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badseedgirl's review against another edition
4.0
If people know author Hugh Howey, it is from his sensational novel series, [b:Wool Omnibus|13453029|Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)|Hugh Howey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1349614200l/13453029._SY75_.jpg|18979356]. I was thrilled that this zombie novel was available from my local library. The storyline in this book is a truly horrific thought. What if the consciousness or soul, for lack of a better word, of people infected with a zombie virus were still aware, but were suffering from a form of "locked in syndrome"? Being aware of what your body was doing, but being unable to stop or control it, is a special kind of hell. This book was the epitome of horror to me. Good job Mr. Howey!
This is part of Abbadon Publishings "Tomes of the Dead" Series.
This is part of Abbadon Publishings "Tomes of the Dead" Series.
dantilldusk's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Just wasn't for me
singhalex's review against another edition
5.0
Who would have thought a book from the zombies' perspective could be so good? The book contains zombies but it's really about our humanity and makes you take stock of your own life. Plus there's brains.
lizella's review against another edition
3.0
I, Zombie flips the focus of the zombie genre and explores the existence of those unfortunates who didn’t get away. Manhattan is ground zero for the infectious outbreak and Howey gives us the first-person locked-in thoughts of a random selection of the shambling undead. His take is unique in that the victims of the affliction are still conscious and feel the pain of the injured and rotting flesh that they are trapped within and cannot control. The force that animates their bodies has a mind of its own driven by the smell of living humans and the unrelenting need to feed on it.
The result is a gallery of character portraits that examine the spectrum of human experience and reaction to existing in this state and the decisions or actions that brought them here. Some are anquished and tortured as expected while others take a more pragmatic view or are even happy to be released from oppressions of their living state.
I would recommend this book to Zombie aficionados to round out their genre experience.
*Audible Audiobook version
Unabridged, 7hrs, 1 min
Narrator: Paula Christensen, Lucien Dodge, Mozhan Mamo, Greta Jung, Graham Hamilton, Adam Lazarre-White, Conner Kelly-Eiding, Michelle Carmen Gomez, Lorna Raver
Publisher: Audible, Inc.
Release: 11-08-12
The result is a gallery of character portraits that examine the spectrum of human experience and reaction to existing in this state and the decisions or actions that brought them here. Some are anquished and tortured as expected while others take a more pragmatic view or are even happy to be released from oppressions of their living state.
I would recommend this book to Zombie aficionados to round out their genre experience.
*Audible Audiobook version
Unabridged, 7hrs, 1 min
Narrator: Paula Christensen, Lucien Dodge, Mozhan Mamo, Greta Jung, Graham Hamilton, Adam Lazarre-White, Conner Kelly-Eiding, Michelle Carmen Gomez, Lorna Raver
Publisher: Audible, Inc.
Release: 11-08-12
wannabekingpin's review against another edition
5.0
All review in one place: Night Mode Reading; LT
About: All the speakers in this book are either zombies, or people who are about to become zombies. Little by little, including interesting enough personal background stories, they tell a tale of how did this happen, to them, to their city. It’s scary, how it all began with a few infected on the street. They looked no worse than deranged sick vagabonds, so people avoided them. But apparently, they didn’t do so well enough. For not long after that, a gang of zombies, a shuffle, came along. They weren’t fast, what with their rotting, often broken bodies, but their need drove them forwards, causing panic, horror, and all the disasters that start with it. Some, now, like our very first speaker, are trapped in their rotting bodies, internally screaming against impulses they can no longer control, as their broken bleeding hands shove rotting flesh into their mouths, throats. Others feel relief, for they won’t have to worry about anything anymore, not the contamination, virus, not even death. But they’re all united with one need, one want: human flesh. They can always smell them, always feel them. So they know full well there’s choppers above, full of scientists and military, all people who do nothing but observe and research. And by the time they reach a conclusion: sacrifice a city for the sake of humanity, by the time they decide to bomb it… They already know there’s herds of living, delicious flesh behind the barricades of this city.
My Thoughts: This was a very scary read. From the very first story, where a completely conscious woman with a gaping hole in her cheek, explains the terror she feels when her hands shove guts into her throat, and how painful is the wind against her bare teeth. Then to living people, civilians. One had just enough bullets to show mercy to some, choosing to shoot women and children first, and put them out of this horror of existence. And finally, to those who didn’t see the rising sun of a bomb fallen, for they were pushing, scraping at the barriers between themselves and humanity. By the end of this book my heart was thumping. I am not someone who likes to be scared. But this was unbelievably amazing. Not every story was interesting or scary, but a total of the book was definitely worth it.
I am waiting for Dying Light 2 even more now, praying it’ll still have zombies, and not just gangs of people. I was never interested in zombies, never felt the need to read or watch anything with them, really. But this book had a teller who was one of those people who were actively preparing for a zombie apocalypse, like quite a few in our world actually do. And so it just brought it all to life, made it beautifully believable. I give it 5 out of 5, and to you I suggest to put it up for October, Halloween read.
About: All the speakers in this book are either zombies, or people who are about to become zombies. Little by little, including interesting enough personal background stories, they tell a tale of how did this happen, to them, to their city. It’s scary, how it all began with a few infected on the street. They looked no worse than deranged sick vagabonds, so people avoided them. But apparently, they didn’t do so well enough. For not long after that, a gang of zombies, a shuffle, came along. They weren’t fast, what with their rotting, often broken bodies, but their need drove them forwards, causing panic, horror, and all the disasters that start with it. Some, now, like our very first speaker, are trapped in their rotting bodies, internally screaming against impulses they can no longer control, as their broken bleeding hands shove rotting flesh into their mouths, throats. Others feel relief, for they won’t have to worry about anything anymore, not the contamination, virus, not even death. But they’re all united with one need, one want: human flesh. They can always smell them, always feel them. So they know full well there’s choppers above, full of scientists and military, all people who do nothing but observe and research. And by the time they reach a conclusion: sacrifice a city for the sake of humanity, by the time they decide to bomb it… They already know there’s herds of living, delicious flesh behind the barricades of this city.
My Thoughts: This was a very scary read. From the very first story, where a completely conscious woman with a gaping hole in her cheek, explains the terror she feels when her hands shove guts into her throat, and how painful is the wind against her bare teeth. Then to living people, civilians. One had just enough bullets to show mercy to some, choosing to shoot women and children first, and put them out of this horror of existence. And finally, to those who didn’t see the rising sun of a bomb fallen, for they were pushing, scraping at the barriers between themselves and humanity. By the end of this book my heart was thumping. I am not someone who likes to be scared. But this was unbelievably amazing. Not every story was interesting or scary, but a total of the book was definitely worth it.
I am waiting for Dying Light 2 even more now, praying it’ll still have zombies, and not just gangs of people. I was never interested in zombies, never felt the need to read or watch anything with them, really. But this book had a teller who was one of those people who were actively preparing for a zombie apocalypse, like quite a few in our world actually do. And so it just brought it all to life, made it beautifully believable. I give it 5 out of 5, and to you I suggest to put it up for October, Halloween read.
carmiendo's review against another edition
4.0
i'm pretty sure this is the most disgusting book i've ever read! no regrets
bigmoneytim's review against another edition
2.0
More a series of character studies than a narrative. There is one I guess, but it's paper thin. Goes to the kid/baby horrible death well a few too many times in my opinion. Meh
stereofeed's review against another edition
Love Hugh Howey, did not like this book. Story from the zombie point of view was not as interesting as I'd thought it would be.