Review of Walking with Zombies by Ian Woodhead
(Zombie Armageddon #2)
5 Stars
I’ve read enough of Mr. Woodhead’s prolific Zombie novels to
know two things: Mr. Woodhead, like his devoted fan base, loves Zombies and
Zombiefication; and second, Mr. Woodhead’s Zombies are special. Not for him
only the brainless, mindless, braincrunching dead creatures to which most of us
attribute the Zombie appellation. No, some of the characters here are not just
“brainy,” they’re thinkers-planners-logical-and even gifted. We’ve got a guy
here, a really despicable, dislikable character in life, a domestic abuser, a
kneebreaker, violent, irritable, but a snappy dresser—who gets “turned” and
comes back as a new “breed,” one whose bites makes thinkers, euphoric, with actual
mental telepathy! Now I’ve NEVER seen that anywhere in the various venues of
Zombieland; but it sure is fun! And so is the subtle humour underlying the
entire story. Maybe it’s not politically correct to chuckle throughout a Zombie
novel-but this reader surely did so.
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