Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Monster Island by David Wellington

Zombies. Zombies. Zombies.

Finally, can't go wrong with a good zombie story. and just to one up that, this has an intelligent zombie; our good friend Gary. Humanity as a whole is on a limb, fighting off the zombies at the left over outposts. The story is mostly about Dekalb, a former UN weapons inspector and his traveling through New York City looking for AIDS medicine to save his daughter, Sarah, who just so happens to be held hostage over seas. This book was fast-paced action packed zombie novel. with the in and outs explanation of zombies in full. You can really relate to Dekalb and you can put yourself in his shoes.

Zombies as a whole, are just an interesting social commentary. I think this opinion varies though people to people. But the thought of "zombies" as the people that just live there life with no meaning and walk past you everyday not really phased. Especially for people who live their life's, to see someone who's just a drone and goes about their 9 to 5 and there's nothing more to them, and there's a quantity of these types. This is where I find the "zombie effect" lies.

Overall, loved this story.

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