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Messin’ with Squatch

Devolution by Max Brooks

December 31, 2020 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

I loved World War Z. While the movie was fine, it was not the book that I read and loved. This is a much darker, more horror version that focuses a grisly Bigfoot massacre in Washington state. The audiobook is read by an outstanding cast led by Judy Greer as the protagonist. It follows the same style as World War Z in that it is a collection of journal entries interspersed with news stories and interviews. The main difference between this book and WWZ is […]

Filed Under: Horror, Suspense Tagged With: bigfoot, Max Brooks

thewheelbarrow's CBR12 Review No:45 · Genres: Horror, Suspense · Tags: bigfoot, Max Brooks ·
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Gimme that sweet sweet Zombie fix

Closure, Limited and Other Zombie Stories by Max Brooks

December 25, 2020 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

This novel brings together my two great low-brow literary loves: short stories and Zombie fiction! This collection of stories includes four short stories, of varying quality, that I’ll tackle briefly separately. This is a very short book so I’ll keep this review very high-level and rate each story separately. Closure, Limited This is a story taking place following the events of World War Z which grapples with the question: how can the sorry survivors find closure? It was a very upsetting and poignant tale, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Max Brooks

Caesar's Wife's CBR12 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Max Brooks ·
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Did not expect to love a book about zombies

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

December 21, 2020 by Malin 6 Comments

4.5 stars Official book description: The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, audio book, cbr12, ensemble cast, horror, Malin, Max Brooks, World War Z, zombies

Malin's CBR12 Review No:82 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, audio book, cbr12, ensemble cast, horror, Malin, Max Brooks, World War Z, zombies ·
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I wasn’t expecting such a serious book based on the title

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

November 18, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre is the story of of a group of yuppies fighting for survival against a tribe of starving Sasquatch after Mount Rainier erupts. Most of the novel is told from the point of view of Kate, a new resident to the western Washington planned village of Greenloop. Kate and her husband, Dan, have been having marital troubles, in part because Dan can’t find a job. Kate is hoping the tech and creative community in Greenloop will inspire Dan and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Max Brooks, sasquatch, survival, volcano, Washington

pixifer's CBR12 Review No:59 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: Max Brooks, sasquatch, survival, volcano, Washington ·
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Post Apocalyptic Comfort

World War Z by Max Brooks

September 9, 2020 by caragwapa 2 Comments

Is it weird that World War Z is one of my comfort reads? I rarely reread books. I get anxious when I’m rereading because I keep thinking that I should be reading something new. I mean, my to be read list is not getting any shorter. World War Z is one of the few books that I have reread more than once. The others are The Drifters by James Michener, A Ring of Endless Light by L’Engle and Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: caragwapa, cbr12, Max Brooks, post apocalytpic, zombies

caragwapa's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: caragwapa, cbr12, Max Brooks, post apocalytpic, zombies ·
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