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World War Z was an excellent twist on the zombie horror zombie, but the thing I found most compelling about the book is that it isn't really a zombie book at all. World War Z is more of a cultural and political examination of our world and how we would respond to something as catastrophic and unexpected as a zombie outbreak. The writing is smart and Brooks forces us to ask what the implications of a zombie outbreak would be and what do those economic, moral, and psychological implications mean f ...more
Aug 29, 2012
Ricki Ward
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it was ok
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This was my second go-round with World War Z by Max Brooks, and it didn't take long for me to remember why I gave up on it the first time around. I enjoyed the epistolary style and it certainly had a few moments where the content of the individual interviews was interesting, but overall I thought it lacked plot and was boring. Maybe, unlike their undead counterpart, the vampire, zombies simply don't translate well to paper and are better suited for the screen?
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I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! I am not a big fan of zombie stories but this one was captivating. Told in snippets of interviews, it tells the story of various people, from all across the earth, after zombies become a real thing and attack the planet.
2015 Reading Challenge: A book that became a movie.
May 21, 2011
Breanna
marked it as to-read
Jun 15, 2011
Elle
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it was ok
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Sep 20, 2011
Lily
marked it as to-read
May 30, 2012
Brent McGuire
marked it as to-read
Dec 14, 2012
Haikufall
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Dec 22, 2012
Candida James
marked it as to-read
May 30, 2013
Leann
marked it as to-read
Jun 05, 2015
Erica
marked it as dnf
