Max Brooks - World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Pros: "Eyewitness" accounts, big themes, Brooks' writing, cast performances...

Cons: Language might be too strong for delicate ears...

The Bottom Line: This book almost makes me like zombies. Almost.

Review: I've never like zombies. I haven't ever seen "Night of the Living Dead" or "28 Days Later" or anything where you need to blow something's brains out to kill its undead self. So when friends recommended Max Brooks' novel "World War Z: An Oral History of ...

Pros: Well-written, great audiobook

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: I can't wait to see the movie, so long as they don't screw it up.

Review: World War Z is a collection of war stories from a fictional zombie war that swept the planet sometime in the near future. It is from author Max Brooks, who is the son of famed writer/director Mel Brooks, and is the follow-up to his wildly ...

Pros: Well written, imaginative, absorbing, entertaining, and thought provoking.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: Every element of the story wove together to create the perfect atmosphere of palpable doom entrancing the reader and ultimately stimulating the mind.

Review: An inexplicable and ultimately fatal plague has suddenly swept the globe, leaving horror and tragedy in its wake as a grim reminder of how fragile our presumed safety really is. This shocking plague is far from an ordinary virus; this mysterious illness ...

Pros: Completely involving from the first tale. A remarkable cast

Cons: Sore ears from having my ipod glued to them until the tale ended.

The Bottom Line: Buy it! Don't forget the Zombie Survival Guide too

Review: Max Brooks has created a world where humanity is struggling to recover from a zombie uprising and in doing so offers glimpses into human nature that make the reader really examine humanity's will to survive and what we are capable of in the name of ...

Pros: Zombie wars are shown from many different POV's across the world.

Cons: Some stories could have been elaborated on.

The Bottom Line: A great book for anyone who loves zombies. Page-turner.

Review: Someone had told me this book would be hard to follow without first reading Brooks’ other book, The Zombie Survival Guide. Well, I had already finished WWZ before I even realized there was another book. I followed it just fine, so if you haven’t read The ...

Pros: The story covers the entire world instead of just the US.

Cons: Some of the character stories could have been expanded upon.

The Bottom Line: This book is a must read for anyone that appreciates detailed smart fiction and horror. Max Brook uses a fantasy war to comment on our society and world politics.

Review: I purchased this book only after getting the abridged audio book as a gift. I am not a fan of abridged anything and I also wanted to read the book for myself before hearing an audio version. I'll admit I didn't have any great expectations when it came ...

Pros: Short stories. A glimpse into a possible future.

Cons: The stories are rather short.

The Bottom Line: Not funny at all. Very thought provoking. Worth the price. a great read.

Review: This book is rather good. It is written as though it really is someone going around and gathering up oral accounts of something that actually happened. While the idea of zombies may be science fiction the idea of a world wide epidemic is quite real. I ...

Pros: The pace, the "eyewitness" accounts, the fact/fiction blend, everything! A triumph for Max Brooks!

Cons: Brad Pitt's movie company bought the rights to the book :-(

Review: A truly exceptional Zombie novel against which others will be judged. Phenomenally well written and researched, this fictional account of a worldwide plague of zombies is truly an astoundingly enjoyable read from start to finish. Done in an interview ...

Pros: powerful post-apocalyptic novel

Cons: very little variation in the voices of the interviewees

The Bottom Line: The zombies are coming, the zombies are coming... and you'd better be ready.

Review: The old saying would have it that "armies prepare to fight the war they just finished." That does seem borne out by recent history: WWII vs. Korea; Korea vs. Vietnam; Vietnam vs. the Gulf Wars... perhaps the military mind can only ...