![]() ![]() ![]() Nick basically kills his own (albeit infected) son, and fights off his (infected) wife, and somehow stoically soldiers on? WTF? There is no real gap for mourning. I think that I honestly cared more for the Orangutan family at the zoo than I did for these characters. Believable characters that you care about. If you are dealing with a traditional Zombie-apocalypse story-line, you need to have characters that stand out. It wasn't awful as a story line, it just wasn't that original. He somehow forms an alliance with an ex-con and they start eliminating their enemies. The main villain is the ginger haired manager of the hotel who decides to seize the day and eliminate those who don't acknowledge his authority. A storm that needs to be prepared for and watched, but not necessarily a major factor (other than billions of dead and infected). The infected are a faceless, mindless menace lurking just over the horizon. Like most zombie stories, the real enemies are the survivors. It's about here that the story starts to sputter. By the end of the week, Nick and a small band of survivors end up holed up together in an old amusement park/petting zoo. One things leads to another and the very next day he is running for his life as modern Britain crumbles beneath the weight of the infected, ravenous horde. Nick Adams heads off to work and encounters a strange, sick man. This makes it hard to avoid the cliches and stand out. There are a lot of them out there, and some very good ones. Books about the impending zombie apocalypse are tough. ![]()
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