World War Z

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• WORLD WAR Z

  WORLD WAR Z is about zombies, and naturally --- inevitably --- it was written by Max Brooks. Brooks knows zombies the way that Mariano Rivera knows the ninth inning, the way that Merle Haggard knows honky-tonks. He knows their foul breath, their sham ... (read full critics)

  teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

• WORLD WAR Z

  WORLD WAR Z is about zombies, and naturally --- inevitably --- it was written by Max Brooks. Brooks knows zombies the way that Mariano Rivera knows the ninth inning, the way that Merle Haggard knows honky-tonks. He knows their foul breath, their sham ... (read full critics)

  teenreads published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

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  One critic used the word "literate" to describe this novel, and I think it is a fair compliment. Brooks's familiarity with our world and the lack of many common scare tactics (except for in the opening) made this book strangely plausible once you accepted its premise. My disbelief was suspended co ... (continue)

  One critic used the word "literate" to describe this novel, and I think it is a fair compliment. Brooks's familiarity with our world and the lack of many common scare tactics (except for in the opening) made this book strangely plausible once you accepted its premise. My disbelief was suspended completely and since I'm a military man, that's something for a book about politics and military response to disaster.

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  WingmanX said on Feb 20, 2008 | Add your feedback

• Best zombie novel EVER! The format is genius! I love that Brooks wrote this as oral histories of the survivors of the zombie war. The story unravels very slowly, as the reader starts to put together the scattered pieces of the narrative. I love how Brooks used current events to create a plausibl ... (continue)

  Best zombie novel EVER! The format is genius! I love that Brooks wrote this as oral histories of the survivors of the zombie war. The story unravels very slowly, as the reader starts to put together the scattered pieces of the narrative. I love how Brooks used current events to create a plausible scenario for the outbreak. This is HANDS DOWN the best novel, period.

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  Serena Freewomyn said on Nov 1, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  If you like to read meanwhile you poo, this book is so for you. And I absolutely don't mean it in a bad way! The thing is structured as a sort of mock investigation with interviews to the main protagonists of the zombie war. Each interview/chapter is completely independent from the rest, so it is ju ... (continue)

  If you like to read meanwhile you poo, this book is so for you. And I absolutely don't mean it in a bad way! The thing is structured as a sort of mock investigation with interviews to the main protagonists of the zombie war. Each interview/chapter is completely independent from the rest, so it is just perfect for those 10-15 minute quiet readings in the comfort of your bathroom. Very entertaining and fairly well written, with even a handful of genuinely good "interviews".

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  Isam said on Aug 30, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  This was so not what I was expecting, but I found myself getting caught up in the story. The interweaving of history with alternative near-future was surprisingly believable. The full cast recording was packed with familiar voices and lent the audio version the feel of a documentary.

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  SeanaMO said on Mar 6, 2010 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

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  A great follow-up.

  This is one of the finest reads I've had the pleasure of finding in the last few years. Max Brooks writes characters we can all associate with even if the situation seems unbelievable. I look forward to seeing his next works.

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  Stubob72556 said on Dec 16, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Seriously, this book is sometimes a bit too realistic to be scary, so I might not even categorize it as Horror.

  At first I thought, ok, this is so typical American, that values democracy, thinks that every nation should embrace it unconditionally. Russia becomes an empire, China collapses, Isr ... (continue)

  Seriously, this book is sometimes a bit too realistic to be scary, so I might not even categorize it as Horror.

  At first I thought, ok, this is so typical American, that values democracy, thinks that every nation should embrace it unconditionally. Russia becomes an empire, China collapses, Israeli-Palestinian grudge simply fades. However, there soon appears that our author also knows that limit, where totalitarian regimes can mobilize more efficiently their people to fight.

  And there, on its language, the author surely tried hard to produce different patterns of speeches, yet a certain familiarity still haunts the whole book. And above all, everybody speaks English all too well. lol

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  八足 said on Aug 21, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 342 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0307346617
• ISBN-13: 9780307346612
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Pub date: Sep 25, 2007
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Library Binding and Others
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