This style of writing or story content may not be for everybody but I feel that Max Brooks is quite clever. I loved how Brooks presents his epistolary novel with a straight face as opposed to making it a joke. For the reader, it made me wonder, "What if this actually happened? Would I be prepared?" I knew it was a work of fiction but Brooks did well making me feel as if it a zombie outbreak was completely possible.
An interesting aspect of the book that I enjoyed was the "quislings". It was fascinating how some humans broke down psychologically and simply "gave up". I tried to empathize how civilians felt after being attacked only to find out moments later that it was a quisling attack. Terrifying! The evolution of animals was interesting as well. House cats evolving into the size of dogs with killer instincts is ridiculously scary.
Keep an eye out for the movie on "The Battle of Yonkers"! Brad Pitt is going to be in the movie and nobody can hate him
I really agree with your assessment that Brooks did a good job making this fiction seem realistic. I think it is because every aspect of the novel (besides the presence of the zombies) could be a real life possibility. I think that he was able to make accurate hypotheses about how different countries would react to this type of epidemic crisis.
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