An Oral History of the Zombie War
Published: 12, September 2006
Author: Max Brooks
Genres: Action, Fiction, Horror, Horror Comedy, Humor, Military, Post-Apocalyptic, Satire, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Thrillers, War
Check the summary of this book here:
This is a zombie apocalyptic horror novel with five chapters and a collection of personal accounts narrated by a United Nations Postwar Commission agent following the devastating global conflict against the zombie plague. Other passages detail a decade-long desperate struggle that people of various nationalities have gone through. Personal accounts can be found all over the world. The "interviews" detail the social, political, religious, economic, and environmental changes that result from the zombie invasion.
I was unable to read the book and instead watched the movie, which left me with many questions. I then decided to read the book and was satisfied because I received all of the answers that I was looking for. As a result, I recommend reading this book before watching the movie if you have not yet had the opportunity to do so.
It's not like a movie where the protagonist is on a quest to save the world. It follows a variety of people and groups as they deal with the global pandemic outbreak. With so many different people and situations going on, it can be difficult to keep track of everything, but it is quite interesting.
This isn't like any other movie or story where a hero appears and saves the day; it's about a society that has banded together to fight a common enemy and all their struggles to survive another day. This is a must-read for any zombie fan, and I am confident that even non-zombie fans will enjoy it.
This novel is a darker sequel to Max Brooks' fictional survival guide “The Zombie Survival Guide.” Studs Terkel's “The Good War: An Oral History of World War II” and George A. Romero's (1968–2009) zombie films served as inspiration. Brooks used World War Z to make a point about American government's incompetence and isolationism, as well as survival and uncertainty.
If you've only seen the movie, read it because it's much better than the movie and nothing like it. There were no flaws in this novel that I could find, except that it was a little difficult to keep track of all the characters and parties in so many different places and countries. Still, it pales in comparison to the epic-ness of this story, which reads like a war documentary but pits human soldiers against a zombie army.
Synopsis:
“#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.”—Entertainment Weekly
We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand, World War Z is the only record of the pandemic.
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, 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 the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years.
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
“Will spook you for real.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Possesses more creativity and zip than entire crates of other new fiction titles. Think Mad Max meets The Hot Zone. . . . It’s Apocalypse Now, pandemic-style. Creepy but fascinating.”—USA Today
“Will grab you as tightly as a dead man’s fist. A.”—Entertainment Weekly, EW Pick
“Probably the most topical and literate scare since Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds radio broadcast . . . This is action-packed social-political satire with a global view.”—Dallas Morning News”
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Rating: 95/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.
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