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Advantages: 100% believable story, characters feel very genuine, technology advances seem feasible
Disadvantages: none

...onto the review. World War Z is an amazing book by the equally amazing writer Max Brooks. The way Max Brooks tells his stories, you would easily believe that the Zombie apocalypse has already happened and he is writing from a post apocalyptic world in which zombies, are still a small threat. The book is set out into a number of different chapters, with the first chapter telling the story of the beginning of the zombie outbreak which takes place ...
...from countries all over the world that lived through the outbreak (from soldiers and government officials, to average everyday people), describing their experiences and feelings as they and their communities were ravaged by the undead threat. Max Brooks finds a way to make everything in this book 100% believable, it's as if he's actually spoken to people that went through a zombie outbreak and spoken to government officials about how they would ... Read review

Advantages: An excellent & imaginative story
Disadvantages: Waiting for the next book

As a children's story this is some seriously dark writing and may not be suitable of younger readers, but for adults it's an exceptionally good read. The heroine of the story, Candy, finds herself pulled into a parallel world by a strange sea, a world that consists of 25 islands. 24 islands represent a particular hour of the day with the 25th a dark place of murder and madness. This initial volume sees Candy's travels around a selection of these ...
...trying to stay out of arms reach of the dark servants of the Lord of the 25th hour. This is a place where friend and foe are never what they seem and many are out for the capture of Candy. The illustrations included in this book give it an extra and enjoyably warped depth. Clive Barkers visual take on his fantasy world is one where even the good-guys can be seen as ugly monstrosities. You'll definitely want to read the next instalment. ... Read review