For starters, I'm a huge zombie fan, so I was intrigued by the title immediately. However, I was so disappointed with this book that I won't even include it in my zombie collection despite the nice cover. The book lacked everything most people like in books: good plot, well-developed characters, enjoyable dialogue, and a satisfying/thought-provoking theme (to some extent). I usually don't mind the simplistic diction in Y/A or middle-grade books, but this book was particularly lousy. In addition to that, it took more than half of the book to actually get to the, you know, zombie part, which was underwhelming. I was initially curious to seehow the protagonist's racist father would play into the book, but it was not at all what I expected. There was no deeper meaning. It was all just bashing black people, Asians, Muslims, etc. If slurs and racist comments add to a book's meaning, it's understandable. In this case, it just did nothing for the book. Also, a protagonist that you hate is something that is usually interesting, but like I said, all of the characters were flat and boring, lacking any truly deep meaning. The protagonist is a blatant racist just like the father. At times, it felt like the reader was supposed to sympathize with the protagonist's conflicted racist feelings, which is absolutely ridiculous. It's so awful, it pained me to turn every page. The only good thing I can say about this book is that it was a really quick read. That's about it. I don't think I've ever rated a book below 3 stars. Lousy writing. Lousy characters. Lousy dialogue.