World War Z

World War Z

By: Max Brooks

5/5 stars

Reviewer: Marina

Usually I’m not a big fan of zombies, however, there are a few examples in the genre (if you can call it a genre) that stand out to me as really great and this is one of them.  This book is the story of the great Zombie War from inception to recovery told in short stories from many people’s perspectives.  The novel is divided into sections based on the different points in time of the war and each section contains a few different people’s stories from different areas to give the reader a better picture of the whole event.  You get pulled along through the stories easily, always wanting to know each individual’s experience and what happens next in the grand scheme of things.  While it is a story of zombies, more than anything it is the story of people overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds and struggling through challenges to emerge on the other side- not necessarily entirely victorious but emerging and surviving all the same.  

This is both a Teen and an Adult book.