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Title: Night of the Living Dead Lite
Review: An intriguing premise--Romero's NOTLD and "The Crazies" combined with black magic--yields little of major interest. Characters are two-dimensional cutouts from B-Movie cloth, and, despite the previous reviewer's comments, tend to stick to assigned hero/villain roles in the narrative. Plot rules appear to change at a whim, with some psychotic characters conveniently able to "hold it together" when plot momentum requires them to do so. Furthermore, some possibly interesting themes, such as heroism versus safety, and anonymity versus altruism are never developed.Like old horror films, this ends in cliche fashion. The heroes and heroines embrace after the rather weak climax, while suffering no consequences--psychological or otherwise, for the actions taken in order to survive.For a simple, fun read, one could certainly do worse, but this was somewhat of a disappointing introduction to the author.
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