fun and different

surprisingly fun book which creates a new and impressive blend between two great genres

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been a fan for ages

read this series a few years ago and absolutely loved it, I've read it three times since then and thought why not try the audible, so far so good, the narration is stellar and really brought the characters to life.
great job all involved

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Pleasant surprise

The premise seemed rather a reach, a mash up of two genres, neither of which I'm a particular fan of. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the author weaved them together very well, and created a story with quite a bit of depth. I think Watchmen was the only other superhero story that really made me think.

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Bit if an odd listen!

I found this quite hard to listen to because it couldn't decide if it wanted to be an audiobook or an audio drama so fell somewhere in between. As a result some of the performances were a bit clunky and a struggle to understand who was speaking or what was going on.
The story was interesting but it didn't quite meet its potential, and waaaaaay to much time was spent describing each fight section in minute by munite detail. The author clearly loves anything like that!
Not sure I liked it enough to listen to the sequel but it was an entertaining, if not fully gripping, listen.

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Started out interesting but...

Interesting idea. Not breathtaking or astonishing but ok.
Good pacing, plot thickens and develops at the right speed.
OK characters but even the main one feel like caricatures.
My biggest problem with this is that it forces things to go a certain way just so that the story can get to the point that makes it go on.
The kind of forced writhing where most things are making a little sense but the one thing that makes perfect sense is obviously ignored.
Like not looking in the corner for a fire extinguisher do that a blaze can kill the heroes family and he can find the guy that started it and forgive him in the end...

Will not go into spoilers but just mention this:
Why not cut the damn arm off, and doc?
And seriously Sunny, just burn them all or the big one, and wtf!

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Interesting spin on the zombie genre

I really liked this take on a zombie apocalypse with heroes thrown in, and interesting powers apart from the usual super strength etc.

There were things about it I didn't love. I saw one reviewer say that it was almost a dramatisation and that is a fair assessment, but it doesn't work as jumping from Snyder to Hvam to play the female voices is jarring. The women mostly sound like bimbos, with the exception of Stealth, and there is a lot of time spent on describing the ladies’ skin tight costumes, breasts, etc, which is fine to an extent but I felt it goes a bit overboard making it just a book for the boys.

The reluctance of the Heroes to immediately eliminate their friends that have turned for sentimental reasons is utterly ridiculous. Who needs a super powered zombie?

There is a scene early in the book where the truck is stranded and night is falling and they start shooting exes coming their way, having established that noise attracts them, but also they will shamble off if you turn them around and stay quiet. Surely it would make more sense to lay low and quietly kill them, especially when they had two heroes that could tear them apart by hand.

This happens time and again and the fights seem to be a lot harder than they should be which becomes frustrating.

Once again I appreciate the direction this took and some new powers to think about but don’t think I’d be continuing.

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good but not great

Peter Clines is one of my favorite authors lately after 14, Paradox etc. I came to this book with the same expectations - but it just isn't as good. Plus, the narration is just ...odd. The male and female parts were clearly recorded at different times because there is no chemistry between them. ...why wasn't this recorded with different readers per section (a'la Tomorrows Gone), or as a radio drama, or just a single reader who can adapt thier voice? ...you become aware of the reading and it distracts from the story itself. a shame. I won't be getting book 2.

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Brilliant! Fun, interesting and captivating

Peter Clines does it again. Another excellent book from one of my favourite authors. I hadn’t realised there was a book 2 in the series. I’m going to buy it right now.

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Excellent read

Great book will return to this title. Enjoyed the references to pop culture. Highly recommended

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I hate myself for liking this book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I certainly would but not it's not for everyone. However if you like super powers zombies and a certain childish but endearing slant on sex and sexuality, this is the book/series for you.

What three words best describe Jay Snyder and Khristine Hvam ’s voice?

Hmmm I'm not sure. I really wasn't a big fan of having two narrators in this format. Although either would have been fine on their own, the dialogue between the two was obviously recorded at different times so the interplay seems more suited to a bad soap opera.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Absolutely. I made the mistake of listening to the first ten minutes inn a lunch break then spent the rest of the day irritated that I couldn't hear more.

Any additional comments?

Although the dialogue between the male and female narrators is stilted, it is only a minor annoyance and I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who likes the fantasy/horror/sci-fi genre. If on the other hand you are more fond of the works of Jane Austin, Emily Bronte or indeed anything which requires even the slightest use of the brain or higher emotions, then this may not be the best choice for you.

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