Shocking! Hated it because B is such a racist and a jerky bully but then....Must read the next one.

I do enjoy reading the book but I think only thing turn me offs is was B's father. I didn't like the cover and I enjoy the pictures.

This is the first Darren Shan book I have ever read and I'm going to look into reading more of his works. He does a good job pulling you into the story and making you feel for the characters both negatively as well as positively. The way he brings the reader into B's world is brilliant even though most of the time I just wanted to strangle the main character. At the same time, however, I understand how B's personality came to be what it is and I wanted to see how things would play out. B's internal conflict is the one redeeming element that kept me engaged in the story instead of just setting it aside out of frustration.
You may have concluded already that Zom-B is more than just a zombie book and you would be correct. The zombies don't even show up in full force until at least half way through the book. The first half of the book deals with B growing up in an abusive family. The main conflict in B's life is whether to succumb to the idealogy and abuse of the past and present or to break free and become a better person. The zombies seem to be a catalyst to B's final decision in that respect.
I like the fact that this book is a quick and easy read. I would habe finished it in one day as opposed to two if I wasn't so busy yesterday. I'm eagerly awaiting the next book in this series to see how it develops.

I didn't know what to think when I picked this book up. Sure I've watched multiple movies on zombies, but I've never read a book about them. This one has a unique view of the zombie world and the characters in this book are unique. I didn't enjoy the racism in this book whatsoever and I've never read a book with so much of it inside. This book is about B and how "he" is brought up with an awful and racist father who hits "his" mother. All B does is stand aside and allow "his" father to bully "him" and hurt "his" mother. The zombies ended up coming into the school and attack all the students and teachers there. The attack at the school was planned and there are strange people controlling the zombies. The author tells us that B turns out to be Becky and is a female. This surprised me and the end of the book isn't what I expected with Becky just leaving her father to safety and instead of heading right back towards the school. I'm wondering how the next books will go and I plan on finishing this series.

It was an enjoyable short read, though it took too long for the zombies to really come in. The majority of this book focused on B's life, and it was almost as if the zombies were an afterthought. I did like the unique take on zombies though and hope the rest of the series gets better.

Big twist...no spoiler here!

I love Darren Shan's other series but this one didn't work for me as a first book. I know the point he's clearly trying to make is racism is wrong and shows the character slowly realize this, but turn of events and the racism soured my stomach and ruined my enjoyment. I will try the second hoping for redemption and less stuff to piss me off, especially about the fate of a particularly sweet character. Not sure if each book will be through a different viewpoint and social issue yet.

I wanted to give this book a try because I have a mad like for zombies, but I could hardly get through this. I skimmed the majority of it because of how much it bothered me. Next time I’ll do more research on potential zombies books so I don’t run into another one like this.

I am bizarrely attracted to books about zombies, even though they scare the living daylights out of me pretty much every single time.The reason behind my zombie book attraction is that I can hand a book to Tony and no matter the cover, if it’s about zombies, he will read it and then we fulfill my intellectual fantasy of talking about books. When I saw Zom-B by Darren Shan glimmering in piles at BEA, I knew I should probably pick it up because it’s about zombies and it’ll give me something to talk about with Tony. Unfortunately, we both ended up not exactly being huge fans.
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