World War Z

I. LOVE. THIS. BOOK. This was by far one of my favorite books ever, so easy to get into and truly spine tingling. I took the opportunity this week to read something other than the required reading because I have heard so many good things about Max Brooks and his zombie novels, and I have to admit, he delivered. This was a Q&A style book, broken up into chapters with multiple interviews in each chapter. The novel takes place in a world recovering from a near apocalypse, featuring detailed interviews with survivors of the zombie plague, survivors from all walks of life, with radically different stories to tell, from all across the world. You learn so much about the history, timeline and horror of the zombie invasion through in depth, brilliantly written interviews, personal interviews with a huge cast of characters. There is so much emotion conveyed through Brooks' writing, sending surges of fear throughout your entire body as you cling to every word this person, this completely real and detailed fictional character, has to say. The true horror of this book lies in this hyperrealistic painting it creates in your mind as you make your way through each dark and terrifying page. The book pays homage to the horror genre, only further perfecting the iconic zombie theme. This book was so unique in the way it presented the narrative, and it kept me interested the whole way through. Each interview was like a new short story, and in all honesty, they could all stand as just that, their own short stories. They were completely different from each other and shed light on a completely different aspect of the zombie war than the previous one, yet they all tied together and built up this almost invisible basis which connected every story on this deeper, almost hidden level. All that is left to do after reading this book, is to read it again.