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Jayson
is finished
Notes:
(1) The end of this turned out to be a real oddity hodgepodge.
- I mean, if this is meant to be grounded in stone-cold realism—as nearly all of it was—then why do a hard turn into full-on fantasy at the end?
(2) Bottom line: this novel is only really defined by what it isn't, or rather doesn't want to be.
- It tries so hard not to be a conventional zombie story that it ends up being unrecognizable as anything.
— Oct 16, 2025 06:25PM
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(1) The end of this turned out to be a real oddity hodgepodge.
- I mean, if this is meant to be grounded in stone-cold realism—as nearly all of it was—then why do a hard turn into full-on fantasy at the end?
(2) Bottom line: this novel is only really defined by what it isn't, or rather doesn't want to be.
- It tries so hard not to be a conventional zombie story that it ends up being unrecognizable as anything.
Jayson
is 91% done
Notes:
(1) Having witnessed violence by the undead, albeit relatively mild, we now have violence perpetrated against the undead.
- This violence doesn't seem retaliatory: simply hooliganism emboldened by the idea these aren't dangerous movie zombies, but helpless abominations ripe for "Resident Evil" LARPing.
- Apparently, they never thought the dead might fight back in self-defense to preserve what "life" they have.
— Oct 16, 2025 10:50AM
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(1) Having witnessed violence by the undead, albeit relatively mild, we now have violence perpetrated against the undead.
- This violence doesn't seem retaliatory: simply hooliganism emboldened by the idea these aren't dangerous movie zombies, but helpless abominations ripe for "Resident Evil" LARPing.
- Apparently, they never thought the dead might fight back in self-defense to preserve what "life" they have.
Jayson
is 81% done
Notes:
(1) At this point in the book, the undead (or "reliving"), are starting to demonstrate violent tendencies.
- This starts with the destruction of a toy car and reaches its apogee (at least so far) with the bloody decapitation of a pet rabbit.
- I understand this is meant to be alarming, but it's still nowhere near brain-hungry zombie level.
- More so like the mentally disabled who don't know their own strength.
— Oct 15, 2025 04:25PM
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(1) At this point in the book, the undead (or "reliving"), are starting to demonstrate violent tendencies.
- This starts with the destruction of a toy car and reaches its apogee (at least so far) with the bloody decapitation of a pet rabbit.
- I understand this is meant to be alarming, but it's still nowhere near brain-hungry zombie level.
- More so like the mentally disabled who don't know their own strength.
