October 17th 2010, Deadite Press
308 pages, Paperback
Personally purchased through Amazon during one of my zombie binge buying sprees – Hey what can I say – a girl’s gotta be prepared!
Adult
Battle Royale meets Return of the Living Dead in this post-apocalyptic action adventure.
Twenty people wake to find themselves in a boarded-up building in the middle of the zombie wasteland. They soon realize they have been chosen as contestants on a popular reality show called Zombie Survival. Each contestant is given a backpack of supplies and a unique weapon. Their goal: be the first to make it through the zombie-plagued city to the pick-up zone alive. But because there's only one seat available on the helicopter, the contestants not only have to fight off the hordes of the living dead, they must also fight each other.
Zombies and Shit is Mellick's craziest book to date. A campy, trashy, punk rock gore fest that is as funny as it is brutal, as sad as it is strange. An edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that twists the zombie genre into something you've never seen before.
Opinion:
This is one of the strangest books I have yet to read, with that said I got a huge flipping kick out of it! If you think you can handle some really crazy stuff and you are jonsezing for some zombie action – you should definitely give this book a try. It is a quick action packed read.
One of the things I loved about this book was the photo roster at the beginning of the book (and throughout the book). It shows you thumbnail black and white sketches of all 20 zombie survivalists. As you progress through the book it shows you the photo roster again a handful of times with the people that have had their goose cooked blacked out. An important thing to note is this book swaps points of view almost every chapter to a different character. One moment you think you know what is going to happen but the fact of the matter is – you really just can’t – not with this author Mellick.
Some of this had me laughing out loud, while a few short bits had me biting back the bile rising in my throat. I think it gives you a real glimpse into what could potentially happen if the zombie crud were to really hit the fan. It’s sick, twisted, with dark humor and a few unexpected heartwarming moments. This goes way beyond gritty. I highly recommend it to the veteran zombie fan who is in need of something new!
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Today is the start of September Zombies over at VVB32 Reads - She has a ooey gooey pile of zombie goodness over there - so check her out! Quite a few bloggers, including myself, have written "I'm trapped" posts for the event!
awesome review! sounds like the story was presentend a fun a fresh way. illustrations to me are always a bonus.
ReplyDeleteHi, Sweetie! Great review. I haven't had a zombie buying rage - but I can't wait! Stopped by to say hi! Wanted to let you know I'm giving you a Versatile Blogger Award!.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mina - I noticed that earlier today on your post where you put it out. I must say thats the first I've ever received - is that a must to give it to so many people? I'll have to look into it closer as I've only recently started doing the whole book blogging thing - though I've been a follower of many for awhile.
ReplyDeleteI agree - I loved the photo roster illustrations. They also start out each chapter with the graphic of that specific character the chapter centers around. It really helped picturing them in action (I liked it that they were just rough sketches)
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