awesome photography.
This, combined with the personalisation of the notes and the glimpses into what was happening as the person wrote them, makes for a pretty heavy read. There's something about seeing such a devastating event play out in someone's handwriting that makes it especially dark. It's just a really cool little project and the book is beautifully presented with incredible photos. Glad I finally managed to pick this up!
I love the entire concept of this book. Fragmented narratives like this are one of my favourite mediums, and it suits the subject matter so well. I'm no stranger to zombie stories told via different documents, journal entries, chatlogs, etc, but this is the first time I've ever seen a story told through photographs. The idea of using found fragmented notes is so cool, and there's something especially harrowing about seeing everyone's unique handwriting and the paper they used to write their messages on -- sometimes notepaper, sometimes personalised reminder notes, sometimes cards or backs of receipts and envelopes, with the paper growing all the more unconventional as the outbreak progresses (matchboxes, car air fresheners).
I have to also mention the quality of the photographs in this book. They're so good that several times I almost found myself smoothing out a page because I thought a photographed wrinkle was a real one. The writing looks as though it's physically there on the page -- you can see where the writer has put more pressure on the paper, you can see things showing through on the other side, ragged edges and wrinkles on the notes look real enough to touch. It really is some awesome photography.
This, combined with the personalisation of the notes and the glimpses into what was happening as the person wrote them, makes for a pretty heavy read. There's something about seeing such a devastating event play out in someone's handwriting that makes it especially dark. It's just a really cool little project and the book is beautifully presented with incredible photos. Glad I finally managed to pick this up!
December 13, 2021
Super quick read and my first graphic novel. It basically tells you the timeline of the super flu breaking out and escalating into 75% of the population being dead or undead. The description of how society reacted to the pandemic had some uncanny similarities with the reaction to Covid (this was written 10 years ago) so made the story feel more real. The rest of the book is a collection of notes, letters, photographs, signs etc ‘found in a backpack’ which was such an interesting way to tell a zombie story. I loved the concept that the author was documenting these scraps found during the apocalypse and giving you snippets of the experience from the beginning of the pandemic to the last few survivors around. It was very believable and well done
July 3, 2020
This is a great little scrapbook-style graphic novel. Various handwritten notes of the Zombie Apocalypse chronicle what people went through when it all happened. Getting bit, having to kill family members, killing strangers or themselves, stealing supplies...it's why I love apocalyptic novels and dramas because it makes me wonder how I would deal with a situation so dire. Survivor? Monster? Thief? I suspect that some of us wouldn't know until we were faced with it.
A very fun read!
A very fun read!
March 29, 2023
this was so good??? and so interesting too omg. i’m in love
February 8, 2017
4.5 stars. Wow, this was a stunning book, absolutely creepy and the perfect read for the Halloween season.
This book consists out of photographs of letters, cards, posters, anything that people wrote on before and during the zombie apocalypse. At the beginning of the book we also have a timeline with some basic information so we know how the world ended in this book. How it started with a flu and how it ended in people just, well, eating each other. It is nothing new that zombie apocalypses start by a new strain of flu, there are several books that feature this, but it is always interesting to see how it is executed. And I have to say this book? It did it perfectly.
The stuff written is sometimes short, sometimes very long. I have to say that the short ones gave me more goosebumps than the longer letters. The pure desperateness that just flows out of those short messages, the pure fear that made them so short, the fact that you just know that these people didn't make it, or are now alone, still searching for the people they love. Still fighting out there.
Several of the letters also have blood on them, and that really adds to the scary factor the book has.
Throughout the book I had goosebumps all over me, and I just felt afraid, but also sad, because some of these notes are ones were people are looking for their loved ones, or confess that they did something. There were also letters of people who knew they would turn, who knew they would change into those monsters.
I also liked that we went from good (there is a flu, and yes it is creepy) to bad (OMG ZOMBIES!).
The only reason why I didn't give this book a 5 star was because of 2 things. One, sometimes I just couldn't decipher what was written. I can imagine that they wanted diversity in how the notes looked, but I feel that it failed. Diversity is nice, and I can imagine that people are rushing to write, but I wish I could just read them. Because now? Sometimes I just couldn't. And I just gave up and went to the next one.
The second one, and I can slightly forgive that one, as you are in a zombie apocalypse, but some were also from before, the fact the grammar and spelling at times just lacked. I noticed some words and I was just wondering how anyone would get those wrong.
But those 2 points are really the only ones that I thought weren't right. The rest of this book is a rollercoaster of fear and creepiness. And believe me, you will be looking over your shoulder while reading.
I hope there will be more books like this. More of those books about notes, and letters and just let those speak for themselves.
Would I recommend this book? Heck yes! If you are a zombie fan, or just looking for a nerve-wrecking and creepy book, I would say try this one out!
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
This book consists out of photographs of letters, cards, posters, anything that people wrote on before and during the zombie apocalypse. At the beginning of the book we also have a timeline with some basic information so we know how the world ended in this book. How it started with a flu and how it ended in people just, well, eating each other. It is nothing new that zombie apocalypses start by a new strain of flu, there are several books that feature this, but it is always interesting to see how it is executed. And I have to say this book? It did it perfectly.
The stuff written is sometimes short, sometimes very long. I have to say that the short ones gave me more goosebumps than the longer letters. The pure desperateness that just flows out of those short messages, the pure fear that made them so short, the fact that you just know that these people didn't make it, or are now alone, still searching for the people they love. Still fighting out there.
Several of the letters also have blood on them, and that really adds to the scary factor the book has.
Throughout the book I had goosebumps all over me, and I just felt afraid, but also sad, because some of these notes are ones were people are looking for their loved ones, or confess that they did something. There were also letters of people who knew they would turn, who knew they would change into those monsters.
I also liked that we went from good (there is a flu, and yes it is creepy) to bad (OMG ZOMBIES!).
The only reason why I didn't give this book a 5 star was because of 2 things. One, sometimes I just couldn't decipher what was written. I can imagine that they wanted diversity in how the notes looked, but I feel that it failed. Diversity is nice, and I can imagine that people are rushing to write, but I wish I could just read them. Because now? Sometimes I just couldn't. And I just gave up and went to the next one.
The second one, and I can slightly forgive that one, as you are in a zombie apocalypse, but some were also from before, the fact the grammar and spelling at times just lacked. I noticed some words and I was just wondering how anyone would get those wrong.
But those 2 points are really the only ones that I thought weren't right. The rest of this book is a rollercoaster of fear and creepiness. And believe me, you will be looking over your shoulder while reading.
I hope there will be more books like this. More of those books about notes, and letters and just let those speak for themselves.
Would I recommend this book? Heck yes! If you are a zombie fan, or just looking for a nerve-wrecking and creepy book, I would say try this one out!
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
December 25, 2012
Dead Inside is a collection of random notes from general civilian survivors as a super flu pandemic goes wrong.
The book starts with a timeline explaining the events leading to the breakout, and a longer note that describes the contents that follow. It sets up the book wonderfully: without this guide, the random notes would be truly random, and they lack the obvious hints to context that the reader needs.
The first half is a combination of notes that describe the gradual devolvement of the containment situation, the worry and confusion afterwards, and panic as people try to figure things out by themselves.
The notes, sent in by Lost Zombies, make the notes and story feel genuine and just real. These really could be notes that people leave for each other during the apocalypse, as opposed to a journal in progress or a third-person narration. You extrapolate and wonder what led to the creation of the note, and what happened after.
Because there are no major characters - in the second half everything's a one-hit wonder - there's really no one to root behind for survival. The ending is ambiguous and bleak.
Overall, it makes a great coffee table book, and accomplishes the job it set out to do. It would rate as a 4.5 for me because it didn't tell a complete story, but that's not its point. It's notes from the apocalypse, and you build your own theories behind them. It doesn't hold a candle to narratives, but it's an amazing fictional primary source that gives a fresh perspective to the genre.
The book starts with a timeline explaining the events leading to the breakout, and a longer note that describes the contents that follow. It sets up the book wonderfully: without this guide, the random notes would be truly random, and they lack the obvious hints to context that the reader needs.
The first half is a combination of notes that describe the gradual devolvement of the containment situation, the worry and confusion afterwards, and panic as people try to figure things out by themselves.
The notes, sent in by Lost Zombies, make the notes and story feel genuine and just real. These really could be notes that people leave for each other during the apocalypse, as opposed to a journal in progress or a third-person narration. You extrapolate and wonder what led to the creation of the note, and what happened after.
Because there are no major characters - in the second half everything's a one-hit wonder - there's really no one to root behind for survival. The ending is ambiguous and bleak.
Overall, it makes a great coffee table book, and accomplishes the job it set out to do. It would rate as a 4.5 for me because it didn't tell a complete story, but that's not its point. It's notes from the apocalypse, and you build your own theories behind them. It doesn't hold a candle to narratives, but it's an amazing fictional primary source that gives a fresh perspective to the genre.
April 15, 2013
I know. I know. The zombie thing is over done. We should all move on. I'm not a zombie person either. I don't watch the Walking Dead, I haven't really played the vast amount of zombie video games, so maybe I just really enjoyed this because I haven't been beaten down by an influx of zombie media. But, in my opinion, this book is extraordinarily good.
Written entirely in fragmented notes that have been left around California post zombie invasion, this novel manages to piece together a coherent story line that will make you laugh while reading one page, and feel terrified and alone the next. Each letter or piece of paper is from a different person trying to survive. Some become characters that we get to know and follow, and others are killed before they could even start to write.
My only suggestion is to not read the editors note or the timeline until you have finished with the letters themselves. While it doesn't give much away, it does catalog out the events. I found it much more entertaining to be left on edge while trying to figure out just how things got out of control in the first place.
"Dead Inside" is sad and dark and so very very human. It will be one that I will read again, late in the night, scared to exit the comfort of my home while trying to suppress my fear of one day witnessing the end.
Written entirely in fragmented notes that have been left around California post zombie invasion, this novel manages to piece together a coherent story line that will make you laugh while reading one page, and feel terrified and alone the next. Each letter or piece of paper is from a different person trying to survive. Some become characters that we get to know and follow, and others are killed before they could even start to write.
My only suggestion is to not read the editors note or the timeline until you have finished with the letters themselves. While it doesn't give much away, it does catalog out the events. I found it much more entertaining to be left on edge while trying to figure out just how things got out of control in the first place.
"Dead Inside" is sad and dark and so very very human. It will be one that I will read again, late in the night, scared to exit the comfort of my home while trying to suppress my fear of one day witnessing the end.
July 30, 2012
I've been very leery of new books in this (sub)genre (which I'm going to loosely define as in-character found documents from the zombie apocalypse[1]) since I picked up Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection: Field Notes by Dr. Robert Twombly and found that the purported "year" began in January and ended in March. I didn't intend to buy this; I was just browsing, and then I turned the page and one of the notes actually made me flinch, and I decided "okay, worth the money".
It's a very fast read, which is a bit saddening; I wanted it to last longer, but I think having twice as many notes would grow overwhelming. You'd either end up with a glut of snapshot moments, or end up following people through the notes they left (which minimizes your brain having space to play so freely with who they were and what happened).
Overall: sad, occasionally funny, horrifying, cold, and persistent. Recommend for people who like zombies, people who like prop documents, and probably fans of Post Secret.
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[1] I do, however, love that there are enough of these books that I can say that. I own four, myself.
It's a very fast read, which is a bit saddening; I wanted it to last longer, but I think having twice as many notes would grow overwhelming. You'd either end up with a glut of snapshot moments, or end up following people through the notes they left (which minimizes your brain having space to play so freely with who they were and what happened).
Overall: sad, occasionally funny, horrifying, cold, and persistent. Recommend for people who like zombies, people who like prop documents, and probably fans of Post Secret.
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[1] I do, however, love that there are enough of these books that I can say that. I own four, myself.
January 21, 2013
Dead Inside:Do Not Enter is (accurately) described as a cross between World War Z and PostSecret. It is one of the most wonderfully bleak books that I've read recently.
It's all made up of "found" objects and momentos. Photographs, notes, messages, all discovered in a backpack by an anonymous survivor.
Some of the items were never meant for posterity - bits of silent conversation on paper carried on when the dead were nearby. Some are clearly confessions, memories, hurried memoirs scrawled out to a transient hope of a future posterity. A future reader.
A future.
This book requires a suspension of disbelief. Try to read it bit by bit or like a regular novel, and you will have no idea what I'm talking about.
Set aside an hour or two. Find a relatively quiet place where you won't be bothered. Have other people nearby for extra points.
Read straight through. Pause with each page, but don't stop. Let each photo, each note build in an ongoing crescendo of horror.
Highly recommended.
It's all made up of "found" objects and momentos. Photographs, notes, messages, all discovered in a backpack by an anonymous survivor.
Some of the items were never meant for posterity - bits of silent conversation on paper carried on when the dead were nearby. Some are clearly confessions, memories, hurried memoirs scrawled out to a transient hope of a future posterity. A future reader.
A future.
This book requires a suspension of disbelief. Try to read it bit by bit or like a regular novel, and you will have no idea what I'm talking about.
Set aside an hour or two. Find a relatively quiet place where you won't be bothered. Have other people nearby for extra points.
Read straight through. Pause with each page, but don't stop. Let each photo, each note build in an ongoing crescendo of horror.
Highly recommended.
February 5, 2015
This is a collection of notes ostensibly collected throughout the year after the appearance of a superflu that turns people into zombies. There are letters to loved ones and victims, apologies and suicide notes, and warnings taped to doors. There was a whole scenario about a safe quarantine called St. Teresa that turned bad and several notes refer to that.
The whole idea reminded me of a zombie-themed PostSecret. Some of the notes were a bit improbable - the cut up text messages, for example - why and how would someone print these out and cut them up and put them in order? But aside from a few instances like that, other notes were brilliant. Looks like the website collecting these notes is down at the moment, but it would be pretty cool to add to the collection and have a whole series of PostSecret Zombie books like this.
The whole idea reminded me of a zombie-themed PostSecret. Some of the notes were a bit improbable - the cut up text messages, for example - why and how would someone print these out and cut them up and put them in order? But aside from a few instances like that, other notes were brilliant. Looks like the website collecting these notes is down at the moment, but it would be pretty cool to add to the collection and have a whole series of PostSecret Zombie books like this.
June 21, 2015
I loved everything about this book from the style and layout to the content. This was such a good way to portray a zombie apocalypse. I don't really want to call it a story since you don't get a plot and characters and the typical story layout. Still though, it does certainly tell a tale in its own way. In fact, it almost made me feel more emotional on some level than a typical story because a lot of the notes are in different peoples' handwriting. That added a personal touch that made it feel so real. Dead Inside is a book worthy of display on a coffee table! Since it is so quick to get through, I will definitely be reading it again soon. Anyone who likes zombie fiction needs this as a part of their zombie collection.
October 28, 2011
This type of storytelling lends itself very well to the "Zombapocalypse" genre. Perhaps it's that artist in me, but I thoroughly enjoyed the interdisciplinary style of this book. It consists essentially of notes, letter, and pictures provided by a handful of people dealing with the zombie plague (and the aftermath). Because many of us read or watch movies as a form of escape, this "realist" style further enforces the "willing suspension of disbelief" more so than a traditional novel.
Dead Inside is a very short read, one I'd be inclined to keep on my coffee table as opposed to my bookshelf, but definitely a worthwhile look.
Plus mine came with stickers...enough said.
Dead Inside is a very short read, one I'd be inclined to keep on my coffee table as opposed to my bookshelf, but definitely a worthwhile look.
Plus mine came with stickers...enough said.
December 3, 2012
It's a really interesting idea, but it feels more like a coffee table book than anything else--because everything is pretty much anonymous, it can't tell more than a general story, and because all the notes are very short, it can't go into very much depth. It doesn't do anything particularly new in terms of thinking about a zombie attack and how people react to it--people are scared, people are dying, people are violent, and that's pretty much all we've got. It feels more like an introduction to an actual book than like a book itself.
February 17, 2014
To be able to appreciate this book, its best to think of it not as a novel, but as a multi-media art exhibit in book form. Because this was made as part of an internet project, some of the quality is better than others. The notes from the children were particularly horrific for me, I'm such a softy! Like many of the others, I thinks the book could have done without the time line and intro.
August 10, 2013
I really like the concept of this book. I was tearing up by the second letter but they're not all sad. Some of them are pretty funny. The only problem is that you want to know more about some of these people and stories.
November 7, 2015
It's pretty much what it says on the tin: Like Post Secret, but during the zombie apocalypse.
But there was a lot that was really repetitive or close to the same thing. There were some that were chilling and disturbing/sad, but for the most part it was just sort of okay.
But there was a lot that was really repetitive or close to the same thing. There were some that were chilling and disturbing/sad, but for the most part it was just sort of okay.
April 7, 2022
The content of this book is awesome. I love the concept and think it was mostly executed amazingly. My one complaint is that some notes are hard to read. Since this is meant to be a collection of notes from the ‘zombie time’ and the framing device is that a curator has made this collection, I would have liked to see a transcript for at least some notes.
I also think it would have been very neat to have made this book appear more like an academic resource. My impression is that this book was supposed to have been printed after the zombie problem had gotten under control (unless someone is managing to print books while evading the undead and managing not to starve) and so there could have been a lot more put in the book. For example an introduction/ending notes that spoke about the cause of zombies, attempts to locate the people mentioned in the notes or attach them to specific places, theories purposes by zombi-ologists/sociologist about society at the time or even forensic analysis of the notes. I get that some of the appeal is reading these notes and figuring things out as you go. I just also think it was a missed opportunity for more depths.
Lastly, the saddest note in the book. I’ll be vague to avoid spoilers; one person writes that they will be describing their experiences in hope that someone someday will be able to find some meaning in everything that happened and not feel so alone. However the rest of the page was torn off and lost. Still think about that one note…
I also think it would have been very neat to have made this book appear more like an academic resource. My impression is that this book was supposed to have been printed after the zombie problem had gotten under control (unless someone is managing to print books while evading the undead and managing not to starve) and so there could have been a lot more put in the book. For example an introduction/ending notes that spoke about the cause of zombies, attempts to locate the people mentioned in the notes or attach them to specific places, theories purposes by zombi-ologists/sociologist about society at the time or even forensic analysis of the notes. I get that some of the appeal is reading these notes and figuring things out as you go. I just also think it was a missed opportunity for more depths.
Lastly, the saddest note in the book. I’ll be vague to avoid spoilers; one person writes that they will be describing their experiences in hope that someone someday will be able to find some meaning in everything that happened and not feel so alone. However the rest of the page was torn off and lost. Still think about that one note…
November 19, 2012
Dead Inside: Do Not Enter: Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse isn't a novel, but rather a collection of notes and, occasionally, photographs.
The book begins with a timeline that spans from February to November of some unknown year. February is when the first incidences of "the super flu" are reported. Camp St. Teresa and similar places are established, initially to care for uninsured super flu patients. Later, these camps become quarantines. By November, the super flu has mutated. A few patients at Camp St. Teresa die and begin attacking others.
The notes and photographs that comprise the majority of the book are described as being the contents of a backpack discovered in a town in Northern California. The notes document various individuals' experiences just before and after the super flu mutated.
Review:
When I was a teen, I used to collect things I found in library books. Sometimes I found actual bookmarks, but usually I found scraps of paper, notes, postcards, anything that the previous readers found lying around that could be used as a bookmark. Sometimes I imagined what the people who left those things behind were like. Reading this book had a similar effect on me.
I feel about this book the same way I do about anthologies, which makes sense, I guess, since this book is the result of many individuals' contributions. Some of the notes had a better emotional impact than others. My favorites tended to be the shorter ones, which allowed my own imagination to flesh out the stories of the people who wrote them.
The notes covered a range of situations and emotions. Some of the note writers were angry, afraid, or even happy. They had family members they were afraid for or had had to kill, or they were alone surviving however they could. In some cases, they knew they were about to die, and the note included in the book was likely the last bit of evidence of their existence.
The “stories” and messages were at once all the same and all different. Some things came up multiple times: some note writers wrote about having been bitten; some notes were warnings about zombies in the area; some notes contained advice or observations (“the dogs won't go near them, even the ones who were bit but aren't zombies yet. The dogs know”); some notes were apologies for mistakes the note writers had made or horrible things they had done; some notes mentioned theories explaining why this was all happening. I could easily continue the list. Even though a lot of things came up multiple times, the fact that this book was put together using contributions from multiple people was probably what helped keep it from suffering from a feeling of “sameness.”
Overall, the notes struck me as chilling and sad. Unfortunately, a few notes interrupted the generally realistic feel of the book. A couple notes tried to be humorous in ways that made me think more of zombie movies than “this is what real people would write in this situation.” For example, one note referenced The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the sunscreen song, and possibly a few other things. Another note featured “dialogue” between multiple writers, all commenting on the font the original note writer used.
A few of the longer notes struck me as being a touch too detailed, more like short stories than records of real people's experiences. In some cases, I had a difficult time imagining the conditions that could have resulted in the creation of the notes. For example, some of them featured what was clearly back-and-forth exchanges between two note writers. Why weren't these people talking to each other instead? I could usually think up reasons why the note writers had written their conversations instead of voicing them (in one case, I imagined the note writers worrying about being heard by a zombie, maybe not knowing whether it would react to the sound of their voices), but there were a few times when I was stumped.
One thing that struck me as odd about this book was that there was only one note not in English, a one-word note written in Spanish. I hadn't really thought anything about all the notes being in English until I came across the one note in Spanish and realized there should have been more. Granted, I'd have found myself wishing for English translations to be included, but more notes in Spanish would probably have been more in keeping with the book's realistic feel.
Early on in the book, there were a few mentions of how the mutation of the super flu had affected other countries. Overall, though, those interested in a less America-centric look at the effect of the zombie apocalypse will probably be disappointed. I think there was one note, later in the book, that speculated how things were going in another country (“Do you think it's as bad in Denmark?” “Probably.”), but that's it. It's understandable, since I doubt overseas communication and travel would be much on the minds of people who'd have problems even getting from one town to the next, but there was one note that confirmed that the Internet was still working and that the note writer found a website on which survivors were communicating (probably this site). Given that, mentions of other countries wouldn't have been completely out of bounds.
A few other things I feel I should mention:
Most of the notes in this book are handwritten. Not “handwritten” in the sense that the font in which they were typed is based on handwriting, but actually handwritten. Sometimes the handwriting is a little difficult to decipher. I didn't have any major problems, but others might. Also, if you cringe and grammar and spelling mistakes, you may have problems with this book. I felt that the errors contributed to the “notes written by real people in a really bad situation” feeling the book was going for.
Despite the occasional problem I had with the book, I thought it was good overall. The contents of the notes themselves don't necessarily present anything new – it's the experience of reading the book, the feeling of reading accounts from survivors (however briefly they managed to survive), that makes this seem different from all the other "zombie apocalypse" stories out there.
(Original review, with read-alikes, posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
The book begins with a timeline that spans from February to November of some unknown year. February is when the first incidences of "the super flu" are reported. Camp St. Teresa and similar places are established, initially to care for uninsured super flu patients. Later, these camps become quarantines. By November, the super flu has mutated. A few patients at Camp St. Teresa die and begin attacking others.
The notes and photographs that comprise the majority of the book are described as being the contents of a backpack discovered in a town in Northern California. The notes document various individuals' experiences just before and after the super flu mutated.
Review:
When I was a teen, I used to collect things I found in library books. Sometimes I found actual bookmarks, but usually I found scraps of paper, notes, postcards, anything that the previous readers found lying around that could be used as a bookmark. Sometimes I imagined what the people who left those things behind were like. Reading this book had a similar effect on me.
I feel about this book the same way I do about anthologies, which makes sense, I guess, since this book is the result of many individuals' contributions. Some of the notes had a better emotional impact than others. My favorites tended to be the shorter ones, which allowed my own imagination to flesh out the stories of the people who wrote them.
The notes covered a range of situations and emotions. Some of the note writers were angry, afraid, or even happy. They had family members they were afraid for or had had to kill, or they were alone surviving however they could. In some cases, they knew they were about to die, and the note included in the book was likely the last bit of evidence of their existence.
The “stories” and messages were at once all the same and all different. Some things came up multiple times: some note writers wrote about having been bitten; some notes were warnings about zombies in the area; some notes contained advice or observations (“the dogs won't go near them, even the ones who were bit but aren't zombies yet. The dogs know”); some notes were apologies for mistakes the note writers had made or horrible things they had done; some notes mentioned theories explaining why this was all happening. I could easily continue the list. Even though a lot of things came up multiple times, the fact that this book was put together using contributions from multiple people was probably what helped keep it from suffering from a feeling of “sameness.”
Overall, the notes struck me as chilling and sad. Unfortunately, a few notes interrupted the generally realistic feel of the book. A couple notes tried to be humorous in ways that made me think more of zombie movies than “this is what real people would write in this situation.” For example, one note referenced The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the sunscreen song, and possibly a few other things. Another note featured “dialogue” between multiple writers, all commenting on the font the original note writer used.
A few of the longer notes struck me as being a touch too detailed, more like short stories than records of real people's experiences. In some cases, I had a difficult time imagining the conditions that could have resulted in the creation of the notes. For example, some of them featured what was clearly back-and-forth exchanges between two note writers. Why weren't these people talking to each other instead? I could usually think up reasons why the note writers had written their conversations instead of voicing them (in one case, I imagined the note writers worrying about being heard by a zombie, maybe not knowing whether it would react to the sound of their voices), but there were a few times when I was stumped.
One thing that struck me as odd about this book was that there was only one note not in English, a one-word note written in Spanish. I hadn't really thought anything about all the notes being in English until I came across the one note in Spanish and realized there should have been more. Granted, I'd have found myself wishing for English translations to be included, but more notes in Spanish would probably have been more in keeping with the book's realistic feel.
Early on in the book, there were a few mentions of how the mutation of the super flu had affected other countries. Overall, though, those interested in a less America-centric look at the effect of the zombie apocalypse will probably be disappointed. I think there was one note, later in the book, that speculated how things were going in another country (“Do you think it's as bad in Denmark?” “Probably.”), but that's it. It's understandable, since I doubt overseas communication and travel would be much on the minds of people who'd have problems even getting from one town to the next, but there was one note that confirmed that the Internet was still working and that the note writer found a website on which survivors were communicating (probably this site). Given that, mentions of other countries wouldn't have been completely out of bounds.
A few other things I feel I should mention:
Most of the notes in this book are handwritten. Not “handwritten” in the sense that the font in which they were typed is based on handwriting, but actually handwritten. Sometimes the handwriting is a little difficult to decipher. I didn't have any major problems, but others might. Also, if you cringe and grammar and spelling mistakes, you may have problems with this book. I felt that the errors contributed to the “notes written by real people in a really bad situation” feeling the book was going for.
Despite the occasional problem I had with the book, I thought it was good overall. The contents of the notes themselves don't necessarily present anything new – it's the experience of reading the book, the feeling of reading accounts from survivors (however briefly they managed to survive), that makes this seem different from all the other "zombie apocalypse" stories out there.
(Original review, with read-alikes, posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
March 16, 2017
Dead Inside: Do Not Enter – Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse by various contributors.
This is an interesting book. It’s “A Lost Zombie Book” which was an attempt to create a coherent world set in a zombie apocalypse across various mediums, books, movies, etc…
This particular book could be viewed as a graphic novel? On each page, there is a photo of a note from people living in this world. Some are partial as they are torn scraps, a few words on a coffee stained napkin, etc…
The setup is, that these were all found in a backpack, collected by various survivors. The book is clever and works surprisingly well. I did feel I was peeking into this world in downfall and saw a glimpse of what these people were going through.
Coincidentally, I don’t recall buying or receiving this book. I did find it in my “unread” collection of books when I was looking for my next read. It somehow made it work even better for me. “What have I found here…?”
I think the work will connect if you are a fan of zombies. If you have no experience with the genre, it will be too “out there.” Since the work is just notes, I found myself seeing the world of “The Walking Dead” television show, or the movies “28 Days Later,” etc…
From adults trying to remain calm, to the scrawl of a child; those still denying the reality of it, and others actually welcoming it; the brave, and those dealing with their failures in protecting their own. This book touches on all of it. A nice reminder of how a few words can have a powerful impact when our imagination create the world.
One could read this in under an hour. Though, take your time and read slower. I found myself looking at the image of the note, imagining someone taking that brief moment to write it in an attempt to call out to a loved one, or to help a stranger.
A unique take on story telling.
- Keep Quiet, They’re Here
- Have shelter, food, water. Will trade for sex. Non-infected women only.
- I was bit, do not enter
- Grant is slowing us down. I think we should leave him behind.
- I never loved you and I’m glad you are now one of them.
…
This is an interesting book. It’s “A Lost Zombie Book” which was an attempt to create a coherent world set in a zombie apocalypse across various mediums, books, movies, etc…
This particular book could be viewed as a graphic novel? On each page, there is a photo of a note from people living in this world. Some are partial as they are torn scraps, a few words on a coffee stained napkin, etc…
The setup is, that these were all found in a backpack, collected by various survivors. The book is clever and works surprisingly well. I did feel I was peeking into this world in downfall and saw a glimpse of what these people were going through.
Coincidentally, I don’t recall buying or receiving this book. I did find it in my “unread” collection of books when I was looking for my next read. It somehow made it work even better for me. “What have I found here…?”
I think the work will connect if you are a fan of zombies. If you have no experience with the genre, it will be too “out there.” Since the work is just notes, I found myself seeing the world of “The Walking Dead” television show, or the movies “28 Days Later,” etc…
From adults trying to remain calm, to the scrawl of a child; those still denying the reality of it, and others actually welcoming it; the brave, and those dealing with their failures in protecting their own. This book touches on all of it. A nice reminder of how a few words can have a powerful impact when our imagination create the world.
One could read this in under an hour. Though, take your time and read slower. I found myself looking at the image of the note, imagining someone taking that brief moment to write it in an attempt to call out to a loved one, or to help a stranger.
A unique take on story telling.
- Keep Quiet, They’re Here
- Have shelter, food, water. Will trade for sex. Non-infected women only.
- I was bit, do not enter
- Grant is slowing us down. I think we should leave him behind.
- I never loved you and I’m glad you are now one of them.
…
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