“My Amazon review. I read this on Kindle as a public library loan.
I have been looking forward to reading this book for a while. Colson Whitehead paints a very sad, but initially hopeful portrait, of a United States transformed by a zombie virus. "Mark Spitz" as he is referred to throughout the novel (not his real name, which is never revealed)spends his days in this new world disposing of dead bodies and zombies, as directed by the newly established order in a refugee world. Everyone is dealing with PASD (post-apocalyptic stress disorder)which can reveal itself in many ways and at any time.
Mark Spitz seems to find himself dwelling on his life previously to some extent, where he believed himself to be a fairly average human being. Now, however, he sees himself as fairly closed off and guarded. His reflections of the past seem to indicate that perhaps he was a lot like he is now in the old world.
Whitehead's writing is imaginative and creative. Even thought this is a "zombie" novel, it is not your average, run of the mill horror story with excessive amounts of gore and blood. This is a story created to make one think about what it is to be a human being. I enjoyed this.”
Kiki68 wrote this review Friday, January 6, 2012.
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