- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Kensington (14 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0758225229
- ISBN-13: 978-0758225221
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,080,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Call them the splatterati--werewolves who always know what to wear, zombies with bodies to die for, and vampires who know their fang shui--just don't call them late when it comes to happy hour, or the drinks might be on you."
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"Sexy, funny, and twisted. You've never read anything like this!" - Richelle Mead, New York Times bestselling author "Worth a read; priceless, really. Road Trip of the Living Dead can't come soon enough." - Urban Fantasy Land"
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Amanda Feral is a sharp-tongued, pitiless advertising executive conducting an affair with her psychologist (the pay-off for which is very amusing) but otherwise living an emotionally cold life when she finds herself turned into a zombie. Determined to enjoy her afterlife more than her `real' life she embraces Seattle's undead underworld, populated by zombies, vampires, shapeshifters and demons who party hard and feed on the unsuspecting transients and vagrants living in Seattle's underbelly
Henry's zombie mythology is carefully constructed. Zombies are divided between those turned deliberately after being breathed on by another zombie (who retain self awareness) and mistakes (mindless creatures driven solely by their need to feed). Zombies can drink alcohol and eat human flesh but anything else goes right through them - literally. They also have to be careful about getting injured because with rare exceptions, they can't heal.
Amanda is accompanied by Gil, a needy gay vampire, and Wendy, a fashionista zombie. The plot hinges on the disappearance of a third friend, Liesl, a succubus. The disappearance is unsatisfying both for the lack of concern displayed by Amanda et al (evidenced by their delay in actually looking for her) and for the cursory resolution. Essentially, it's a hook to get to the main point of the story which is the creation of mistakes who are being unleashed on Seattle's unsuspecting population. There's also a lot of backstory given on Amanda and her friends, which is engaging but again gets in the way of the main plot. Amanda admits this (which makes it more forgiveable), but it comes across as padding. Finally, I didn't like the use of footnotes in the text. There were too many and it detracted from the main story - in some cases by killing punchlines or providing needless back information.
That said, there's a fine macabre humour to many of the set-pieces (a scene where a load of mistakes run amok in a Starbucks made me laugh out loud) and there's sufficient gory detail to make most readers squirm. If the villains are a little obvious, the path to their unmasking is entertaining and the final battle is fast-paced and action-packed. Henry shows attention to detail when it comes to the fashion and beauty regimes advocated by his main characters and the reapers - angelic looking little girls who eradicate the mistakes - are chilling.
Henry's zombie mythology is carefully constructed. Zombies are divided between those turned deliberately after being breathed on by another zombie (who retain self awareness) and mistakes (mindless creatures driven solely by their need to feed). Zombies can drink alcohol and eat human flesh but anything else goes right through them - literally. They also have to be careful about getting injured because with rare exceptions, they can't heal.
Amanda is accompanied by Gil, a needy gay vampire, and Wendy, a fashionista zombie. The plot hinges on the disappearance of a third friend, Liesl, a succubus. The disappearance is unsatisfying both for the lack of concern displayed by Amanda et al (evidenced by their delay in actually looking for her) and for the cursory resolution. Essentially, it's a hook to get to the main point of the story which is the creation of mistakes who are being unleashed on Seattle's unsuspecting population. There's also a lot of backstory given on Amanda and her friends, which is engaging but again gets in the way of the main plot. Amanda admits this (which makes it more forgiveable), but it comes across as padding. Finally, I didn't like the use of footnotes in the text. There were too many and it detracted from the main story - in some cases by killing punchlines or providing needless back information.
That said, there's a fine macabre humour to many of the set-pieces (a scene where a load of mistakes run amok in a Starbucks made me laugh out loud) and there's sufficient gory detail to make most readers squirm. If the villains are a little obvious, the path to their unmasking is entertaining and the final battle is fast-paced and action-packed. Henry shows attention to detail when it comes to the fashion and beauty regimes advocated by his main characters and the reapers - angelic looking little girls who eradicate the mistakes - are chilling.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is not your usual urban fantasy story. The author's writing style was very amusing with our heroine, Amanda Feral, a zombie who's learning her way about her new state, making lots of amusing comments, some of which are in footnotes. When a friend Liesl disappears Amanda starts to search for her and the story moves along with various flashbacks to events that caused Amanda's transformation to Zombie and how she met some of her new supernatural friends.
Although I liked the author's writing style I couldn't quite get into the story. This is no soft-focus supernatural book - Amanda and her friends kill people, eat them and dispose of the evidence and this was somehow just a little too much for me to stomach, even if done in an 'amusing' manner. Amanda herself isn't a particularly original character, apart from the zombieness - she's into shoes, make-up, coffee and would be at home in lots of chick-lit books, provided she were still alive. Her friends seem both formulaic and also wacky and their adventures together definitely fit into the gory mock-horror world. There are some fresh aspects to this book and some very familiar aspects. It didn't work for me as a good read as it seemed too directionless and I couldn't empathise with the characters but it was certainly a good writing style with lots of amusing one-liners, thoughts and events.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2008
Although I liked the author's writing style I couldn't quite get into the story. This is no soft-focus supernatural book - Amanda and her friends kill people, eat them and dispose of the evidence and this was somehow just a little too much for me to stomach, even if done in an 'amusing' manner. Amanda herself isn't a particularly original character, apart from the zombieness - she's into shoes, make-up, coffee and would be at home in lots of chick-lit books, provided she were still alive. Her friends seem both formulaic and also wacky and their adventures together definitely fit into the gory mock-horror world. There are some fresh aspects to this book and some very familiar aspects. It didn't work for me as a good read as it seemed too directionless and I couldn't empathise with the characters but it was certainly a good writing style with lots of amusing one-liners, thoughts and events.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2008
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I tried really hard to like this book but I eventually had to accept defeat. I only finished this by skipping pages.
Though the author was trying for humour, it just wasn't really that funny. Being a bitch, when done the right way, can be entertaining but in this case, it was just annoying. I didn't like the little footnotes throughout the book, they were distracting and didnt offer anything to the story.
The characters are so shallow and devoid of any redeeming qualities that you dont care what happens to them. Yes, you can have characters do bad things and can overlook them and like them but when the person (or zombie) is just plain nasty, then you dont care what they do or why.
It was such a novel idea (no pun intended) but it was let down by bad dialogue and one dimensional characters.
Though the author was trying for humour, it just wasn't really that funny. Being a bitch, when done the right way, can be entertaining but in this case, it was just annoying. I didn't like the little footnotes throughout the book, they were distracting and didnt offer anything to the story.
The characters are so shallow and devoid of any redeeming qualities that you dont care what happens to them. Yes, you can have characters do bad things and can overlook them and like them but when the person (or zombie) is just plain nasty, then you dont care what they do or why.
It was such a novel idea (no pun intended) but it was let down by bad dialogue and one dimensional characters.
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