I, Zombie in Apocalypse Whenever

Dec 29, 2012 Netanella rated it it was ok

Shelves: zombies, monster-hunter-reading-challenge

First paragraph: There was a hole in Gloria’s smile the size of an apple. When she ate, much of what she chewed passed through her cheek and spilled down her neck. And when a scent caught her attention—usually the smell of the living—she would lift her head to take a sniff and feel the air pass through her open face to hammer her rotting teeth.

This was a painful book to read. First, because the disclaimer was completely accurate - this is probably the most disgusting book I've ever read. Howey i ...more

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Jul 22, 2013 Elizabeth rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, 2013, horror_zombie, audiobooks-audible

I, Zombie flips the focus of the zombie genre and explores the existence of those unfortunates who didn’t get away. Manhattan is ground zero for the infectious outbreak and Howey gives us the first-person locked-in thoughts of a random selection of the shambling undead. His take is unique in that the victims of the affliction are still conscious and feel the pain of the injured and rotting flesh that they are trapped within and cannot control. The force that animates their bodies has a mind of i ...more

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Oct 16, 2012 Colleen rated it really liked it

Shelves: horror, zombies

In a way this book is more about 9/11 than zombies. I'm still not entirely sure what to think of it. At times, it seemed to tread around and around the same area as its subjects and at others seemed to mirror the interior world as well as Virgina Woolf. I think this is one that depending on your mood, your reaction to this book might wildly vary.

This book is a selection of vignettes of former New Yorkers/tourists to New York, now desolate zombies repetively wandering a ruined cityscape. They are ...more

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Sep 02, 2012 Katie rated it it was amazing

I don't recommend reading this while eating....seriously the book does not hold back on visuals!!
A completely new perspective and more profound than I was expecting. ...more

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