Monday, August 30, 2010

An excellent read by anyones standards

So I recently finished World War Z by Max Brooks. Let me tell you boys and girls, this is a good one. It is essentially a book about what if the zombie apocalypse happened, and everything that happened after. A journalist is the narrator of the story and he is going around collecting peoples reactions, interactions, and experiences that happened just before, during, and just after the zombie outbreak. Some of the stories are what you'd expect, soldiers fighting and dying, people turning on one another, etc... However, there are also some really surprises in this one. Max Brooks (the narrator who the author named after himself) talks to some political figures who made the tough decisions throughout the war, and some people who are just basic people who lived through it and made sacrifices and changes for it. Honestly, the best stories are the ones from the people who just lived through it as civilians. Yes, the soldiers stories are interesting, and so are the political figures, but the real meat of this one is with the civilians who tell it like it was on the ground trying to survive. If you are a fan of political literature, biographies, war histories, zombies, or any combination of those than read this book. You will not be sorry.