John Swider

Rollercoaster of zombiefied fun!

Revisado: 08-03-23

Took a few minutes to adjust to bc with only dialogue there are few descriptors of the environments. Various sound cues helped with this, but switching to hearing the characters’ journals made the biggest positive difference.
The readers nailed their respective parts.
All in all, worth it!

Spoiler note: with the exception of Burt, most of the characters had little ability to manage their emotions and were perennially lovesick in times of crisis; this failing consistently jeopardized them all.

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Good group survival story!

Revisado: 07-26-23

Imagine an empty country with a few survivors mostly getting along and you will get the crux of this story. I like the characters and the reader, but it was hard to differentiate the characters at some points,

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Surviralists

Revisado: 06-27-23

Fun, interesting and fast paced story!

Liked the educational aspect of the preludes too, but did not like it when the prelude exposed plot twists of the coming story.

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Polygamy meets Harlequin Romance

Revisado: 07-21-22

“The kiss to bullet ratio is at least 100 to 1.“
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When the Alabama secret “hunk”, Henry, wakes up in the home he shares with his grandma, everyone is dead. It’s fortunate that he is instantly tracked down by a twenty year old Auburn Cheerleader who is even wearing her uniform; she put it on when she realized her schoolmates were all dead and thought it travelled well. The 1A cheerleader is also a farmer and a animal whisperer who charms bulls and animals without a rope! She also worked every week day and weekend as a short fry cook and has a mind beyond her years. But since Henry is also a soldier, crack mechanic and an MIT grad, it is no wonder the “goddess” cheerleader falls for him right away and pushes sex on him. And, once in love, they both realize it is best to also sexually share the fine soldier/weightlifter survivor in addition to the gorgeous black doctor.
Good thing the book is dedicated mostly to them playing house or else the one incongruous “bad” guy would have won for sure. At least Henry repeatedly warns this bad guy who is hellbent on killing anyone around him. Yep, after getting blown up and shot at, this Henry gives up his people’s perfect position to give the baddie many more chances to shoot and throw faux grenades at them.
Yeah, be prepared for lovesick survival “experts” whose romantic interludes outshine the supposedly dead world around them. Disclaimer: no wifi and many hours of driving got me through this teen-like romance.

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Great opening

Revisado: 07-05-22

Book 1 was the best! Great cyber apoc!!
Two was getting interesting too, but ended with a cliffhanger that wasn’t picked up in Book 3? Almost felt like I missed book 2.5, but turns out after reading some of 3 that I really didn’t miss anything.

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Funny to the bitter end!

Revisado: 05-09-22

All in all book 1-3 were entertaining and plush with humor.
Book 1 was the best!
Book two was ok.
Book 3 was better than I thought it would be, and ended in a way that had some highlights (the Iron Eagles were awesome), but ultimately abused the instincts of the Librarian in a way that he wouldn’t have fell for.
Maybe it it was done to set up future books in the series, but instead it just provided a good bookend — one that allowed me to move on without looking back for anymore in the series.
Perhaps if the author made the female characters less incompetent and annoying, the end would have had more impact. As it was, good riddance.

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So many apoc books do this one thing..

Revisado: 05-09-22

All in all a good zombie book!
The separate stories weave together fine, though I sometimes lost who we are following from time to time. Fortunately, all the main characters were asexual and could, therefore, focus completely on survival.


Spoiler: So many of these apoc storylines include some evil govt agency trying to hunt people down to shut them up AFTER the world has already ended. It doesn’t matter at that point — no more cops, courts, or newspapers. Why waste precious resources and manpower tying up looses ends when nothing it tied up anymore..

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I wish it was longer!

Revisado: 02-16-22

Good story, worth the listen. Liked the reader as well. Gonna look for some more titles by Don Roff!

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It’s okay.

Revisado: 01-18-22

I got tired of hearing about the lead character’s supine existence when it comes to his under weight wife. Oh great, she can get loud, has scary eyes, and runs his life - so tf what. As much as the lead character, Talbot, talks and alludes to sex with his wife, I’ve finished book two and he is still unfulfilled, and she is still pretty useless and super annoying as a survivor.
Are these books a love letter or an apology to the writer’s real wife?
Besides that, there are some really good insights to a zombie apocalypse and worth the free read (audible).

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Austin will never be the same..

Revisado: 12-01-21

Having read dozens of post-apoc books I am always stoked to find a new take with great characters, and Slow Burn has both!
The narration helps set the mood too. The main character has the emotional intelligence of a kid, but it works since the other characters are cognizant off that as well and his exploits are harrowing and often hilarious lol. The supporting characters are even better, and I hope to read more about Zed, Murphy and my fav character, Del Hoover.

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