World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Before “World War Z”, I have only read one other zombie-related book – “Warm Bodies”. But since I heard plenty of great reviews for “World War Z” and the movie of the same name was about to be released (then), I decided to give this book a shot. And I do not regret every second of my decision.
“World War Z” is basically a collection of survivors’ stories from the zombie apocalypse that struck our planet. It touches different aspects of the war – from the military to the general public, from the religious to the atheists – and different parts of the world – from US to South Korea.
The book is complex but that’s what I love about it. War between humans, in itself, is not simple – there is a cost on human lives among many other things. War against zombies is another level of not simple. They are the living dead so how do you kill the living dead? Like every other wars, there are questionable tactics being used to win this war and as a reader, you struggle between the morality and the practicality of these tactics. And throughout the book, you wonder if you would ever survive in a zombie apocalypse.
Max Brooks made World War Z so real and believable. If, one day, we do have zombie apocalypse, I know that this book might just save us all.
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