{"id":9902,"date":"2023-10-27T16:53:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=9902"},"modified":"2023-10-27T16:53:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:53:57","slug":"book-review-delicious-zombie-by-wol-vriey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-delicious-zombie-by-wol-vriey\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Delicious Zombie by Wol-vriey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Delicious Zombie <\/em>by Wol-vriey<\/p>\n

Burning Bulb Publishing, 2022<\/p>\n

ISBN: 9781948278485<\/p>\n

Available: paperback, Kindle edition<\/p>\n

Buy:\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Would you be okay with cannibalism if it would stop the aging process?<\/p>\n

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That’s the idea behind Delicious Zombie<\/em>, a tour de splat<\/em> that adds some new twists to the zombie apocalypse storyline.\u00a0 The zombies are all humans that have been infected with a virus that makes them eat anything alive– nothing new there.\u00a0 But, uninfected humans who eat zombies find that the aging process slows, and actually reverses, keeping everyone in their late 20s-early 30s.\u00a0 Diseases like cancer?\u00a0 A thing of the past, thanks to zombie meat.\u00a0 All ills have been conquered, thanks to eating undead people that used to be normal human beings.<\/p>\n

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However, not everyone is happy about the idea of immortality, since it involves munching on your former neighbors.\u00a0 Scientist Ethan Hackman and his companions Paula and Zoe lead a clandestine mission to Ohio to recover the cure for zombies, which has been hidden away by the powers that be.\u00a0 It’s a question of whether they can survive, because a LOT of people don’t want the status quo changed.<\/p>\n

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This author has always excelled at writing fast-paced stories with a large dose of messiness, and this one is no exception.\u00a0 What makes this one good is the author’s world-building: it’s quite the dystopia!\u00a0 This is one story that actually makes the zombies sympathetic characters, which is unusual in the genre.\u00a0 It’s a haunting place: there is a Church of Zombie, which preaches “digestion is salvation” ; the poor zombies are kept on farms for slaughter, and some people even keep a live zombie at home to cut off a piece of meat whenever they feel the urge.\u00a0 It’s factory farming gone crazy.\u00a0 At the grocery store, you go up to the deli counter and order whatever cut of a person you want.\u00a0 Needless to say, serious ethical questions are present in this book!\u00a0 That’s why the book is much more than the standard undead stories.\u00a0 It’s not just the usual ‘plucky humans trying to survive a zombie plague,’\u00a0 there’s a plotline with some real thought to it.\u00a0 It’s enough to keep the reader engaged right through the last pages of the book.<\/p>\n

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Bottom line: if you like zombie stories and are hungry for one with some originality that will make you think, this one is the way to go.\u00a0 Recommended.<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Murray Samuelson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Delicious Zombie by Wol-vriey Burning Bulb Publishing, 2022 ISBN: 9781948278485 Available: paperback, Kindle edition Buy:\u00a0Amazon.com   Would you be okay with cannibalism if it would stop the aging process?   That’s the idea behind Delicious Zombie, a tour de splat that adds some new twists to the zombie apocalypse storyline.\u00a0 The zombies are all<\/p>\n

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