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What made the experience of listening to Plague of the Dead the most enjoyable?

Finally a Zombie book without a vampire, werewolf, a computer system that becomes self aware

What was one of the most memorable moments of Plague of the Dead?

The battle scenes between the horde of dead and the armed forces

Have you listened to any of Oliver Wyman’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

no

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

No, but truthfully I was not looking for a book about zombies which would 'move me'. I wanted something easy and fun to listen and long enough to fill out the details.

Any additional comments?

I will buying the next in the series!

19 people found this helpful

Don't do it. Just - just don't.

It's over. Thank God. Mine won't be the only review warning you to turn back, suprised at our own ability to finish this punishment.

The book has a strong first Act. The Morningstar Virus is an interesting take on zombies. Action is well written. There's even a nice crest in the arcs that I suspect was the of the sample the author used to sell the series. It's all downhill from there.

But the characters. There wasn't a line spoken by a main character that didn't make me roll my eyes. The character's decisions make no sense for human beings, let alone veteran soldiers. I could go on at length about why this is a class in how not to write, but I don't want to imply this is so bad it's worth checking out for morbid curiosity.

Do not feed this beast. Starve it of your attention.

Don't open. Dead inside.

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Guilty pleasure

I am not a fan of Zombie books. In the past I bought one (“Day By Day Armageddon”) and, although I enjoyed it, there was too much zombie and not enough story for me. There seemed like only so many ways to describe killing a zombie by shooting it in the head and I found I did not really care much about the people involved.

Given that I am not sure what possessed me to buy “Plague Of The Dead”. I suppose I was browsing and found the rating and reviews of the book to be enough to peak my interest. I ended up buying the book and, much to my surprise, found it difficult to put the book down once I got started. What caught my interest was a book written more like the story of people trying to survive in a world gone mad rather than a sequel of killings of the already sort-of dead. I cared about the people, much of the story line involved the way the world was falling apart and how the characters in the book were trying to survive without the support structures of a normal civilization. It was not just interesting, the story grabbed me from the start and never let go. When I finished the book I immediately bought the next 2 books in the series. I don’t know if the story is a trilogy and hence complete in these 3 books or if there will be more, but I wanted to know what happened to the characters I had met. It is hard to say anything better about a work of fiction than that you become interested in the fate of the characters.

The narration is first class and I am happily through about half of the second book in the series. It feels sort of like a guilty pleasure. If you don’t mind spending your time on “fluff” and you can live with the language you might enjoy it as well.

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YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT DOWN THAT CUP OF COFFEE

A DECEASED AMBULATORY VIRAL HOST
Written in 2006, it would not be fair to say this is the same old same old, even though it is. Since 2006 the Zombie boom has brought us a plethora of Zombies. Now a book that talks about the start of a plague, the slow discovery, the convincing of the public, the government cover up, the fact that you have to shoot a zombie in the head to kill it and everything else we all know like the back of our hand, is boring. The writing is also simplistic.

Now we have Cell by Stephen King, Cattle by Joseph Duncan, The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey, The White Trash Zombie series by Diana Rowland and the Apocalypse series by Peter Meredith, just to name a few. Skip Plague.

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60 people found this helpful

Makes my top 10 Zombie Stories of all time!!

This series is great!! Definitely needs to be a movie series!! This story starts from all these different places and times that are so far apart. But by the second book you see it all coming together for a great finale in book 3 (when it comes out on audio). The narrator did such an awesome job. I think the best narrating i've heard so far. Love the military side of this zombie apocalypse, with the Suez Canal and small pacific Islands. I had fun google earthing while listening to this story. It was like I was following them the whole time. Then the goverment red taping the scientist. Story had alot of escaping, from dirty authorities from hords of zombies. And you think main characters don't die, well not in a apocalypse! Book 1 does not disappoint!!

Big Art

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Slow, unrealistic, a disappointment........

I am a huge fan of zombie literature, but could barely make it through this audio book. The narrator makes every character sound like either a moronic surfer stereotype (the male characters) or an annoying twit (the female characters). The action sequences were slow, using false feeling military jargon spoken by unrealistic military personnel. If this is meant to be a very young adult book, then perhaps it is alright. If you are above the age of 13, then I believe that you will be sorely disappointed as I was.

43 people found this helpful

A wasted credit....

I was optimistic based upon the reviews and the premise, but the writing was too simple for my taste, and I just couldn't continue the book. The story was cliche' ridden and the characters (not the zombies) were one-dimensional. For ex., I have seen the character that sacrifices himself for his brethren so often in movies/books, but it still can be originally written/portrayed with skill. This books fails to do this. For apocalyptic novels, I would recommend Stephen King's "Cell" McCarthy's "The Road", or Matheson's "I am Legend" to name a few that were so much more satisfying. thanks for letting me share my opinion

39 people found this helpful

Telling not Showing

I couldn't make it through this audiobook. I enjoy tales of apocalypse as much as the next person, but Recht makes the classic hack mistake of telling us everything (how a character is feeling, what the character is like, etc.) instead of showing us through dialogue and description.

If you want a truly superb audiobook of the same variety try Max Brooks' World War Z.

42 people found this helpful

A great addition to a doomsday scenerio collection

What did you love best about Plague of the Dead?

I was hooked from the beginning, I knew this would be three books and by the end of this part one I knew I just had to do the rest, HAD TO.....

What was one of the most memorable moments of Plague of the Dead?

The Zombies where great characters and really were scary. The isolation and loneliness came through very well.

Which scene was your favorite?

The town.... those who listened will know what I mean. I truly would not want to be chased like that.

Any additional comments?

This series is worth the time if you love your Zombie stories.

2 people found this helpful

A must-have series for zombie fans!

One of the best zombie stories available on Audible. I really enjoyed this whole series. It was a little annoying at the very beginning of this book, with the emails and the way it was all read and the narrator's seeming unfamiliarity with certain acronyms, but once the actual story got going, I couldn't stop listening. I'll definitely listen to this one again. Glad there were two other books after this, because I didn't want it to end!

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