Rise of the Dead (Audible Audio Edition) Jeremy Dyson John R Crosthwaite Books
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Rise of the Dead is a zombie novel with a lot of guts that aims for the brain, blending literary fiction with post-apocalyptic thrills.
Blake was never one for taking chances. He lived in a world of formulas and equations. A statistician in a controlled society where everything had become predictably mundane. That world disappeared the day the dead got up and began attacking the living.
Now, the end is here. Blake finds himself fighting for his life in a world that is rapidly spiraling out of control. He struggles to keep himself alive and must risk everything to find his family.
Along the way, Blake finds himself thrust among other unlikely survivors. Together they must adapt to the realities of the undead world, or join the legion of zombies. The characters must overcome their conditioned human apathy and come together if they have any chance of survival.
Rise of the Dead chronicles the first moments of the zombie apocalypse. While the story is a fast-paced thrill ride through an ever-growing zombie horde, the novel aims to draw upon familiar themes as those found in the Romero classic films.
Rise of the Dead (Audible Audio Edition) Jeremy Dyson John R Crosthwaite Books
I confess – I’ve never read a zombie novel and wasn’t sure what to expect, but Rise of the Dead is meticulously crafted and unexpectedly character driven. It’s not about how the zombies came to be or what the rest of the world might be doing, but about the journey of a group of people randomly thrown together and one ordinary man who realizes just how precious his ordinary life was.The main character, Blake, was a highly relatable, likeable everyman whose sole mission is to find his family. Each of the supporting cast was also easy to identify with. The plot was loaded with action and I couldn’t help but imagine it as a movie in my mind’s eye. At the same time, it was fundamentally about how a group of strangers bond together against a common enemy. I liked that Rise of the Dead wasn’t weighed down by lengthy backstory or scientific explanations about how the epidemic came about and how it worked.
The only thing I felt might have made the story more gripping was added tension between the survivors as they try to figure out the best strategy. I would imagine in such a high stress situation there would be more conflict. One of the introduced antagonists (besides the zombies), Dom, makes her exit early on, though we are told it won’t be the last we see of her.
The gore was soberly described – nothing gratuitous – which made it all the more gruesome. I remember most vividly a scene where body parts rained down on Blake. I can’t imagine what my expression looked like as I read it, still, the descriptions of the corpses and their mishaps took backstage to the story
All in all, I was pleasantly surprised at liking a zombie novel so much and recommend it not just for zombie fanatics, but for anyone who appreciates a well-crafted novel. I can’t wait to see what Jeremy Dyson publishes in the future.
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Rise of the Dead (Audible Audio Edition) Jeremy Dyson John R Crosthwaite Books Reviews
This is the first book by this author and let me tell you it is a grade A Zombie apocalypse novel,that is White Knuckle Carnage from the first page to the last page.The main character is really a guy that you can root for,as for the other characters that are with him there just as well developed,now this book is not going to change the zombie genre but it is very very well written full of zombie Gore and action the characters in this book have to get out of one crap storm after another the zombie hordes just do not give them a break one bit,if you're a zombie apocalypse novel reader you won't be disappointed in this book
Just once, I wish FEMA and the CDC would declare a national state of ice cream appreciation, instead of emergency. I've had it with worrying about some flu pandemic or the zompoc. Newbie horror writer Jeremy Dyson, however, relishes this sh--. He's written his first horror novel. He posits that, when the dead start to walk, a white-collar desk jockey, specifically a statistician on the lecture circuit, can develop into a zombie-mowing hardcase. And I guess the guy has got a knack for storytelling because I got convinced this was so. Rise of the Dead reads so well you're not even aware you're turning pages, you're that into the story. Blake Wakefield is that statistician and our everyman point-of-view character. Thru Blake's eyes, we observe the sudden collapse of society in Chicagoland - and, we presume, everywhere else - and I liked how it starts so innocuously, during Blake's morning commute from suburbia into the city. The way Dyson chronicles these harrowing, disorienting moments, I'm reminded some of the nerve-jangling traffic sequence in World War Z (the movie).
It's cool that Blake's initial instincts parallel the average schmoe's. He isn't an epic hero saving the day. His primary goal is to survive the dead - and the living - so that he can get back to his wife and little girl. When he ends up with a small group of survivors, he thinks, "I really don't want anything to do with these people. The only thing I want to do is keep them from doing something stupid that gets me killed." I hear that, man. And, not too long after, "Mostly, I'm afraid. Afraid of what I might have to do to stay alive."
I was hoping for more scenes in which Blake applied his talent for evaluating probabilities, although, in thinking back, I guess that's what he was doing all along. I'm glad the writer allowed Blake to warm up to the other characters. We wanted a protagonist who was real, but we also prefer him relatable and likable, and Blake turned out to be that. The story is told thru his first person narration in present tense format, a style that really drives the momentum and lends a sense of immediacy to the plot. I appreciate the emotional content Dyson injected. He does a great job of projecting to his readers what his characters are going thru. He doesn't neglect them. Thru their interactions with Blake, they get their share of being fleshed out. And, as if you're not given enough people to fret about, Dyson also throws in a lovable dog. Throughout, I was so afraid the dog would bite it. Did the dog bite it? Maybe, maybe not.
Dyson sets a crazy pace. He doesn't bother with explaining away the source of the zombie plague. We're just left with "Oh, crap, there's zombies!" No frills to these zombies, by the way, They're classic shamblers, although, wait a minute, there was that creepy thing about those twin girls... Anyway, Dyson keeps his survivors on the move, giving them barely enough time to contemplate stuff. He allows them to steal a few hours of respite before they're galvanized again by the next stressful encounter. I've read so much zompoc lit now, it's hard to shock me with gory scenes. Today, the trick for new zombie fiction, regarding jaded readers like you and me, is not to try to scare us but, rather, to make us care so much for their characters that we're kept on the edge of our seat worrying about them. Come to think of it, that's an old trick. Me, I got to caring about these characters fairly quickly. I was deeply invested with what happens to four of the characters (yes, counting the dog). As usual in this genre, not everyone makes it thru alive, or even a lot. I read somewhere that Dyson plans this to be a trilogy. That's good, I want to see Dom again, and **********SPOILERS*********** not in a good way.
Other recommended zombie books
- Glenn Bullion's Dead Living
- D. Nathan Hilliard's Dead Stop
- Jonathan Maberry's Patient Zero
- Jonathan Maberry's Rot & Ruin series
- S. Johnathan Davis's 900 Miles A Zombie Novel
- Peter Clines' Ex-Heroes
- Michael Stephen Fuchs & Glynn James' Arisen series
- David Achord's Zombie Rules & Z14
- Chuck Wendig's Double Dead
- Steven Booth and Harry Shannon's The Hungry 1 Zombie Apocalypse (The Sheriff Penny Miller Series)
- Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall's Night of the Living Trekkies
- N.D. Iverson's This Would Be Paradise
- W.J. Lundy's Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
- Timothy W. Long's Z-Risen
- Luke Duffy's The Dead Walk the Earth
- Craig DiLouis's The Retreat
- Craig DiLouis's Tooth & Nail
This is an excellent zombie story! I’m a picky zombie fiction fan, and only go for top rated well reviewed books. There are so many substandard books out there in this genre, that are filled with amateurish writing, stereotypical characters and one dimensionsl plots.
This book had none of those failings. The writing, grammar and punctuation are as solid as what you’d expect from a major publication. The characters are well developed and the story is interesting and well paced. The author maintains a good balance between action sequences and the ongoing story. So many zombie books are all action and no substance which starts to get monotonous. While others try too hard to develop the story and forget one of the coolest aspects of zombie fiction are the action scenes.
This is a really good first novel, and I’m excited to read more from this author. He truly captures the world turned upside down feel of a zombie apocalypse, and how ordinary people adapt to that strange new world. I’m buying the next book in the series and will leave a review for that one as well.
I confess – I’ve never read a zombie novel and wasn’t sure what to expect, but Rise of the Dead is meticulously crafted and unexpectedly character driven. It’s not about how the zombies came to be or what the rest of the world might be doing, but about the journey of a group of people randomly thrown together and one ordinary man who realizes just how precious his ordinary life was.
The main character, Blake, was a highly relatable, likeable everyman whose sole mission is to find his family. Each of the supporting cast was also easy to identify with. The plot was loaded with action and I couldn’t help but imagine it as a movie in my mind’s eye. At the same time, it was fundamentally about how a group of strangers bond together against a common enemy. I liked that Rise of the Dead wasn’t weighed down by lengthy backstory or scientific explanations about how the epidemic came about and how it worked.
The only thing I felt might have made the story more gripping was added tension between the survivors as they try to figure out the best strategy. I would imagine in such a high stress situation there would be more conflict. One of the introduced antagonists (besides the zombies), Dom, makes her exit early on, though we are told it won’t be the last we see of her.
The gore was soberly described – nothing gratuitous – which made it all the more gruesome. I remember most vividly a scene where body parts rained down on Blake. I can’t imagine what my expression looked like as I read it, still, the descriptions of the corpses and their mishaps took backstage to the story
All in all, I was pleasantly surprised at liking a zombie novel so much and recommend it not just for zombie fanatics, but for anyone who appreciates a well-crafted novel. I can’t wait to see what Jeremy Dyson publishes in the future.
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