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Cindy
Apr 24, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2010, horror
This book is freaking amazing. I'm not even talking about the actual plot; I'm talking about the writing. Brooks had to do some incredible world-building to even start this book. First, he had to imagine what would happen if there was a zombie war. How would it start? How would it spread? Which countries would be the most affected and which would be the least affected? How would people react? What would the government do? What weapons - if any - would work against the zombies?

And then the book i ...more
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Ann
Sep 07, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: borrowed-from-library, scifi
I liked the oral history aspect of the book, and the many different aspects of society that the author explored in what were essentially lots of little vignettes in the same world. I especially liked the story of the ISS astronaut. In the end though, while I have been reading PA novels for years, the Zombie Apocalypse never moves me like nuclear war or standard issue biological warfare, and for that, I cannot love this book.
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Jenny
Mar 08, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: readaloud, 2017
Audiobook with full cast recording was SO GOOD! I've never seen the movie and I don't know if I want to now. ...more
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Cassandra Michele
Jan 24, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Much, much better than the movie.
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molly
Jan 21, 2010 rated it liked it
i enjoyed this, but found it to get a bit repetitive.
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Gayle
Jul 25, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: kindle, 2014
The beginning and the end: *thumbsup*

The middle? Not so much.

Guess it wasn't meant to be after all. ...more
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Jocelyn
Aug 22, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Kit
Sep 30, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, scifi
Kristi
Nov 05, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: fiction
Valerie
Dec 26, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-in-10
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Dec 13, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Apr 18, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Jun 04, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Jun 05, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Sep 21, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Oct 07, 2015 rated it really liked it
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