Wow. This was a rough one for me, luckily it was a quick read once I finally decided I needed to finish is and move on.  Lots of people mentioned being disappointed after the prologue, so I reread that and it was very dark, but...ok, I guess? For being a zombie book, there was less talk of zombies compared to the topic of racism. B's father is a full-blown racist, a wife-beater, and there's really nothing more to his character than that. You'd think this would allow for some empathy towards B the protagonist, but despite their struggles with being racist and being scared of their dad and not trying to rock the boat, B is hella racist throughout and constant acts as if they're different from their father because their actions aren't due to "racism". Zombies finally come around towards the second half of the book, where characters at this point are being brutally killed by zombies left and right, with no time in between to grow tension or care about the losses (not that any characters were worth caring about, except Cass and Tyler).

The revelation that B is actually short for Becky, and that the protagonist is not a dude was spoiled when I went to look at reviews to see if other had the same issues with this book that I did. It really doesn't change B as a character in my eyes, and the whole "I can't believe you made me push Tyler dad" is complete BS and is obviously Becky's fault. Her blaming her dad and then running away from their imminent escape was stupid. Her dying to Tyler at the end with him literally eating her heart was...shocking? I should of assumed that with the title of Zom-B that B would become a zombie (or perhaps a mutant?), but it still felt like it came out of left field. Also, what's up with Owl man? Perhaps I'll spark note it since I'm curious, but I'm definitely not reading more of these books...

the pictures were a nice touch, but all in all, this book wasn't good, and left me annoyed and disappointed.

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.