Married with Zombies (Living with the Dead, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Sep 22, 2010 Literary Ames rated it did not like it

Shelves: laugh-out-loud, read-in-2011, death-reapers-zombies, library-books, romance, 1st-in-series, i-heart-the-cover-art, series-abandoned, authors-i-respect

Dear god, what have I read?! Horrific. Superficial Too Stupid To Live characters I don't care about, stumbling around blindly asking to be eaten.

Comedy

Having loved the show Married with Children I impulsively decided I would love this too. However, I'm wondering now whether "zombies" and "comedy" can ever be a good mix in the post-Carry On world, and in the absence of Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead totally pulls off the ZomRomCom). And perhaps with this book by marketing it as a comedy excuses th ...more

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Aug 13, 2011 Paula Phillips rated it it was amazing

"The Couple who Slays together , Stays Together".

Vampires, Werewolves, Angels move over and make way for Zombies. Zombies it seems is the new supernatural creature to create a buzz and Im not exactly sure why as it's not like Zombies have ever been portrayed as hot , sexy and seductive like Vampires or Werewolves. When I saw this title all I could think about was the hit show Married with Children but it has nothing whatsoever to do with that. Married with Zombies takes us into the life of David ...more

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Apr 30, 2011 Netanella marked it as to-read

Shelves: zombies

I really liked the movie "Shaun of the Dead" and enjoy zombie comedy as well as the next zombie fan. When our angry, sarcasm-laden female lead killed a zombie with a toilet seat, however, I had to blink. When she went ahead and used the loo immediately afterwards, I nearly lost it. Not my lunch, but my desire to continue reading.

I will try for a few more chapters, but if this tripe doesn't get better, this is going into the did-not-finish pile. ...more

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Oct 16, 2017 Christina T rated it really liked it

Shelves: zombies, urban-fantasy, 4-5-stars, 2011

I have to say that first off, zombies really freak me out. Not that I believe in zombies but knowing that the human mouth breeds more bacteria than, lets say, your toilet seat I can see why the bite of a zombie could potentially be so terrible. There is just something about a zombie that is beyond creepy. No higher brain functioning than a need to quench it's never ending hunger for brains....a zombie will just keep coming and coming regardless if they only have one arm and stumps for legs.

OK, I have to say that first off, zombies really freak me out. Not that I believe in zombies but knowing that the human mouth breeds more bacteria than, lets say, your toilet seat I can see why the bite of a zombie could potentially be so terrible. There is just something about a zombie that is beyond creepy. No higher brain functioning than a need to quench it's never ending hunger for brains....a zombie will just keep coming and coming regardless if they only have one arm and stumps for legs.

OK, so lets talk about the book.

Classified on the book's spine as a fantasy I would have to maybe disagree. Perhaps an Urban Fantasy but a classic fantasy...nope. Zombies are not what I think of when I think of fantasy. But then I don't think of Vampires and Werewolves as fantasy either. Oh well, not like it's a big deal or anything. I'm just super anal and had to point that out.

Perhaps not the next noble prize winning book for literature, Jesse Petersen's first book is fun. It's funny. And it has funtastic characters. Perhaps my favorite, although only for a short time, was Amanda, the lovable annoying cheerleader neighbor of Sarah and David. Sarah put up with her. David hated her. But that's OK because Sarah detested Mandy's boyfriend Jack. David was friends with him.

Mandy was one of those characters that you happen to know, for real. You know her. The bubble headed blond that probably couldn't tell you what 2+2 equals but does know the proper way to do a Kick Basket Toss.

Upon Sarah and David's arrival home after being almost eaten by their marriage counselor they explain to Mandy about the zombies. When Mandy still looked at them blankly they asked her if she had been watching TV. She replied that she got bored with TV because all the stations were playing the same show. Out of exasperation Sarah and David then explained that their marriage counselor was a zombie and tried to kill them. Mandy's reaction? "You're in marriage counseling?" which she delivered as if it saddened her.

Is it wrong to love a character that I would want to kick in the head in real life? I think my favorite Mandy-ism would have to be when Sarah apologized for killing Jack, Mandy said "That's OK. I was going to break up with him."

OK, so the book was funny. It cracked me up. But honestly it was a bit thought provoking too. Sarah and David are trying to get out of Seattle to go to his sister's house but the entire time they aren't sure if his sister is still there. If she is alive or if she is now a zombie. The couple have to work together to survive but also make some tough calls. It can't be easy to kill someone you know and love. This is what they go up against. It's one thing to shoot a zombie that you didn't know when they were not infected but something quite different when it is someone you know and like. Possibly even love.

As a first novel this book great. It had momentum that never really stopped. I understood the characters and empathized with them. I did think that the ending was more of a stay tuned for more later type as there is a second book and a third one(which comes out in a few months). I am looking forward to the next book in the series for the further zombie adventures of David and Sarah. ...more

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Mar 23, 2011 Jen (jlkish) rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal, urban-fantasy

This was a really cute book. It's entertaining and funny, reminding me of Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland in tone. I still think Feed is my all-time favorite book with Zombies, but this one ranks high on the comedic zombie scale. ...more

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Feb 28, 2013 Jenn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2013

What a fun book! This book kept me laughing the whole way through but it was scary too. The descriptions of the people turning into zombies was creepy! It was kind of like The Walking Dead with a sense of humor. The chapter titles were awesome. I loved it so much I went and bought the next in the series this past weekend and can't wait to start it. I really enjoyed this book. ...more

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