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A review by thestarman
Dead Sea by Brian Keene
3.0
VERDICT: ~2.9 stars for the zombie horror sub-genre. Or a flat 2 stars if rated against general or horror fiction.
Readers enjoying nastier, smellier zompocalypse survival tales will find some things to like here--and some slower parts and ridiculousness. But the gore level was good, and the main setting (a ship, eventually) was a change from the mundane.
One word of caution: The ending (yes, this will be a mild spoiler)... It leaves possibility of a sequel, but that doesn't seem likely.
Overall, DEAD SEA is slightly above average for zombie books--but that's a pretty low bar. Most zombie books I've read have been 1 to 2 stars, with a few notable exceptions*.
*Some better (dare I say 'exceptional') books in the sub-genre:
[bc:The Reapers are the Angels|8051458|The Reapers are the Angels (Reapers, #1)|Alden Bell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388716938l/8051458._SY75_.jpg|12707063] [bc:The Girl with All the Gifts|17235026|The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl with All the Gifts, #1)|M.R. Carey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403033579l/17235026._SY75_.jpg|23753235]
Readers enjoying nastier, smellier zompocalypse survival tales will find some things to like here--and some slower parts and ridiculousness. But the gore level was good, and the main setting (a ship, eventually) was a change from the mundane.
One word of caution: The ending (yes, this will be a mild spoiler)...
Spoiler
is open-ended, with no resolution.Overall, DEAD SEA is slightly above average for zombie books--but that's a pretty low bar. Most zombie books I've read have been 1 to 2 stars, with a few notable exceptions*.
*Some better (dare I say 'exceptional') books in the sub-genre:
[bc:The Reapers are the Angels|8051458|The Reapers are the Angels (Reapers, #1)|Alden Bell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388716938l/8051458._SY75_.jpg|12707063] [bc:The Girl with All the Gifts|17235026|The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl with All the Gifts, #1)|M.R. Carey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403033579l/17235026._SY75_.jpg|23753235]