Title: Brian Keene has no idea what makes zombies scary
Product review: I bought this book without having read The Rising first. It was a zombie book so I purchased it. The author clearly spent some time trying to find a unique way to present the idea of zombies, and kudos to him. The the problem is, the very idea of smart zombies inherently makes them not something to be feared. Something with intelligence can be reasoned with. Something with intelligence can't turn on its family member, leaving them no choice but to kill the one they love. It's as if Brian Keene focused more on what he felt was an original idea (the notion of clever zombies is not original, and every time someone attempts it, it flops like this book) than a compelling story. I understand it's very hard to find zombie literature, but seriously steer clear of this one.
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