I felt like the book was churned out on a deadline because any self-respecting author would've taken a hacksaw to some of the exclamations the idiotic characters make. Dez Fox, a war veteran police officer, is the main character. She's 'damaged' and the damaged is reinforced every which way. It would've been interesting if she had post traumatic stress from the war or if she'd failed in some way as a cop that made her so gung ho about getting the job done Her parents both died when she was young, her father in a war and her mother of cancer.
She has abandonment issues that you would think she would have worked out when she followed in her father's footsteps as a solider and saw how little choice one had about how they died during a war -- but alas no. She throws many hissyfits and sobs a lot about people leaving her. I could've felt bad for her if she wasn't arrogant, surly, and a real jackass to just about everyone from page one.
She's allowed to be a jackass and we're still supposed to cheer for her because she's sad and damaged, blah. Her ex-boyfriend, Billy Trout is a reporter. He's just there to fill necessary story elements rather than being a character of his own. He's there to report, he's there to give Dez's back story, he's there to be Dez's love interest etc etc. Of course, I never had any solid feel for him. He's been in love with Dez since he was young yet has not one but two ex-wives and he's only in his 30s If there's a sequel maybe the author will throw you a bone, but it's probably not worth it.
There were two-ish characters that I liked. One was JT, who was Dez's partner. He's an older black guy, not her love interest, view spoiler [so obviously he gets bitten in the last few pages for tear-jerk's sake. He was sad and relatable and I was very happy when he finally got his head blown off. The story might've been better served with more chapters from his point of view.
I never saw a spark of any passion that didn't feel borrowed from one action movie or another. I really hope the author doesn't look back at this as one of his finest works, but since I won't be revisiting him any time soon it doesn't matter much to me.
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View all 18 comments. Sep 12, Mr. Matt rated it liked it Shelves: A mortician is going about his daily business. And so begins the zombie apocalypse. The dead guy goes out and kills some more people. The dead doc wakes up, kills some people. And the people they kill wake up and kill some more people. Typical zombie Armageddon stuff. Don't get me wrong. It is A mortician is going about his daily business. It is not a bad story.
The characters are somewhat interesting. People are slow to catch on and the zombies find easy victims. The survivors hole up in a secure facility and hope for rescue. The government finds out and wants to firebomb everything to 'cleanse' the outbreak. It's just very typical and, after a bit, kinda boring because I couldn't shake the sense of 'been there, done that.
Yes, there are unique twists. The author does a decent job of explaining the outbreak. It's a parasitic infection or sorts. The zombified people are actually trapped in their bodies, conscious but unable to stop themselves as they rip apart their victims - whether they are strangers or family members. There is also a strangely conscious and in-control serial killer who is also completely insane and spreading the virus.
However, even this is kind of meh. I found them kind of interesting and kind of 'so-what. If you really, really like your zombies, not a bad book. Sep 12, Rebecca McNutt rated it it was ok Shelves: Dead of Night is you basic run-of-the-mill zombie novel, unoriginal and not very memorable. I liked the author's style but zombie books are always the same old, same old. Jun 01, Lou rated it really liked it Shelves: I interviewed Jonathan Maberry recently here.
He talks about writing, favorite books, Bram Stoker Awards and Martial arts. A military bio-weapon could be the most dangerous weapon to us all. Maberry takes you back through the turning process to where it all started with the first host. Homer Gibbon was the states most notorious serial killer others watched and saw him be killed via lethal injection or did they? There is death and then life again well kind of, the undead shall walk upon the earth a I interviewed Jonathan Maberry recently here.
There is death and then life again well kind of, the undead shall walk upon the earth and Jonathan Maberry is you tale conjurer. His dialogue, and sequences of events are all written spot on and carve out a zombie dilemma of sorts a literal version of the Walking Dead right from the first infection. All that makes good reading is here likable characters, element of surprise and the bad guys. They called him the Angel of Death. Blood and sputum would be rife with newly hatched larvae. The logic inherent in parasites would cause the host to transfer the larvae through the most efficient possible means.
Spitting into the eyes, nose, or mouth of a target host would work well. The parasites would be absorbed through the mucus membranes. But the most efficient and direct way to guarantee infection would be to forcibly introduce the parasites directly into the bloodstream. Oct 14, Timothy Ward rated it really liked it Shelves: Jonathan Maberry is a talented writer. In a genre full of similar stories with cliche descriptions, Dead of Night was refreshing and scary.
The other book I've read of his, Patient Zero, had some of the best zombie action I've read. Where that book was more of a thriller with zombies, Dead of Night is a more traditional, zombie outbreak in a small town type of story, which is more to my preference. If you like that kind of book, I recommend reading Dead of Night. Dead of Night is about a troubled Jonathan Maberry is a talented writer. Dead of Night is about a troubled female cop characterized by her curves and the attitude that makes them almost unappealing; her ex-boyfriend who is a journalist drawn to her town through an investigation into a recent execution; and the person who should have been executed but somehow managed to kill everyone in the morgue of his former hometown.
Maberry does a little explaining about how the zombie virus was created and how it turned up in this small town. He also seems to have done his homework on how the police and military would respond. The characters started out rough, but won me over in the end. The female cop, Dez, is introduced as she wakes up next to her one night stand and has to hurry to respond to a murder scene. Her attitude is not an endearing quality, and even though her father figure police officer superior gives us a hint of a possible redemption story, she doesn't start off as a character I'd enjoy rooting for as the lead of the story.
We soon meet her ex-boyfriend and his journalist partner, Billy Trout and Something Goat, and I was really turned off by their sex-centered banter filtered into their investigation of the missing body of the executed prisoner. At this point, the story was decent and the writing above average, but I didn't think the overall experience was going to work for me because the only character I liked was the father figure, who was a minor character.
The place where it turned around was when we heard the aunt of the executed prisoner describe how that poor child was treated in foster care and her regret for letting him out of her care. The other relationships became more endearing as the story progressed and the deaths made an emotional difference because of that. The sequel is out and I am going to get to it soon. This review was for the audiobook version. The narrator did a great job with characters and adding suspense and humor suitable to the context of the writing.
I would seek out this narrator for other audiobooks. A free review copy was provided by Audible for an honest review. Mar 12, Jason Brown Toastx2 rated it it was amazing. If you put all cultural Zombie dogma together and made a box, we would all be mewling puppies inside said box with Maberry using a nail gun to give us breathing holes to avoid suffocation.
Others are also participating in the uncrippling of the genre, D. Brooks helping drive a resurrection to a dying and over saturated If you put all cultural Zombie dogma together and made a box, we would all be mewling puppies inside said box with Maberry using a nail gun to give us breathing holes to avoid suffocation. Brooks helping drive a resurrection to a dying and over saturated plot crutch.
Quick Summary — A serial killer is put to death. The world breathes easier when they know he is gone, when witnesses have seen him pumped full of poison. They feel safer, with one less killer on death row. The citizens of Stebbins County find themselves feeling less than safe a day later though.
Stebbins County Pennsylvania is thoroughly screwed.
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Maberry, worked a number of atypical angles in his telling of the Stebbins County apocalypse. He can see, hear, smell, feel; He just cant stop the beast he is becoming. Maberry is not the first to write from the point of view of a Zombie, showing that intelligence exists, and how it is retained. These are unfortunate folks locked in their own bodies as they do horrible things.
Dead of Night also failed to use the word zombie for nearly half the book. Characters such as Officer Dez Fox, her partner JT and others spend much of the book trying to figure out what the hell is happening. The characters never listened to me. An excellent and gripping novel. Worth any cash you spend on it -- xpost https: Oct 31, Rachel rated it it was amazing Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.
To view it, click here. I'm wrestling with giving it either 4 or 5 stars but I think it pushed itself over into a 5 star rating but not holding many punches. I love zombies, movies and stories. Which kinda means I've oversaturated myself with them over the last couple years. I think I love zombies because the stories are usually more about the survivors fighting against a ruthless, inhuman fighting machine. This is one aspect where Dead of Night becomes more than just "good" to me. Maberry sets up an outbreak of a very believable virus or maybe I just watched that History channel special one too many times and it feels real that leaves victims conscious of their actions but unable to control the insatiable hunger that their bodies feel.
Hartnup, a funeral director, in small-town Stebbins, PA gets bit when a deathrow inmate, Homer Gibbons, purposely infected with the virus, gets shipped to Hartnup's funeral home at the request of his last known relative. Police respond and havoc and infection spread from there. I appreciated the way Maberry goes back to Dr. Hartnup again and again so the reader gets the sense of the man he was and how turning into a monster is affecting him.
It's a nice twist on the classic zombie and gives the story some melancholy. Volker's original plan for the death row inmate makes me sad and outraged all in one. Volker's more evil than the zombies. I find myself again appreciating the way Maberry writes flawed heroes. You want to root for everyone in spite of their imperfections. Dez Fox, who could've come out being the stereotypical,too strong for her own good kind of female character has some softness to her.
So do the male characters. Maberry adds just enough details about guns and technology to make the story seem current, pretty plausible and give the characters some authority. I found myself hoping that the end of this story was not just your typical "government swoops in and saves everything and there's hope to be had".
That kind of ending would have spoiled whatever else made this story original. I'm glad the end doesn't play out that way. It feels more realistic, even if its harder to tell who the bad and the good guys are. Not quite a shocking ending but a satisfying one that brought a tear to my eye yet again This will be the 4th book I've read by Maberry where I cried at the end.
I'm starting to like that his books make me feel something, I just have to read them in private to avoid looking all mushy. View all 3 comments. Oct 08, Ms. Nikki rated it it was amazing Shelves: I'm going to go with 5 Stars on this one. A very fast paced read that had my stomach in knots. I loved the way the undead scenario started. Oct 27, Mike rated it liked it. The good - there were a couple of twists in the living dead storyline I hadn't seen before.
This particular strain is caused by an engineered parasite. I sort-of like the character of Billy Trout, news agent, but patience ran thin over his adoration of jerk Dez, who has very few redeeming qualities. The bad - I think this story could have been told in at least 1 The good - there were a couple of twists in the living dead storyline I hadn't seen before. The bad - I think this story could have been told in at least fewer pages.
My fourth audiobook was my favourite one yet, but still not as enjoyable as reading at my own pace. I would never have even listened to Dead of Night and would have instead eventually read it as an ebook were it not for the fact that I forgot to suspend my Australian audiobook account. Dead of Night was that choice, and for the most part, it was a good one. Narrator William Dufris is expressive and engaging as he relates the h My fourth audiobook was my favourite one yet, but still not as enjoyable as reading at my own pace.
The novel itself is a fairly standard exploration of small-town America being menaced by zombies, but it does offer two distinct, somewhat inventive variations on this narrative. The first is the genesis of the infection that turns people into zombies, as it veers away from the "terrorist weapon" we've all read about a thousand times. The second is the way in which the infected people continue to inhabit their bodies after they die but have no control over themselves as they rend, tear and devour any living person they come across.
Maberry populates his small town with only a few major characters - the rest serving as obvious zombie fodder - and of these, the two mains, Desdemona Fox and Billy Trout, not only sport silly names but are less than likeable. Dez, in particular, grates as an overly simplistic cliche, who spends way too much time voicing her thoughts in the manner that only fictional characters seem to. Billy fares slightly better, but his storyline serves to uncover most of the exposition, so his scenes eventually become boring. Still, Maberry conjures up a few memorable scenes of zombies plowing through the town's police force and then the town itself, before everyone gravitates toward a central location for the final showdown - complete with government forces who may not have the survivor's best interests at heart Though far from a great zombie novel, Dead of Night is a better than average, gory take on the sub-genre.
Fans of Maberry and the cannibalistic living dead are unlikely to be disappointed. Jan 18, Liz rated it liked it Shelves: It's very readable; good characters, good narrative. Problem is that it's all been done before and any zombie fan won't find much of anything new here. Bar one thing, and that's what makes me give this three and a half - I really, really wish we could give half stars because this book deserves this half one stars instead of a lower rating. We actually get to see inside the minds of the dead, learn about the people trapped inside there, and that ratchets up the horror of the whole thin Not bad.
We actually get to see inside the minds of the dead, learn about the people trapped inside there, and that ratchets up the horror of the whole thing; it's a great idea that the author makes good use of. The dead become real people, victims who still haven't escaped the nightmare despite the seemingly worst already happening to them. In fact there's much worse to come for them. Yes, the survivors have a hellish time of it, struggling to stay alive, save their friends and neighbors, forced to kill them when they fail, but the true torment is what the victims themselves have to face afterwards.
Now there is something that I both admire and cringe at. Aside from that, it's a basic zombie book, nothing to add to the genre. Although, to give it credit, for all the predictability of the ending, it did give me shivers. Nice use of brevity. I also had an issue with the narrative itself. For the most part it sticks with one point of view at a time, but sometimes, for no apparent reason and with no warning, the point of view abruptly shifts. It's even done mid-paragraph at times and is wholly unnecessary.
It's a bad distraction and also makes it confusing as to who's actually doing what.
Is it worth reading? Yeah, definitely, if you're a zombie fan. You won't feel like you've wasted your time; it's solid entertainment. A serial killer is executed by lethal injection. But was the injection actually lethal? This is a zombie novel and contains all the things a successful zombie novel should; nasty zombies that not only bite but spew a maggot filled contagious substance; protagonists you respect and admire,and an IN YOUR FACE ending.
Can you imagine anything worse than a zombie whose conscious mind is still functioning but has no control? Totally aware of what he is doing and what has happened to him but unable to A serial killer is executed by lethal injection. Totally aware of what he is doing and what has happened to him but unable to do anything to stop it?
This book is that and much more. What really makes the story successful in my opinion, is that these zombies start out as man made. As the story progresses you are left wondering who the monsters really are. View all 4 comments. Oct 02, Jessi Adams rated it really liked it. Dead of Night is a zombie story that takes place in rural Pennsylvania. The background to the story is a little different than your standard. A government scientist working at a prison hospital decides that the lethal injection is too good for a particularly bad serial killer, so he decides to inject him with genetically engineered parasites, which will keep his mind aware while his body rots in the coffin.
Things start to go awry when instead of being buried in a government cemetery, an elderly Dead of Night is a zombie story that takes place in rural Pennsylvania. Things start to go awry when instead of being buried in a government cemetery, an elderly aunt comes forward to claim the body. The body, newly infected with zombie parasites gets transported to a funeral home in Pennsylvania, and your standard zombie infection scenario ensues.
I liked a few things about this story. I felt like the back story was a twist on the plain old tired zombie virus story, which was nice. I think that adding the twist that the zombies are still inhabited by the consciousness of the person they used to be adds a level of creepiness, although it adds nothing to the overall plot. There was a lot of action, and most of it wasn't completely implausible, so that's a good thing.
I even liked most of the characters, although I felt like the only thing Mayberry did to keep the character of Dez interesting was to make her female. If it was an obnoxious male cop who shoots everything and sleeps around, I'm not sure anyone would care. The one thing that kept this book from a 5 star review was the cliches. It also annoyed me a little bit that the characters didn't catch on to the zombie infestation sooner.
One character even suggested they might be vampires before anyone said the word zombie. The dead people are getting up and biting other people. Mayberry paints a disaster story in the times of YouTube, FB and Twitter, but the characters don't have the cultural reference to think that these dead things are zombies?
It made me roll my eyes a few times. Overall, a solid zombie book that's a lot of fun to read for those who enjoy the horror genre. Aug 03, Neil rated it really liked it. Some good characters didn't really like dez the main character. Gibbon and Volker my favs as they were interesting. Feb 21, Leah rated it really liked it. This is how the world ends. Not with a bang Maberry has done it again. You see, mass murderer Homer Gibbons had been put to death, and his only living relative, secretly requested that he be sent home for burial.
Of course, the doctor administering his cocktail of death via IVs decided to play god, and we all know how well that turns out. So, does Homer Gibbons stay dead? Of course not, this is a freaking zombie novel, people! The bastard rises, and Stebbins County, Pennsylvania pays that ultimate price, with our MCs stuck right in the middle of it all. Officer Dez Fox is a broken, damaged main character. I loved her abrasiveness and her rough demeanor. Her partner JT, was the opposite of her. He was opened and a fatherly figure to her, and I loved him.
Billy Trout was a little bit of a blah at first for me. He felt weak, and I just wanted to smack the heck out of him in the beginning of the book. Now, what really irked me was the stupidity in this novel. Seriously, in this day and age, and this book was set in a present time, not unlike now, we have a zombie pop culture. No, no one says zombie. So word of advice: No way am I turning zom. I absolutely loved one part of Dead of Night in particular, and it was getting to see inside the zombies mind.
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I thought it was clever, and wonderful, and fantastic. It was just always excellent to read, and it made me really feel sorry for the Doc by the end of the story. To read the torture he went through, begging his body to stop, but not being able to force it to stop, was just brilliantly done. Overall, I really enjoyed this book, and it would have easily been a 4.
If you like zombie novels, give it a shot. Oct 20, Liz at Fictional Candy rated it it was amazing Shelves: Ok, this is my first Jonathan Maberry book, and I am completely blown away. Dead of Night was flipping awesome. I'm glad I listened to Christy Christy's Love of Books and got on board with this series - now I just have to find time to read the rest of his books! Dead of Night is gruesome and gut wrenching It was fabulously disgusting!
It's like Maberry gets zombie guts and puts them under a microscrope for you Ok, this is my first Jonathan Maberry book, and I am completely blown away. It's like Maberry gets zombie guts and puts them under a microscrope for you - repeatedly. Those bastards are horrifying! Not very well written in my opinion.
I love how this is written and it has great character developement. I just wish that there was more interaction with the zombies in this one. A really good story, though. I wanted to know Delice more and was a bit confused that it wasn't her necessarily getting revenge. This was my introduction to Brian Keene, although I've been wanting to read more for awhile now. I was not disappointed. Short and sweet and really well done. I wanted to know more about these brothers. I loved the story! Homler - This was very weak and disapointing.
It was missing so much. It seemed like one moment the guy was at work and like an hour after he went home after his shift, the entire town becomes Zombies. Plus there was footnotes to the characters poetry. This had potential but didn't go anywhere. That seemed to only be a side point. But then he is the master on this subject!
Isn't this a book about zombies? This was a group of unrelated short stories or vignettes that had nothing to do with anything. Only 1 had a zombie even in it. At least I thought this was an anthology about zombies How did she get in here? Too many of these stories veer from the classic, scary zombie story. I want to be frighted by these stories, not want to make the zombie my friend. He developed the terror and fear beautifullfy! I don't want to have a conversation with a zombie I'm left confused and disappointed with this one.
I wanted to now more about Nathan Nightingale and his work, but I was left hanging. Moore - This was a bit more like it. This had a bit of everything and the ending totally surprised me. Landsdale - What is this? And how did this get included in this book? Not only was the story very lacking and boring Isn't this a Zombie Anthology? That's what I thought. I guess it was interesting, but it dealt more with war than the story of zombies. Really creative and different! Plus what I want from a Zombie story Some of these stories, I'm not sure how they got in here, to tell you the truth. They had little or nothing to do with zombies.
Plus, and maybe this is just me, I want my zombie stories to scare me and creep me out. I don't want to make friends or try to understand them. Overall, some really good stories here. May 13, Kemper rated it liked it Shelves: A decent collection of zombie stories with a lot of variation from the usual George Romero-style zombie apocalypse. View all 5 comments. Oct 13, Jennifer Wardrip rated it it was amazing Shelves: Although there were a few duds in this one, there are also some really top-notch stories.
Apr 04, Dustin marked it as to-read Recommended to Dustin by: There are several great writers here, but the deciding factor for me was Tad Williams. I'm on a Williams kick right now! For my first ever read of zombie stories, this anthology actually wasn't too bad. I wasn't exactly thrilled to indulge myself with a book about flesh-eating creatures and death-related elements, but I was quite entertained for the most part! The main reason I picked up this books to begin with was because Joe Hill has a featured story here, and I am glad to say his did not disappoint!!
There were 19 short stories total, and they each brought their own unique take on zombies and the "afterlife" o For my first ever read of zombie stories, this anthology actually wasn't too bad.
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There were 19 short stories total, and they each brought their own unique take on zombies and the "afterlife" of the Undead. Although a few of the stories felt rushed and thrown together to me, six of them in particular captured my undivided attention. I won't go into too much detail, but I will share my six favorite short zombie stories as well as a little about why I liked them. The story was also from Lazarus' perspective as he rises out of the grave, which made the story even more powerful, as the reader is able to see Lazarus' feelings on the situation.
Everything you knew and had in life is gone, and all you have to show for being alive when everyone else is seemingly gone are two new friends. Now what happens when one of these companions reaches the breaking point and puts all three lives at stake? Here you have Lebbon's In the Dust, with just a touch of romance, but not enough to ruin the story.
Here you have a man who has spent a majority of his life saving the identities of those who have been drowned, and the irony is not lost with the ending. Sometimes venturing to the bottom of the ocean is better left alone. Moore - One word: Definite Lord of the Flies vibes, where "boys will be boys" is a saying that is completely torn apart when the boys at hand lose their innocence and become monsters. This one was both chilling and enlightening, in a way. It shows what children can become when adults are not around to control what happens and Hell breaks loose.
Ahh, yeah, a psycho one! A journalist goes in the midst of war to uncover a truth that could potentially end a career, and instead is met with a situation the could not only end her career, but also her life. Totally fast-paced, and the ending was not too bad. I would say that this one was the best one, and it was a little comical.
The main character is unaware of the reality of the situation her and her family are in, and in the end, it really didn't matter whether she knew or not. Hill ends his short story in a similar way that he ends some of his other work: It as such a good ending though!! Overall, The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology was unnervingly entertaining.
I highly recommend it to a reader who enjoys zombie stories, gore, and horror! Or, if you're like me and love Joe Hill's work, you can try out the other stories before ending the book with a satisfying Hill fix! Twittering from the Circus of the Dead was definitely worth reading the short stories prior, as it was pretty fantastic! A Solid 3 Stars! Jan 12, Philip rated it liked it Shelves: Like most such collections, a mixed bag - one great, several good, and a number of meh stories; as well as one Shooting Pool that I had NO idea why it was included, since there wasn't a zombie anywhere in sight.
Jonathan Maberry's Family Business is the longest and best story, a touching, Western-tinged tale of two brothers coming to terms with their personal loss. The rest range f Like most such collections, a mixed bag - one great, several good, and a number of meh stories; as well as one Shooting Pool that I had NO idea why it was included, since there wasn't a zombie anywhere in sight. The rest range from okay-but-forgettable to WTF head-scratchers, with too many relying on a "but he was already dead! Max Brooks - "Mr. Zombie" himself - also contributes a short piece, and while it's not bad it really just reads like an outtake from his excellent World War Z.
If your local library has this, it's worth checking out just for Family Business. But overall, IMHO it's probably not worth the purchase price. Ha - and now that I search under "Jonathan Maberry" in Goodreads, I find out he's written a whole 5-book "Rot and Ruin" series which deals with the same world and characters as in Family Business. Apr 05, Fiction State Of Mind rated it really liked it. I couldn't pass up the lure of 19 new zombie stories by some of today's top authors. This book was lots of fun so I'm going to highlight my favorites in the following: Joe captures the mindset of a young teenage girl very well.
He also showcases the addictive nature of twitter. This story also shows how we have become so desensitized to violence. After making a wrong turn the family stumbles across a sideshow carnival called The Circus of The Dead. While Blake is originally impressed by the level of "Special Effects" the show contains it soon becomes apparent that something darker is going on. I love the horror that Joe contains in each word tweet, this book was my favorite in the whole book. What excites me about it is that it is a fully complete mini masterpeace!
It's a great example of what a good anthology story should accomplish. Fromthe first lines you are drawn into Walter Molson's world. Walter is keeping a reanimate named Maisie in an apartment. He is desprate to keep this secret from his wife and friends. Maisie is not content. She finds small ways to disobey Walter's orders and shake up the perfectly controled world Walter is trying to have.
As the story unfolds we learn the terrible secret Maisies holds. This story had me immediately wanting to learn more about David Liss: Kids and Their by James A. Moore This creepy little tale, is about four boys who find a zombie and hide it away in a root cellar for "play". The characters are well defined.
It really potrayed the capacty for violence that some children can have with a shocking twist. Occult investigator Nightingale is paying a visit to his godfather to talk about the recent miraculous recoveries of many terminal patients. But they arent coming back the same and Nightengale is trying to get to the bottom of it.
I liked this twist of the traditional zombie story.
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Holy is a very gifted writer I'd like to read more from her. Delice wakes up confused by where she is. Ava Ani treates her with the greatest care, bathing and preparing her. As the story unfolds we learn Delice's tormented past and the mission she has been brought back to fufill. What I equate as bad in this anthology are stories that aren't fully realised of off topic: Copper by Stephen R. Bissette This narrative stile was not a good fit for me I couldn't really figure out what wa going on and after a few pages i really din't care.
Maybe it was just me: In The Dust by Tim Lebbon This was an interesting story about three people trapped in a small town in the midst of a zombie attack. Life Sentence by Kelly Armstrong Intresting tale about a rich man trying to escape death anyway he can Family Buisness by Jonathan Mayberry I love Jonathan but this story felt like a prelude to a future work Which it is!
Either way new Max Brooks is still Ok! Weaponized by David Wellington Interesting premise on zombies but again I feel like it had no clear cut ending Overall a great anthology and I will definetly be reading more from many of the authors. Feb 25, Rodrigo Tello rated it liked it. Copper, de Stephen Bissette: En el polvo, de Tim Lebbon: Sentencia de vida, de K.
Delice, de Holy Newstein: El viento grita el nombre de Mary, de B. Negocios familiares, de J. Mi Dolly, de Derek Nikitas: Cuenta las vicisitudes por las que debe pasar un hombre para revivir a una chica muerta de la que, aparentemente, ha quedado prendado. Segunda oportunidad, de Mike Carey: Entre nosotros, de Aimee Bender: Trampa para fantasmas, de Rick Hautala: La Puerta de la tormenta, de Tad Williams: No es malo, pero pasa desapercibido. Twitter desde el circo de los muertos, de Joe Hill: Feb 20, Chrystal rated it liked it Shelves: Out of all of the short stories, I would say that I enjoyed a third of them.
Some were just not my cup of tea, while others completely drew me in. Due to the fact that there are so many different authors in this one book, you really get to taste a bite of their unique writing styles and I have come to find a handful of new authors that I had never heard of. I'll list a few of the short stories I really liked and review them a little. In The Dust by Tim Lebbon This short story brings you into a secured city where officials have quarantined the entire city - there are three remaining people alive inside the barricades - Jamie, Bindi and Toby.
They have been hauling zombie bodies to the scientists for them to examine and burn. Little did they know that another outbreak would occur trapping them inside the walls longer than they anticipated. This story is intriguing to me because it actually seems like a possibility of what could happen if this ever rang true - being trapped inside the hub of action and not being able to get out - then once you think things are going to be okay, you find out that you might be safer inside your secluded little area.
Life Sentence by Kelley Armstrong In life sentence we see a rich man who wants to take advantage of being able to live after he dies. It's an interesting theory that someone could mess around with the DNA of a person so that when they come back as a zombie they would have free will and not rot to pieces. I don't know if I'd ever want to live that way, but I am sure there are many out there who would love to live forever I just think I'd rather be a vampire than a rotting corpse any day. Delice by Holly Newstein This story captured me because it used voodoo to create a beautiful little girl zombie and then lay her to rest once they were done using the body to take their revenge.
I liked that it was set in New Orleans and that black magic was involved. You don't really read many zombie books lately that deal with necromancy and voodoo - so it was nice to read about for a change. Family Business by Jonathan Maberry This was probably my favourite of the stories - I think that has to do with the fact that there are lots of emotions involved in this story.
Benny is trying to find a job in his new world - after First Night happened everyone has new jobs that somehow deal with Zombies, like Fence Tester and Erosion Artist. Benny doesn't find a specific job that he is good at or feels comfortable with. He then asks his older brother Tom to teach him how to kill the Zoms. Tom takes Benny on a life changing journey to learn what Tom does for a living - he doesn't just kill zombies, he searches out specific living dead to release from their horrible undead lives.
This one is quite emotional at on part, where Benny finally realizes that what his brother does is help others find solace and peace. Twittering From the Circus of the Dead by Joe Hill This was an interesting short story as it is all told by Twitter posts from one person - you do not get to see responses or interactions. And everything is posted in character postings. It's an interesting concept for storytelling, but what is even better is the idea of the Circus of the Dead - where live people are believing they are watching a great circus act of people being chased and attacked by zombie clowns etc.
Little do they know they are in for a big treat. I would also add that this book is definitely for adults - there is coarse language, scenes of major violence and also some sexual content that I would rate R. Apr 15, Sonatajessica rated it really liked it Shelves: I do love thee both and am delighted to find you combined. With a wide range in topic, mood and structure this ones gives a strong punch, Zombie lovers do not hesitate and Zombie skeptics take a look at what Zombie stories are capable of. I wouldn't rate any single story lower than a 2 which is saying something for a collection, at least I find it rare not to have a full disappointment.
Some big names and some interesting surprises, seriously I had a lovely time Ohhh, Anthologies.
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Some big names and some interesting surprises, seriously I had a lovely time. For me, it has to face comparison to JJ Adams "The living Dead" anthology and it wins by a smidgen, whereas I think I do prefer my faves in JJ Adams book I think as a whole bunch this collection is stronger. Who knows, maybe 19 is just a better number to digest in stories the other one had over 30 , maybe it is the fresher dent it left. Whatever it is, this is a great selection, I personally wouldn't have minded one or two more 'classic' end-of-days Zombie shorts but I rather have too much range in a collection than getting bored too quickly.
Didn't like it despite some neat ideas in it. I am not saying I want more stories in this form but I am very glad I got to read this one. Moore, disturbing in the best way, maybe a bit rushed, with an even slower build I think it would have been perfect, but really, really good, unsettling. I was surprised given the thematic how much I liked it, it touches some nice themes in its run. This one fishes in more classic Zombie terrain but with a twist and with lots of melancholia, loved it!
Very accomplished, this one will go under your skin. Aug 12, Trudi rated it liked it Shelves: I'm giving this three stars because overall, the stories are okay and several are completely forgettable. But I also encourage you to pick up this anthology because a few are outstanding and it would be a crying shame if you missed them.
Making it to Outstanding: At turns creepy, sick and disturbing; absolute compelling reading. If this premise has come up before, it was new to me and I loved it. The zombies are not the monsters of this story. The squick factor i I'm giving this three stars because overall, the stories are okay and several are completely forgettable. The squick factor is off the charts. There is a reason why children shouldn't play with dead things.
I haven't been this creeped out since reading "Children of the Corn". Hill hasn't totally blown me away with his novels, but his short stories are EPIC and this one is no exception. If only all Twitter feeds were this engrossing and suspenseful! What starts out as a young girl's whiny bitch-fest in installments of characters or less, morphs into heart-stopping terror.
Read the novel first though because the short story contains major spoilers. Apr 23, Gerd rated it liked it. I remember reading a complaint about anthologies in general that went down to something like "The quality in stories varies too much" I'm so tempted to second this notion for "The new dead" There are a lot of better edited anthologies out there, no doubt, although the highlights most notable Jonathan Maberry's entry are worth it anyway. Fact is that the writing is extremely varied both in style, which is a good, and in writing quality, which is a not so good; frankly I couldn't help but wonder ho I remember reading a complaint about anthologies in general that went down to something like "The quality in stories varies too much" I'm so tempted to second this notion for "The new dead" There are a lot of better edited anthologies out there, no doubt, although the highlights most notable Jonathan Maberry's entry are worth it anyway.
Fact is that the writing is extremely varied both in style, which is a good, and in writing quality, which is a not so good; frankly I couldn't help but wonder how some of the stories made it in there, but the fact that one of the stories I felt to be not quite up there seems to be among the best liked reading some other reviews certainly means that those stories do belong. Well, can't argue taste, right?
And it does make it a recommendable read for beginners that look for a good overview of what this particular sub-genre has to offer, more seasoned readers may want to skip it though because in the end the overall stories offer little new and would have been for the greater part in need of tighter editing, with some reading at best like fan fiction. Jan 24, Monster added it Shelves: Sadly, outside of the contributions by the powerhouses of the zombie genre many of the stories fall flat. Brian Keene, Max Brooks and Jonathan Maberry all deliver strong stories, as does Kelley Armstrong who successfully brings a magical twist to the typical zombie tale.
The good stories are quite good, but the rest are mediocre, though not necessarily the typical expected tales of a zombie apocalypse, making this an inconsistent collection. Avid zombie readers will find tales to enjoy here, but collections aimed at more general audiences will find other anthologies suit their needs better.
I had already read some short stories and books by some of the contributors Joe R. Lansdale and Max Brooks to name two so that tempted me further. There are some excellent stories in this collection. In fact, there wasn't a single story I disliked for one reason or another. Each author contributing takes the idea of 'zombie' and makes it their own. Some are rather traditional in their descriptions of the walking undead; some put a great twist on the traditional zombie; some are historical taking inspiration from voodoo; and some take the zombie idea and completely make it their own.
I'm not going to discuss each individual story as that would be far too time-consuming.