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Nearly fourteen years ago a freak virus swept across the world turning those infected from the living into the undead. Benny Imura has grown-up never knowing anything different; his last memories of his parents tainted by the image of them becoming zombies. Now Benny is fifteen, and his brother Tom wants him to join the "family business" and train as a zombie killer. The last thing Benny wants is to work with Tom --- but at least the job should be an easy ride. Then the brothers head into the Rot and Ruin, an area full of wandering zombies, and Benny realises that being a bounty hunter isn't just about whacking zombies. As he's confronted with the truths about the world around him, Benny finds his beliefs challenged and makes the most terrifying discovery of all, that sometimes the worst monsters you can imagine, are human...
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Jonathan Maberry is a multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator and writing teacher/lecturer. His novels include Ghost Road Blues (winner of the Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2006), Dead Man's Song, Bad Moon Rising, and Patient Zero. He writes The Black Panther comic for Marvel, as well as a variety of projects involving Wolverine and Spider-Man. Rot & Ruin is his first book for young readers.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I admit to struggling to get into Rot and Ruin to begin with purely because I made a fundamental error upon beginnning this novel. I picked this up because I really enjoyed Patient Zero by Maberry and thought that this would be just as fantastic. And it is. But in an entirely different way. So the mistake I made was expecting this to be written in the same kind of way which it wasn't, after all it is a young adult novel which Patient Zero wasn't.
Having said that, I persevered in the hopes that Maberry would turn it around and provide me with a hidden gem and actually he did just that. Roughly 20-25% of the way through things started to get interesting and from that point it just got better and better. I love that the chapters are mostly short and sweet - this is a great tension builder for me. The characters were fantastic - each one was memorable and I liked them. The mini love triangle was great fun too.
But what makes this any different or any better then all the other zombie novels? It's simple. This isn't just the run of the mill, virus leading to infection leading to an apocolypse. And although I usually love that sequence of events this novel actually looks at the aftermath of these events. The main character Benny Imura and his brother Tom have a difficult relationship since their parents were turned into zombies during "First Night" - the beginning of the infection. Benny is searching for a job but eventually decides to join his brother who provides closure for families by "quieting" their loved ones. This essentially means he kills the zombie but before that he reads a letter from the family.
There are a lot of different ideas in Rot and Ruin like childrens zombie cards, the sliver to quiet the zombies and the bounty hunters. I would recommend this book because it really did get very good but be aware that this isn't another Patient Zero.
Having said that, I persevered in the hopes that Maberry would turn it around and provide me with a hidden gem and actually he did just that. Roughly 20-25% of the way through things started to get interesting and from that point it just got better and better. I love that the chapters are mostly short and sweet - this is a great tension builder for me. The characters were fantastic - each one was memorable and I liked them. The mini love triangle was great fun too.
But what makes this any different or any better then all the other zombie novels? It's simple. This isn't just the run of the mill, virus leading to infection leading to an apocolypse. And although I usually love that sequence of events this novel actually looks at the aftermath of these events. The main character Benny Imura and his brother Tom have a difficult relationship since their parents were turned into zombies during "First Night" - the beginning of the infection. Benny is searching for a job but eventually decides to join his brother who provides closure for families by "quieting" their loved ones. This essentially means he kills the zombie but before that he reads a letter from the family.
There are a lot of different ideas in Rot and Ruin like childrens zombie cards, the sliver to quiet the zombies and the bounty hunters. I would recommend this book because it really did get very good but be aware that this isn't another Patient Zero.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I picked this book up in a bargain bookshop because I liked the cover. I bought it because I liked the premise. I read it because it was next in my pile of 'to-be-read' book. But, I couldn't put it down because it is, quite simply, the best book I read in 2010. For me, this is the children's book about zombies that Stephen King should have written! The depth of characterization and the blurring of the accepted lines between good and bad and good guys and bad guys is thrillingly written and thoroughly thought provoking. Benny and his brother Tom are instantly likeable and the cast of characters surrounding them are gloriously brought to life. The story is thrilling, frightening in startling original and surprising ways and heart-rendingly tragic. For me, Jonathan Maberry has instantly entered my top 5 best authors.
In a world full of zombies, who are the real monsters?
I honestly cannot recommend this book enough - and its sequel Dust & Decay.
In a world full of zombies, who are the real monsters?
I honestly cannot recommend this book enough - and its sequel Dust & Decay.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although this book is aimed at the Teenage market this book is an excellent read and very well developed book and is an excellent adult book as well. Purchased as a holiday read I completed the book within two days as I could not put it down.
If you are expecting a Book like Patient Zero then you are going to be disappointed as the book lacks the violence until towards the end as you are seeing the new "world" through the eyes of a 15 yr old who was only a toddler when the event took place that raised the dead and attached the living and changing them to the undead as well.
Whilst giving some great insites on how to survice in a Zombie filled world.
If you are expecting a Book like Patient Zero then you are going to be disappointed as the book lacks the violence until towards the end as you are seeing the new "world" through the eyes of a 15 yr old who was only a toddler when the event took place that raised the dead and attached the living and changing them to the undead as well.
Whilst giving some great insites on how to survice in a Zombie filled world.
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Not all gore
This book really impressed me. The name put me off as it sounds kind of...cheap? And the cover is cheap as its very thin and scuffs far too easy. Read more
Published 5 months ago by B. J. Evans
There is something more dangerous ot there than Zombies!
This story is about two brothers, The Imura brothers Tom the bounty hunter and Benny the not so yet bounty hunter. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Lou pendergrast
Finally a good one!
I first read this as a short story in one of my zombie short story books and thought to myself "Hmm, this would make a good novel, what a pity there aren't any more. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ms. C. Hankinson
Mmmm braiiiinnnsssss and maybe a little salad.
I'd just like to say I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It has a slightly different take on the usual zombie apocalypse books which I found delightfully refreshing. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Del
Give it a read, you won`t be dissapointed.
I have recently found Johnathan Mayberry, if you are expecting a read like Patient Zero, The Dragon Factory or King of Plagues then forget it. Read more
Published 12 months ago by tobytyke-The Barnsley Bull
A Different Kind of Zombie Novel
"Rot & Ruin" is a difficult review to write. It took me almost a month to finish and yet I really enjoyed it. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Book Chick City
Dark and thought-provoking YA zombie novel with a strong emotional...
Benny Imura was only a toddler when the world was destroyed in a zombie apocalypse. His earliest memory is of his older brother, Tom, carrying him away from the family home. Read more
Published 13 months ago by quippe
Rot and Ruin
Zombies have never been my favourite paranormal creature, if that's what you'd call them. I'm more into bloodsucking vampires than flesh-eating decomposing people, and haven't had... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jenny, Wondrous Reads
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Benny just turned fifteen. In his world, that means he must find a job in order to continue receiving his rations. The problem is, Benny can't find a job he likes. Read more
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