Even the writing isn't up to Brook's usual standard. I can only assume the endorsements on the back are for World War Z, and whoever wrote the blurb that calls this a "terrifying new collection of short stories" has clearly not read it or is a damn liar! To be honest it barely even warrants writing a review for..
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Two of the stories are completely forgettable, one is average and the fourth the one that makes the majority of the pages was not bad which is why it gets two stars. The titular 'Closure Limited' is set with World War Z, and while it was one of the better ones, and pretty creepy, I had the feeling that I'd read it before?! It was boring and I found it impossible to focus on it. It's not worth your time. It's 54 of the pages, and it was an interesting idea telling the zombie story from the point of view of vampires.
Don't get me wrong.. The final story 'Great Wall: A story from the Zombie War' was ok but instantly forgettable. It's in the style of World War Z as a first person account of survival, but isolated on its own it's not of much interest. If you've never read Max Brooks stay away.. If you are a fan I'll still warn you to stay away, don't tarnish your memories of his work! It only took me a few hours to read, and it was my 50th book of the year..
No son gore ni se detienen en detalles desagradables o demasiado sangrientos, si me han gustado. Jan 30, Zedsdead rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Recommended to Zedsdead by: Four short zombie stories from the zombie master himself. The interviewer visits a post-war company that goes to great lengths to make zeds up like lost loved ones so that the client can achieve some measure of closure.
He effortlessly scores headshots at yards while racing a motorcycle at high speed. He Evel-Knevel-jumps an 8 foot fence using a ramp of squirming body parts. He tosses off idiotic snappy one liners. And he does it all with a Hot Lady Scientist my second most despised character trope, after Moody Angst-Ridden Teen clinging to him for guidance and protection. He's the main character in a dumb novel being read by a janitor stuck in a closet.
Fred has been trapped there for weeks by a horde of zombies. Fred is an incompetent, obese coward and Steve's perfect antithesis. Fred will soon be ignominiously dead. A fantastic reversal and a fantastic juxtaposition. And I find my reversal striking, how I went from hating Steve's story to loving it based only on a change in context.
A few vampires actually find the will to fight for their own survival. Eh, it reads like it failed to go through editing. A contradictory triple-negative here, a clearly-missing word there. Stuff like "I fantasized that suddenly hundreds of us would suddenly materialize out of the night.
It detracted from the story. A Story from the Zombie War --First paragraph: Did Brooks voice-to-text this one in on his celphone? Anyway, this is another solid WWZ chapter. A Chinese survivor describes the desperate battle to rebuild the Great Wall of China before the arrival of the million-strong mass of zombies.
People melting sand into glass bricks as fast as possible, dropping dead of dehydration and exhaustion by the thousands. Long on wonderful details and logistics. View all 11 comments. Jun 09, Georgina rated it really liked it. This is a great little book with a few short zombie stories If you're expecting descriptions of gore however then avoid this book, this looks more at the survivors and the war they wage upon the undead in order to survive. It deals with self sacrifice, hope and strategy.
I particularly enjoyed the story 'The Extinction Parade' because it dealt with vampires too.. All in all a great book if you're after something to read in a day, however it fell short of 5 stars because I would have liked to ha This is a great little book with a few short zombie stories All in all a great book if you're after something to read in a day, however it fell short of 5 stars because I would have liked to have seen more from the 2nd story.
Oct 24, Kaitlynn rated it liked it Shelves: Holy crap, it really is short. Anthology includes 4 stories, all in the same world as WWZ, set during and after the war. Chapter 1 - Set after the war, a company makes bank view spoiler [altering zombies to resemble lost loved, or not so loved, persons. People pay for the privilege of putting a loved one out of their misery, or to enjoy the chance to pop a few rounds into someone who always really deserved it.
Enjoyable, and probably the strongest of the four, but I don't know how much re-read value it has. Chapter 2 - Short story about a man trapped view spoiler [in a water closet, with only the toilet tank for water and his belt for food. He holds out hope of rescue as he starves to death. Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed. It doesn't have the quite pure dread of The Lost Tape and it really needs it , but it has a cute intro that plays with your assumptions. Chapter 3 - Man, this was the odd one out. It was one of the most fleshed out stories, but was completely out of left field.
I enjoy little twists on my expectations see Clean Sweep , but this was a massive shift for the established universe, and not one I am sure can be pulled off in a single short story. Super fast, super strong, sunlight-sensitive,human-eating, immortal vampires. The characters also seemed kinda dim, but that is explained in-universe as view spoiler [the memories of an immortal gradually taking up too much brain real estate for conscious thought hide spoiler ].
Chapter 4 - Short story centered in China and the rebuilding of the Great Wall. If you liked WWZ you'll probably enjoy it - it feels like and its alluded to as cut content from that book. Its hard to say "More of the same" without it sounding like an insult. This book overall is definitely weaker than the first two entries in the series, but I think its still a bit ahead of The Zombie Survival Guide: My biggest issue is the length - it really is short. Jun 04, Otherwyrld rated it it was ok Shelves: This was a short a very very short collection of just 4 short stories seemingly set in the same universe as World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.
I say seemingly because it is not specifically stated as such, it is just that the stories are all zombie related.
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All are entertaining in their own way, the best of the bunch is probably the one which posits the question of how vampires might react to their food source all turning dead and inedible. It's a question that has been asked befo This was a short a very very short collection of just 4 short stories seemingly set in the same universe as World War Z: It's a question that has been asked before, such as Spike's defense of humans in Buffy the Vampire Slayer by calling them "Happy meals on legs" and the film Daybreakers , but it is told in an entertaining way here.
I also appreciated seeing points of view from other countries and cultures, such as the story set in China. In the end though, such a small morsel doesn't really fill you up, and the author might have been better to wait until he had more stories to fill a book. This smells just like it is, a cash-in from the film based on his World War Z.
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Sep 23, Jade rated it liked it. Decent zombie stories, but disappointing Max Brooks' stories. Aug 23, Ghostcat rated it liked it. I've been hooked and smashed by World War Z so I wanted more. I enjoyed these short stories, especially the one with vampires. Mar 21, Dawn Peers rated it it was ok Shelves: If you have never read any of Brooks' work before, do not buy this as a first foray in to his work, it doesn't do him justice at all.
I was so excited to hear another Brooks' compendium of stories was coming out. Imagine my disappointment when a wafer thin 'tome' with paper quality matching that of a pulp paperback landed on my door. Still, not to be one to judge the b "No closure, whatsoever" I am a huge fan of Max Brooks' work and of World War Z, as I am sure practically everyone who buys this is.
Still, not to be one to judge the book by its cover by the by, the illustration is probably the most in keeping element this book has with 'Z' I opened it out and made a start. There is a cute little introduction by the author on why he got in to the genre in the first place. But cute essentially doesn't have a place in zombie fiction and the amount it 'fleshed out' the pages seemed more in keeping with a footnote or commentary in a magazine.
So, with hopes fading, on to the stories themselves. There are only 4 short stories in this 'collection'. The text on the pages is quite large for the size of the book and the text is widely spaced, so you are not receiving a lot of concentrated substance for your money. The first story is a wan effort, and whilst the effect seems in keeping with the commentary in 'Z', the feasibility of it was lacking and the depth was non existent and this was the titular story. The second story had a neat twist, and that's all there is to be said there, and the third story?
Oh Brooks, come on, give your readers a bit of credibility. Undead helping humans kill undead. The fourth saves the lot, but it is not worth paying your money for a snippet that would fit on a web page. The book is of poor quality, the writing feels rushed. I love Brooks and the genre as a whole, but if you were hoping for something amazing, you will be disappointed.
Feb 06, Chris Bissette rated it liked it. The book opens and closes with stories told in the same style as World War Z - that is, interviews with survivors of the war. It's a style that works well for Brooks, and I love getting a glimpse into the minds of the different characters that he has populated his world with. Opening story 'Closure, Limitied' the title story of the collection is the best This collection of four stories from World War Z author Max Brooks is good fun, and a nice addition to his growing body of WWZ-related works. Opening story 'Closure, Limitied' the title story of the collection is the best of these two, in my opinion; it's an interesting look at one of the ways people might seek to profit from the fall-out of WWZ, and it's just an intriguing idea in general.
The final story, 'Great Wall' looks at how China dealt with the war; it's nice to see Brooks moving away from Western-centric writing, though the story still feels very American despite taking place in China. The second story in the collection is titled 'Steve and Fred', and it's easily the weakest story in the book. I'd go so far as to say that the book would be stronger as a whole without this story being included.
It's little more than two vignettes that don't seem to be linked in any way at all. The first is ridiculously gung-ho and over top which is fine, and fun, but in this case pointless and the second has the potential to be an interesting little character study but never develops and never pays off. By far the strongest story in this book is the longer piece 'The Extinction Parade', in which Brooks has a go at writing a vampire story set in the world of WWZ.
It makes for gripping reading, and I certainly had never considered that the zombie apocalypse would be a catastrophe for creatures other than humans. All in all this is a good little collection that adds nicely to World War Z , though it is by no means required reading.
Apr 15, Toby rated it it was ok.
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I don't feel that such a short "book" deserves a long review, so it won't get one. Four stories are in this book, none of which are especially good or well written. One features vampires which, for me, was a complete turn off. I love zombies and all they represent, however I find vampires uninteresting and personally would prefer to keep the two undead creatures far distant from each other!
Annoyed by that, the poor quality of the stories, and the sense that I'd paid to read something that has b I don't feel that such a short "book" deserves a long review, so it won't get one. Annoyed by that, the poor quality of the stories, and the sense that I'd paid to read something that has been created solely as a money making scam rather than an actual attempt at literature, the final nail in the coffin was the failure of the editor to pick up on "construction sight" not once but twice in the last story.
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This just shows how carelessly this book was put together - probably in a few hours on a Sunday afternoon when Max Brooks realised he needed more beer money. Apr 06, January rated it it was ok Shelves: I'm a fan of WWZ and this book, which felt like a hastily-produced expansion, was a let down. There were only four really short, unrelated stories. How about taking more time to write more stories and releasing a decent book, huh? There were appalling grammatical mistakes: Was this book not edited?? And, sigh, one of the stories was told from the POV of a vampire.
Peo I'm a fan of WWZ and this book, which felt like a hastily-produced expansion, was a let down. People loved WWZ because of its realism and now he throws in vampires. I'm going to pretend that this book never happened. Feb 22, Jim Shaughnessy rated it it was ok. Sadly, Brooks fails to live up to the quality of his previous work here. Weak storylines, lack of resolution and one story that is too bizarre even for zombie fiction makes this book one to not worry about missing.
An addition to World War Z this tells more personal stories from survivors. The Closure Limited company is something I could imagine happening in todays society. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Get to Know Us. English Choose a language for shopping. Explore the Home Gift Guide. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs.
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