A different flavor of Z book

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	• Monster Nation: A Zombie Novel David Wellington Running Press, 2006 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 34 reviews view larger image
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A let down

I am a fan of "13 Bullets" and "99 Coffins" from Wellington. Also really enjoyed "Monster Island". Having said that, this one was a let down. The idea of the book is to take us back to when the Zombie epidemic began. While it had its moments, this book didn't build up. It really slowed down. Zombies with the ability to make themselves invisible? If you read "Monster Island" you might remember the reference to the girl in CA who hooked herself up to an oxygen bar just before dying. Her name is Nilla and we follow her throughout this tale. The ending, I would describe, as a cop-out. I give this 3 stars which means it was ok but don't waste your money. If you really want to read it, snag it from the library. Not sure that I will continue on to "Monster Planet" after this.

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A different flavor of Z book

I got the whole trilogy and read them in order thankfully.
Monster Nation was my favorite of the 3 and dveloped a few interesting characters.

The writing style seemed a bit complex compared to other "undead" based books I have read.
The trilogy one was more in depth and had a supernatural flavor to it. I was looking for a brain-smashing mindless zombie book but this one gave me a different experience. I feel indifferent as it did not satisfy my mindless need for human on zombie violence.

I would definitely read all 3 of the books to get full satisfaction.

If you want brain-bashing go elsewhere but if you want interesting characters and a departure from the norm this is a great book.

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A pretty reasonable zombie book.

Sort of somewhere in the middle of Dawn of the Dead (random people trapped by zombie horde) to World War Z (highly organised and led people trapped by zombie horde.)

This book has a few characters, a US National Guard captain, a government suit, and a girl who gets zombified but is still rational, unlike the others.

There is a strange supernatural rationale for all this, and is what the various people involved are working towards, with, of course, lots of slaughter of zombies and people in the process.

Apparently a prequel type story for an earlier book which I have not seen, but given this, likely to be quite readable, too.

3.5 out of 5

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In the heart of America, in the world's most secure prison, something horrible is growing in the dark. A wave of cannibalism and fear is sweeping across the heartland, spreading carnage and infection in its wake. Captain Bannerman Clark of the National Guard has been tasked with an impossible mission: discover what is happening ? and then stop it before it annihilates Los Angeles. In California, he discovers a woman trapped in a hospital overrun with violent madmen. She may hold the secret to the Epidemic but she has lost everything ? even her name. David Wellington's first novel, Monster Island, explored a world overcome by horror and the few people strong enough to survive. Now he takes us back in time to where it all began ? to the day the dead began to rise.

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