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The First Days (As the World Dies, #1)
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Rhiannon Frater (Goodreads Author)

David - proud Gleeman in Branwen's adventuring party's review

Dec 26, 2012

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bookshelves: dashing-heroines, horror, 2013-reads, read-by-kindlelight

Full review to come when I have time to write it, but for now, here's...

DAVE'S FINAL JUDGMENT -

THE DEFENSE
- Some of the more shocking and brutal moments will please hard-core horror fans
- Author doesn't play it safe and takes many risks while telling her story
- The action almost never slows down
- The events remains interesting, even when the story really doesn't work, which brings us to...

THE PROSECUTION
- Frequent convenient plot devices may strain the reader's eyes by causing them to roll so much
- Lead character Jenny is very annoying
- Overall plot is rather simplistic, during which multiple questions are raised with very few of them being answered
- Did I mention Jenny was annoying?
- Some parts contradict others, giving the impression the author was making this up as she went along
- Seriously, why is Jenny even in this???

THE VERDICT
A passable (but just barely) horror story. Readers intrigued by the rarity of a zombie-survival story being told entirely from a woman's point of view will have some fun with this, even though the author never fully capitalizes on the concept.

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Reading Progress

December 26, 2012 – Shelved

December 26, 2012 – Shelved as: dashing-heroines

December 26, 2012 – Shelved as: horror

August 26, 2013 – Started Reading

August 26, 2013 – Shelved as: 2013-reads

August 26, 2013 – Shelved as: read-by-kindlelight

August 26, 2013 –

1.0% "Even though I'm zombie-ed out right now, I'm giving this one a try since I keep hearing great things about it. Don't let me down, book!
dis

August 29, 2013 –

9.0% "And the award for "Most Disturbing Introduction Ever In A Book" goes to...
wtf

August 30, 2013 –

16.0% "First the ladies stumble upon a working gas station run by the only person on the planet who doesn't know about the zombie outbreak. Then they stumble upon a gun shop run by a husband/wife team who both just happen to be ex-military sharpshooters. Yeah...riiiiight! :/
cpd

September 1, 2013 –

26.0% "Heh, heh...characters in a zombie book referencing Romero movies and lamenting how it would be nice if real-life zombies actually moved as slowly as their big-screen counterparts...
pleases

September 8, 2013 –

47.0% "Ummm, did I read that right, did Jenni REALLY say that even though her children got killed, she's grateful for the zombie apocalypse because it made her a stronger person?!? Wow, Jenni, you're enough to make me side with the zombies!

September 8, 2013 –

September 8, 2013 –

September 10, 2013 –

58.0% "Look, I get that she's panicking, but Jenni's stupidity is really working my last nerve. Pretty sure any zombie looking to eat her brain would starve to death...or, as Zombie Soup Nazi would say...
zsn

September 11, 2013 –

67.0% "Okay, Jenni was getting on my nerves, but after she lured zombies to their doom by doing a little dance for them and then mocking their distress, I must admit that I'm starting to like her more...or at least dislike her less!!!
wmaam

September 13, 2013 –

80.0% "Getting better...the whole "TinkerBell of Death" sequence where Jenni was suspended over the zombies while shooting at them was very exciting. Since it's hard to find a picture of a gun-toting TinkerBell, here's a picture of something else that's equally awesome...STATHAM!!!