On my ride in to work this morning, I turned the last page of Max Brooks’ new zombie effort entitled World War Z.
If you are familiar with Max, it means you have read his other book, The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead. From his simple descriptions of what a zombie is and how to handle them, Max expands outward to create a world where the zombies have already come, and they have already pushed us to the brink of oblivion, and we have recovered. Ten years after the war with the zombies, the author is publishing a collection of interviews gathered while working on the official government report of the war.
Brooks paints a vivid picture through the eyes of his subjects that allows you to see everything from the common man to the army grunt to the war profiteer, in many nationalities. Whenever I have discussed the theoretical of zombie attack, most people scoff at it saying that it just couldn’t happen. Max’s book illustrates exactly how we could manage to lose to an enemy that is slow and uncoordinated.
This book is truly an excellent read, and well worth the money and the time. Two big thumbs up.
Picked up a copy earlier in the week and I’m about half way through. I’m really digging it so far. I loved his first book. I can’t wait to see if the movie can pull off some of the stuff in this one, like the battle in Yonkers.