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Summary: A small one
Review: This book is awfully trash, the first is readble but this one stinks, the main caracter sucks, he's not a man but a type of Rambo, or better an antizombie conan and rest...the rest are simply the rest...the end is horrible, i will pray to god for this trash never seen the light on film.
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Summary: A decent sequel to a great book
Review: Apocalypse End: Reign of the Dead picks up about a year after where Reign of the Dead left off. Knowing now that the entire world has been completely overrun with the walking dead, the survivors have banded together in secure pockets elsewhere in the world. The main group of heroes remains in the military research lab, but a transmission and signs of life from an island off the North Carolina coastline convinces Jim Workman and his friends to search for more survivors. What they don't know is that there are now other vile beasts to worry about other than zombies; a huge para-military group in the Southern United States, comprised of southern state militias and violent hate groups who unfortunately managed to survive the initial wave of terror. Now, the survivors must not only deal with their flesh-eating enemies, but also cunning humans armed to the teeth, with aspirations for taking over what remains of the world.This book is not quite as good as the first. While it maintains the sense of urgency, horror and terror that the first book had, this sequel seems a bit rushed. The zombies almost seem to take a back seat to the hate-mongering militia group. There are also much more noticeable grammatical errors in this intallment. Where the first book had a few here and there that you would have to struggle to notice, this book is almost overrun with errors. Despite those gripes, I did enjoy this book very much. The life or death situations and suspense kept me reading all the way through. I wasn't as determined to plow through this book as I was the first one, but I still enjoyed it thoroughly. The Reign of the Dead series is almost frighteningly realistic in its delivery, would a situation like this, however unlikely, ever occur. When I finished this book, I was generally happy to have read it. It is definitely not one of the best books i've read, but it was a great deviation from the norm. I would love to read another book like this.
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Summary: If you love the zombie genre, this book is for you!
Review: Being from Western Pennsylvania, I always assumed we had the corner on the market for the best zombie stories. With his "Reign of the Dead" series, Len Barnhart has proven that there are great living dead stories to be told about Virginia, Maryland and the Shenandoah Valley. Barnhart has a writing style that lends itself extremely well to an action-packed story like this one. Words are not squandered on flowery descriptions (or, in this case, horrific ones), except where it is warranted. He simply gets right to the point. You will thank him for it, because there's a lot of plot to unfold. The story traces the attempts of our protagonist, Jim Workman, and a few others trying to contact and eventually travel to an island off the coast of Virginia. But there are obstacles, in the form of a racist militia, hordes of walking dead and ... nasty! ... hungry rats! The plot travels like a speeding locomotive, and there's never a dull moment. Character development takes a back seat to action -- in fact, you might say that character development is just stowed in the trunk. Each character can be summed up in one or two adjectives: cautious, caring, cowardly, reckless, angry, insane. This is all that is necessary for this kind of story. If I wanted character development, I would read "Wuthering Heights" or something... There are a couple of knocks on this book (and these are shared by the first book as well). The editing was fairly atrocious. I know, some people will want to decapitate me for complaining about something like this, but I was shocked at the number of errors. I almost began to count them, but I didn't want to ruin my enjoyment of the story. * ...And I fully expect that someone will post a review here, lambasting my grammar and spelling... * The story does draw upon the many plot-lines previously seen in other books and movies from the genre. Sometimes, phrases were taken directly from movies like "Dawn of the Dead." I saw this more as an homage to what came before -- and it usually drew a wry smile from me. But let's put these minor criticisms back in perspective: despite these flaws, I loved this book (and the first in the series, "Reign of the Dead"). By no means am I a fast reader, but I finished each of the books in one evening. I could barely contain myself in the six days between my reading the first and my receiving the second in the mail. For those of us who love the genre, let us hope this story finds its way onto film.
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Summary: Nothing really original or interesting here
Review: Even though I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, this book wasn't very good. The author's style got on my nerves and ruined any chance that this book was going to frighten me.
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Summary: Same Bad Writing as the first book
Review: I got this and its prequel together and really wished I hadn't. No improvements were made in the editing and the plot was as haphazard as the first book.
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Summary: Unreadable
Review: I read and moderately disliked Reign of the Dead. Since "Reign" (whose title sounds like a composite of a Romero movie and a Slayer album)seemed to have some potential, I gave this one a try. I put it down after about 20 pages or so. The grammar is awful, and it has the same two dimensional characters (with some new two dimensional ones added, much like a new character is added to an ailing sitcom to try to revive it) as the first book, with some word usage mistakes that a grade school student shouldn't even make (a good example is "an eternally" instead of "an eternity"). Not recommended.
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Summary: Unreadable
Review: I read and moderately disliked Reign of the Dead. Since "Reign" (whose title sounds like a composite of a Romero movie and a Slayer album)seemed to have some potential, I gave this one a try. I put it down after about 20 pages or so. The grammar is awful, and it has the same two dimensional characters (with some new two dimensional ones added, much like a new character is added to an ailing sitcom to try to revive it) as the first book, with some word usage mistakes that a grade school student shouldn't even make (a good example is "an eternally" instead of "an eternity"). Not recommended.
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Summary: Decent zombie horror, just fair horror
Review: I read Len's Reign of the Dead and was surprised how much I liked it. When Apocalypse End came out, I tried reading it and it didn't keep my interest. It is good zombie horror, but only because most of the genre isn't very good. Skipp and Spector put out 2 volumes (Books of the Dead 1 and 2:Still Dead) and those had some pretty good stories. The third volume was apparently cancelled due to licensing concerns (I had an email conversation with Poppy Z. Brite two years ago who said she wrote a story for it and it promptly disappeared) but most of the literature that is zombie horror is dreck. This is not dreck, its a pretty good storyline that tags in perfectly with Romero's zombie future. However, the medium itself (literature vs. film) is visual and books don't convey the same sense of horror. ...In fact, you find yourself suspending disbelief a lot. P>This book is good zombie horror, but only fair horror in general. I would have given it a 3.5 star rating, but not an option here so ROTD:AE gets a 4.
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Summary: A great zombie novel
Review: I really liked this book. It isnt quite as good as the first but it is a good novel none the less. I thought that it could have been longer than what is was but, the storyline is solid, and the action is great. Len Barnhart is a horror master. He is one of the best Zombie Horror writer out there. He knows how to get your attention from the first page. He is making a prequel to the Reign of the Dead books and I cant wait for it. If you love zombies you wont be dissapointed.
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Summary: Gripping, action-packed zombie tale
Review: Jim Workman returns as our hero in this excellent sequel to "Reign of the Dead." The story begins approximately a year following the end of the previous tale, and no new survivors have been found. All the characters from the previous novel have pretty much been living in limbo, content to still be alive and merely waiting to see what happens next. Jim is convinced that there are more survivors, due to a weak radio signal received, and thus sets out to find them. Jim does indeed find other survivors, in addition to something he didn't bargain for. Due to Jim's curiosity, the refugees' safe haven within the Mount Weather complex is potentially compromised by some surviving neo-nazi terrorists who see this as their opportunity for world domination. In addition to the zombie threat that still persists, the survivors must also battle against this hideous hate group for their right to live. If you read the first of the series, "Reign of the Dead," and enjoyed that Romero-esque novel, then you will enjoy this one even more. It's truly a great zombie tale. I must admit that I was extremely irritated with the many editing errors present in the first book, but I was able to overlook that and see the story for what it was; simply a great addition to the genre. I will say that the writing and editing improved tremendously in this second book, and that made the reading experience much more enjoyable. It is true that character development takes a back seat to the action, but that seems fitting as the characters were more thoroughly developed in the previous book. The story maintains the same page-turning pace that is prevalent in Barnhart's previous novel, and can be easily digested in one sitting. Nothing in this book is superfluous, nor is anything unbelievable (as far as zombie fiction goes). The back of the book professes that "all questions are answered" and that is very much the truth. If you are a fan of the horror and/or zombie genre, then you should definitely purchase this series. If you've already devoured the first book, then you should be itching to find out what happens next, and you won't be dissapointed!
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