Omg....British zombies......just....just yes
-2015

I’m going to add a little blurb for each book to quickly remind me what each one was about. This one was: B’s backstory, lots of racism, and the outbreak. 

**Spoilers in review!!**

     Absolutely mortified that that’s the only review I left when I first read this. I didn’t get ANYTHING else from it?? Jeez.
     I wanted to read this again to get back into zombie books and I remember Darren Shan being one of my all time favorite authors in middle school.
I was expecting a fun, easy to get through zombie book, but this is honestly pretty difficult to get through with just how intense and often the racism is. And the fact that B just refuses to realize that they are indeed racist. It gets very annoying very fast. 
I’m also a little sad with how long it takes to get to actual zombie time. I get that it was needed because the story and characters needed to be set up, I was still frustrated by it though.
     However, I absolutely loved when the zombies finally did arrive. The different types of panic shown, the gore described, the transformations, it was all fantastic. I also love that it was all a set up, it puts a slightly different spin on a genre that can get a bit overdone. Tyler’s death is devastating and I don’t think B’s reaction makes up for it. I really wish they could’ve had that realization BEFORE murdering someone. 
     The ending is definitely a shock and makes me wonder what’s going to happen next. I’m just not ready for any more of B’s dad, so I really hope that gets handled quickly but I honestly don’t have high hopes. 

I will continue to read this series even though I’m obviously not enjoying it as much as I did when I was younger. I’m still curious as to where the story goes. 

This was awful. First off this whole time I thought this character was a boy but turns out she’s a girl and I was shocked. Anyways this is full of racism for no reason. The main character kept saying I don’t agree with my father’s opinions but then was literally saying racist things and hate-crimeing. News flash actions speak louder than words. Just because you say you don’t agree and then are actively doing the things you are “against” doesn’t make it ok. The author tries to redeem the main character but a little to late. Literally after she sacrifices a poc character she’s like I’m going to change and then she dies 🙄. 

I picked this up at a used bookstore because the cover caught my attention. Reading the description that it's a zombie story set in a school, yes, please! I regret all of it. Do NOT read this book. It's AWFUL. I haven't had this negative of a reaction to a book, maybe ever. 

The main character, B, has an extremely abusive father. He beats his wife, he beats the main character, he's verbally abusive, and then add to that that he's a racist piece of shit. B copes with this by "pretending" to be racist as well, but it's not really pretending. B repeatedly uses racial slurs, bullies people of color, and is an all-around awful person, even when their father isn't around! The racism is never properly dealt with or condemned. It felt like either the author was trying to use it for the shock factor and/or wanted to make a big moral lesson but then just forgot to put that part in. This book was WAY more about the unchecked racism than it was about zombies. Seriously, this book is awful and you should definitely not read it, let alone let your kids read it, as it has some terrible messages. I've never thrown a book in the trash before but there's a first time for everything.