REVIEW: Zombie Bitches from Hell by: Zoot Cambell
Imagine every woman you’ve ever met, your girlfriend, your wife, your mom, your granny, the babe down the hall, the little girl in first grade—every female on the planet suddenly struck with…The Disease, a viral mutation of the chromosomes that will render EVERY HUMAN FEMALE a ranting, raving, cannibalistic ZOMBIE BITCH FROM HELL. They crave, they need, they hunger, they will stop at nothing to get your flesh—every part of it. Like nothing you’ve read or seen before. Line your jock strap with sheet metal. It may not be comfortable but it might protect you from the ZOMBIE BITCHES FROM HELL.
Well, what can somebody say after reading a description as….interesting as that? Truth be told, when I was sent this book to review, and they told me the title of the book, I thought they were pulling my chain, but I’ll be damned! Well, this book is a short read, but not bad, a lot funnier than I expected it to be.
Writing: The writing for this story wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t exactly the sharpest. Maybe it was because the girth of the story was basically monologue. The monologue had a lot of character in it, and in a lot of places the monologue made for a fresh perspective, and set it apart from many of the other zombie novels out there. This novel reminded me of Shaun of the dead. The monologue was humorously geared, and was reminiscent of Zombieland. The writing style is unique, and the monologue laden pages make a unique style. I personally, am not that fond of the style, I found that it bogged down the pace of the story considerably. It wouldn’t have been so bad if there weren’t so many characters. Sometimes lots of characters in a story isn’t too bad, but the characters seemed to be brought into the story awkwardly.
Characters: Like I said before, there were a lot of characters in this story. The writer knows how to write funny dialogue, and he knows how to incorporate bits of this dialogue with the appropriate characters. A lot of authors seem to miss the mark with characterised dialogue, but this author doesn’t seem to have any problems with it, and it makes for hilarious banter between characters. It would have been better if he didn’t have so many characters; I thought the overall cast of the story could have been chopped by a few people. He could have concentrated more of the funny dialogue towards the main characters, but he insisted on spreading the humour over more characters, which was okay for the most part, but it drew away from the main characters and guided the reader’s attention to unimportant characters.
Humour: This is a really funny story. The banter between characters is just damn hilarious. This was written as humour and you can clearly see the author’s comedic styling after reading the first page. This book will not disappoint in the means of humour, it is a humorous romp that takes a new perspective on zombie spoofs.
Overall: This is a very funny book and the dialogue is well written. I originally thought that this book would be terrible, but it wasn’t bad! I would consider this to be an average zombie novel. This novel has a different angle on zombies, the gore will leave any male reader cringing and it brings new meaning to the term, Bitch. This is an average zombie novel, but it is written with a humorous slant, and with a style most zombie fans aren’t used to. I didn’t mind it though, but it was a slow read. Again, I consider this to be an average zombie novel, but buy yourself a copy and judge for yourself!
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