Patient ZeroJonathan Maberry
So, the terrorists are coming, and they've got biological weapons!! What, you've heard this one before?
Ok, then how about: the terrorists are coming, and they've got biological weapons that turn people into flesh-eating zombies. dum dum DUM!!!
So goes the plot of Jonathan Maberry's Patient Zero. Baltimore detective Joe Ledger has just found himself smack in the middle of a terror plot of epic proportions. A group of religious zealots has created Seif al Din, the sword of the faithful, a disease that will wreak havoc on the heathen West. Fast foward a bit, and yadda yadda yadda battle to save humanity blah blah blah zombies.
Yeah, this is a book about zombies, so one should expect a certain level of grit and violence. So far, so good. The action was gritty, the violence was high, and the zombies were hungry. Still, some things annoyed me. The religious zealots, for example. I mean, really? A zombie plague? You sure that won't come back to bite you in the ass? Ok, fine, logical reasoning might not be a fundamentalist's strong point.
But fundamentalist logic aside, those pesky flaws remain. Some parts needed editing and dragged on a bit when they were supposed to be suspenseful. Some aspects were a bit too unbelievable (in a zombie book, I know -- ironic), and some cliches could have been dispensed with. Finally, a few characters were so flat and two-dimensional I couldn't tell them apart. Sigh.
In a nutshell: More cop than zombie. More bore than gore. Oh well.
Bibliolatry Scale: 2.5 out of 6 stars
FTCBS: Checked out this bad boy from the library. Have I cured my shopping addiction, you wonder? Ah, no.
RIPV: Even though Patient Zero didn't make me poop in my pants, it still counts toward this year's RIP challenge.
Ok, then how about: the terrorists are coming, and they've got biological weapons that turn people into flesh-eating zombies. dum dum DUM!!!
So goes the plot of Jonathan Maberry's Patient Zero. Baltimore detective Joe Ledger has just found himself smack in the middle of a terror plot of epic proportions. A group of religious zealots has created Seif al Din, the sword of the faithful, a disease that will wreak havoc on the heathen West. Fast foward a bit, and yadda yadda yadda battle to save humanity blah blah blah zombies.
Yeah, this is a book about zombies, so one should expect a certain level of grit and violence. So far, so good. The action was gritty, the violence was high, and the zombies were hungry. Still, some things annoyed me. The religious zealots, for example. I mean, really? A zombie plague? You sure that won't come back to bite you in the ass? Ok, fine, logical reasoning might not be a fundamentalist's strong point.
But fundamentalist logic aside, those pesky flaws remain. Some parts needed editing and dragged on a bit when they were supposed to be suspenseful. Some aspects were a bit too unbelievable (in a zombie book, I know -- ironic), and some cliches could have been dispensed with. Finally, a few characters were so flat and two-dimensional I couldn't tell them apart. Sigh.In a nutshell: More cop than zombie. More bore than gore. Oh well.
Bibliolatry Scale: 2.5 out of 6 stars
FTCBS: Checked out this bad boy from the library. Have I cured my shopping addiction, you wonder? Ah, no.
RIPV: Even though Patient Zero didn't make me poop in my pants, it still counts toward this year's RIP challenge.
3 comments:
I have not had luck with zombie books, and this one doesn't sound like it would win me over to the zombie faze.
Too bad this wasn't very good. It does sound interesting!
I've been seeing this book and wondering about it! There is an event going on tomorrow at my local indie bookstore for his new book release which seems to be about zombies!
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