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At first I thought this book was fabulous. I bought it in an airport and didn't put it down until I had landed in a new city. It has fascinating insight into Afghani culture and I really learned a lot about the Middle Eastern mindset. It was educational without being boring. That being said, the ending really disappointed me. Things fell into place in a way that Dickens would have loved, but I found silly.

I have to give the author credit for an incredible, fast-moving plotline that makes this entire series addictive. However, ultimately, despite my rapid-fire reading, I felt as if the series was missing a lot. The characters were not very deep, I didn't care about the love triangle, and the ending is so pessimistic and blah that I feel as if there was no real arc or development to the stories or the characters.

Good middle book of the series, but not a lot happened, just made me desperate to read the third one!

Started off interesting. Definitely had a French adventure type story feel to it, like [b:The Count of Monte Cristo|7126|The Count of Monte Cristo|Alexandre Dumas|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1309203605s/7126.jpg|391568] and other Dumas stories. However, after a few riveting escapes and an interesting segment involving a leper colony and the main character living with a Native American tribe, this quickly became tedious and hard to finish.

This is not so much a zombie book or a horror book, but rather a commentary on human nature during trying times. Many of the problems addressed in the book are not caused by the zombies, but by our current military-industrial complex and ongoing political conflicts. So...the real monsters in this book turn out not to be the zombies...but...wait for it...the humans! (GASP!) (I know, this is hard-core literary analysis here, huh?)

The writing format is unique, it is written very realistically like a historical war documentary, with short snippets of tales from survivors. The style copies so closely other legitimate books that I have read, that at first, I was greatly amused, while also being a tad insulted. (The first that comes to mind is this book on genocide I had to read for a class:

[b:Century of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts|1165549|Century of Genocide Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts|Samuel Totten|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1181566256s/1165549.jpg|1153229])

I give Max Brooks (wait, he's the son of MEL BROOKS?!?) kudos for the idea though and for his excellent ability to copy that format pretty effectively.

That format was also the book's biggest weakness, in my opinion. I felt like I was reading a lot of short stories or essays, that could all stand on their own. There was no real narrative running through the novel, and it left a sort of disconnected and confusing overall picture of the plot and why things happened the way they did. (Because of this format, I have no idea how they turned this into a movie!) (I also have no idea what "ferals" are, even though they get brought up several times). I was also frustrated because many of the stories had just gotten me hooked, when they ended, and I wanted to know more! It was like a constant tease. Also, he used way too many characters to try to fabricate that many unique voices. A lot of the characters ended up sounding similar to each other. I found myself losing interest about halfway through and not wanting to continue, because I felt like nothing was getting added.

Excellent book that really makes you think. I don't particularly like the futuristic dystopia books, but this one was alright. I appreciated the Biblical themes. It is quite frightening when one considers the possibility of themes from this book coming true someday.

I was given this book as a present by family members who knew of my life long obsession with The Godfather and Mario Puzo. I read the book, honestly I don't remember much about it. It didn't impress me very much. I think it was a fairly entertaining read, page-turner, but not a lot of substance.

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Sweet story about a girl growing up in an abusive home in the South

This book is just like your favorite little snack. Fun, easy, harmless, entertaining, no real value, and next thing you know, you have devoured the whole package

I had abandoned this at one point but was able to come back and finish it. It is somewhat boring and rambling, with a character that is a sad-sack couch potato, and I skimmed parts. He lacks volition to the point that he wastes his life away. It was interesting when he briefly manages to meet a woman, but he cannot get it together enough to marry her. I think it would have been better as a short story.

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