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Varied characters, deep plot

Revisado: 03-11-24

Great so far. Reading as a companion to the new tv series. Love to find the spots where the producers decided to cut down the story a little to make it work on screen better.

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Couldn't finish

Revisado: 07-27-16

I've been at several writing sessions to hear the author talk about writing and publishing without actually reading his work. I gave it a try. As a result, I am now better informed about what people are willing to pay for and how the author makes his living.

The author himself is a nice guy. He comes to all kinds of writing events to not only promote his books and his company, but also freely share what he knows about writing and publishing. After giving this book a try, I think that coach role is a good place for him to stay.

Maybe if I hadn't already read a couple dozen "average guy gets to become GI Joe" wish fulfillment stories, this book would have been fresher. I have read them though. The protagonist gets to be in an elite soldier unit. He gets the hot girl without really trying. I'm sure if I had finished, he might have even saved the day. I'll never know. The story bored me in a way I could swear I had heard before.

He also calls the zombie-ish bad guys, "walkers". I mean, come on.

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Does not really stand out

Revisado: 11-06-15

If Jack Burton, the character played by Kurt Russell in the 80s classic Big Trouble in Little China wrote a zombie survival story, I think it would sound a lot like this one.

I flew into Atlanta because I've got a big-deal job.

I rescue a naked hottie outside my hotel from red-eyed weirdo zombies.

Oh yeah, I used to be a green beret.

I continue to save her life and she continues to find ways to stay in a state of near total undress.

But I'm married. The tension!

This book is the Mary Sue-iest book that ever Mary Sue-d. The main character is the POV for most of the book and for the most part, can do no wrong. Even when wrong is done unto him, the naked hottie he's picked up also happens to be a med student. Mary Sue, party of two.

Also, the timeline of the book is only a couple days. In that span of time, the ne'er-do-well jerks of the world all decide to band together into an apparent brotherhood of evil somehow because the hero and naked friend meet a lot of coordinated resistance to their survival all along the way. How could that be? Two days into the zombie apocalypse, nobody knows who is going to be immune to the plague and these groups are coordinating ambushes and speedboat attacks?

I've read a lot of different zombie fiction and this one doesn't stand out as anything worth continuing. Sorry.

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Derivative, familiar

Revisado: 11-06-15

Nick Webb must watch the same TV shows I do. I also try to write, but when I find myself drifting too close to an idea someone has already used, or just flat out copying the idea, I stop and start over. Webb doesn't have that filtering process. He borrows pretty liberally from Battlestar Galactica, Ender's Game and little from Star Trek (A starship engineer named Scott? Sure! I'll just make her female!) before adding any twists and turns to make the story his own. Really, I thought I was listening to an alternate take on BSG for about half the book as I could almost assign book characters to TV characters one to one. The bummer with this take is the "Adama" (Grainger) is not as inspiring. He's just a blow hard who really shouldn't be as good at space navy tactics as *SPOILER* he may turn out to be.

Once the "borrowing" of familiar groundwork was done, I like he story itself and may continue with the series if they are on sale.

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The Story is Worth the Bad Narration

Revisado: 09-10-13

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would easily recommend Wool to my friends, but most of my friends would agree that the narrator is a distraction.

How could the performance have been better?

Maybe a male/female team would have been better. She reads Juliette's part well, but every other part suffers. All of the male characters sound like slow-witted cartoon characters or evil old women. Those are the only two characterizations available for about ten male characters.

Any additional comments?

Don't let the lousy narration dissuade you from enjoying the story.

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