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Zed (Zed, #1)

Stephen Herfst

Start date: November 1, 2011

Finish date: February 18, 2012

Discussion: Young Adult

Why we're reading this: It has a playful twist on the typical zombie story. It follows a thinking zombie's plight to avoid the hu…more
[close] It has a playful twist on the typical zombie story. It follows a thinking zombie's plight to avoid the human hordes intent on his destruction

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Apr 10, 2012 Tony Bertauski rated it really liked it

I'm not a zombie fan, but Herfst comes up with a unique spin on the genre, written in first person from the zombie's POV. Fantastic. It gives the reader the perspective of the infected. But Zed is not just any old zombie, he's developed into an intellectual one that lives an existence between humans and zombies (his brothers). And this sets up many great observations of the human condition.

Herfst does a fine job of fleshing out a world with zombies and how they are not only integrated back into ...more

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