Peppered with amazing, creative, and at times absolutely ridiculous gore (which is supremely detailed in a way that only something like a zombie book can really pull off), this book was such a fantastic nod to the classic gag-horror genre. When you spend 20 pages with a zombie with no internal organs crawling around on the floor of the morgue while the medical examiner views said zombie as his metaphorical second-chance baby after his wife's miscarriage, you know you're in for a wild ride.
That being said, the story is told in a series of disconnected vignettes that keep the whole from having any sense of forward momentum. After the fourth new set of characters, I found myself unable to focus, losing the drive to continue reading towards whatever conclusion I couldn't even guess at. At 25% into the book, I didn't have a grasp on which character we might follow till the end, what the purpose of the story is (beyond a very fun zombie romp), or why I should care.
That being said, the story is told in a series of disconnected vignettes that keep the whole from having any sense of forward momentum. After the fourth new set of characters, I found myself unable to focus, losing the drive to continue reading towards whatever conclusion I couldn't even guess at. At 25% into the book, I didn't have a grasp on which character we might follow till the end, what the purpose of the story is (beyond a very fun zombie romp), or why I should care.