The Loving Dead Review
What would you do if you threw a normal party on a Saturday night, hoping to hook up with your hot roommate, and all of the sudden one of the guests turns into a zombie? As night turns to day and more people become infected (some from bites, some from sexual activity), it becomes clear that you need to help your friends and protect yourself. On a crazy jaunt through the city, switching between the perspectives of the two main characters, it's a hectic search for truth, safety, and a little bit of love.
Playful and darkly humorous, this book made me laugh out loud at times. The plot moves along swiftly and the characters are believable as innocent, self involved, good-hearted, and slightly sex-obsessed adults in their 20's who work at Trader Joe's (which for some odd reason made the story believable, despite the presence of large numbers of zombies). Broader themes about fear, the apocalypse, and STD's are mixed in with witty dialogue and unconventional love. Fans of the the San Francisco Bay Area will enjoy references to local hot spots. If your tastes run towards zombie literature, you will not be disappointed. In case you read the editorial review, I disagree with their comments about the ending.
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- ISBN13: 9781441868336
- Condition: New
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The Loving Dead Overview
Kate and Michael, twenty-something housemates working at the same Trader Joe�s supermarket, are thoroughly screwed when people start turning into zombies at their house party in the Oakland hills. The zombie plague is a sexually transmitted disease, turning its victims into shambling, horny, voracious killers.
Thrust into extremes by the unfolding tragedy, Kate and Michael are forced to confront the decisions they�ve made, and their fears of commitment, while trying to stay alive. Michael convinces Kate to meet him in the one place in the Bay Area that�s likely to be safe and secure from the zombie hordes: Alcatraz. But can they stay human long enough?
�In The Loving Dead, Amelia Beamer gives us a zombie novel like none other. Crisp, smooth and stylish, it zips along from scene to scene, accumulating tension, humor and insight as it accelerates. It is also comic and sexy, a combination I find irresistible.� � Peter Straub, author of A Dark Matter
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The Pathetic Dead - CrawlingChaos -
Ever watch a horror movie where you see some of the characters go off into another room and have sex even when their friends are being killed around them and wonder why aren't they more concerned about the impending death on the other side of the door or why they are turned on instead of grieving over the loss of their friends?
If so, don't read The Loving Dead. The one dimensional characters of the book only have one thing on their minds: getting laid.
In the beginning of the book there is a party where someone turns into a zombie and bites the lip off of another person. So what do our main characters Kate and Michael (the hosts of the party) do? Tie the zombies up and lock them in the room, take some Xanax and grope each other while watching zombie movies.
The rest of the book is about them going their separate ways and if they'll meet up again because they haven't had sex with each other yet. There's not much of a plot arc aside from some random encounters and graphic sex before it all comes stumbling to the end awkwardly, then extends for an extra pointless chapter. The dialog is more stilted and full of pop culture references than a Diablo Cody script.
Instead of buying this book just purchase World War Z and a Letters To Penthouse then cut pages out of the Penthouse book and tape them into random places of World War Z. You will have had the same effect as reading The Loving Dead but will be more enjoyable than the torture of trying to struggle through the horrible writing in it.
Also I want to add that the reason I picked up this book aside from the fact that I'm a fan of zombie-themed media is the fact that it was endorsed by several well respected that I now respect slightly less.
One of the Best books I've read this year - John Grace - Grand Haven, MI
This has to be one of the best books, and best zombie books I've read this year. Where/why zombies come from makes sense. How the zombies roll out into society is thought out well. And one of the best parts about this story is the small details you'll find here and there that make the whole thing make more sense but don't become excess baubles.
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