Sunday, June 29, 2008

Late To The Party: World War Z


Max Brooks' World War Z hit in 2006 and quickly became a New York Times Bestseller. I got around to reading it this week.

Man alive does this book rule!

Brooks is able to do something no zombie film has been able to do; show the massive scope of a zombie infestation. By using several narrators, Brooks explores different points in the story's history. From the first outbreak to the aftermath of the war, Brooks grabs the audience by our shirt collars and thrusts us into a world where the dead rise not just in Pittsburgh, but in Kyoto, Siberia, Yonkers...everywhere!

It's something that's never been done before and hot damn, it elevates the zombie genre to whole new heights. I give it an A+!

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