From the Bookshelf of Creatures, Creatures Everywhere!…

Zombie Bake-Off

Stephen Graham Jones

Start date: August 1, 2023

Finish date: August 31, 2023

Discussion: Group Reads

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 60 topics — 2,477 comments total

Group Reads

* Feb 2024 Deviant- The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein
By Latasha · 19 posts · 25 views

last updated Mar 02, 2024 06:38PM

This topic has been closed to new comments.

* Listing of Group Reads
By Tyler · 2 posts · 92 views

last updated Jan 07, 2023 12:28PM

showing 1 of 1 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Mar 25, 2018 Fiona Knight rated it it was amazing

Shelves: zombies, horror, absolute-favourites, twisted-sisters

...our brains are fascinating to the recently dead because they’re both the most alive part of us,” Kent says, “the seat of intelligent, emotional, sentient life, and they’re also the most dead, where dead is understood as being beyond pain, which life is basically the avoidance of. And they’re both of these at the same time—just like the walking dead, right? Alive but dead. So it’s familiar. It’s like them. And that makes our brains taste good or something.

Only Stephen Graham Jones could produc ...more

10 likes · Like · see review

May 28, 2022 Kelsi - Slime and Slashers rated it liked it

I was really in love with the premise of this book and thought it was so full of potential, but I just personally couldn't get into the story because of the writing style. I did overall enjoy the gore depicted in this book, but I can't rate it higher because I felt confused by the flow of the writing at times. Overall, I'd suggest giving the book a go and judge for yourself. If you like campy and gory horror (which I usually do), you may enjoy Zombie Bake-Off! ...more

5 likes · Like · see review

Aug 12, 2023 Nicolai Alexander added it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, zombie-fiction, dnf

I stopped listening to this audiobook when I was about halfway, so this definitely wasn’t for me. Here are some thoughts as to why:

1. There were too many characters to keep track of.

2. Which made it difficult for me to understand what the characters were saying most of the time.

3. Too much dialogue!

4. Because of the excessive number of characters and use of dialogue, the writing felt repetitive. No, not just felt, it’s objectively repetitive. Each name was mentioned so many times followed by “s I stopped listening to this audiobook when I was about halfway, so this definitely wasn’t for me. Here are some thoughts as to why:

1. There were too many characters to keep track of.

2. Which made it difficult for me to understand what the characters were saying most of the time.

3. Too much dialogue!

4. Because of the excessive number of characters and use of dialogue, the writing felt repetitive. No, not just felt, it’s objectively repetitive. Each name was mentioned so many times followed by “says” it made my head hurt. “X says”, “Y says”, “X says”.

5. A lot of jumping from one place to another, which, in addition to the dialogue, made it difficult for me to pay attention or imagine anything at all, which made the reading experience even less enjoyable.

6. Too much TELL and not enough SHOW. Body language, tone of voice and actions were too often explained.

7. I didn’t find anything even remotely funny. Too much swearing and childish buffoonery. I don’t mind a little bit of that, but this was just too much. I prefer a more refined, not in-your-face and clever kind of humor.

However, I did appreciate the audiobook narrator. Scott Sowers was doing an amazing job here! He had a very clear, strong voice with a lot of personality to it, which definitely made the characters come alive for me. Well, as much as they could be.

I should add, though, that this is my first audiobook, which demands a different kind of attention than reading, which obviously I‘m most used to with books. I shouldn’t normally struggle this much with paying attention and keeping my train of thought and imagining things and reflecting on what I listen to, but that might be one more thing that affected my overall reading experience. In addition, I listened as I walked my dog, so whenever I heard something I didn't understand, I couldn't easily rewind or look up the meaning of words. There were a lot of nouns I hadn’t heard about before and references I didn’t get as well. I any case, Zombie Bake-off made me experience a constant state of confusion, and when you start dreading your next walk because you’re about to listen to a book which is supposed to be enjoyable, it’s time to pack things up. Life’s too short and all that.

Based on all of this, I would give it one star, but I refuse to give books one star as a principle, just because an author has spent a lot of time working on something in the hopes of bringing joy to as many strangers as possible, which I find to be an endeavor worthy of praise, regardless of how I feel about the finished product. The same goes for the audiobook narrator. ...more

Like · see review

May 16, 2022 Katie (DeathByPaperbacks) rated it it was amazing

This was a campy, fast paced thrill ride! Filled with brain munching zombies, super sized wrestlers, and blind bakers! 🍩 I highly recommend to anyone looking for a fun new zombie story. It will NOT disappoint!!

Like · see review