Zom-B – Darren
Shan
Pages:
271
Publisher:
Simon and
Schuster
Release
Date: 27th
September 2012
Edition:
UK proof,
review copy
Other
Titles by this Author: Saga of Darren Shan series, Demonata trilogy, Saga of
Larten Crepsley series
Can
you love a bullying, racist thug if he’s your father?
Where
do you hide when killer babies invade your dreams?
How
do you react when confronted with your inner darkest demons?
What
do you do when zombies attack?
B
Smith is about to find out!
I went in to Zom-B not really having any idea what I was
in for. You see, I’ve never read anything by Darren Shan before. But it still
managed t completely surprise me.
My first impressions of Zom-B was rather blah. The writing
seemed nothing special and hated B. I’ve rarely read such an unlikable
protagonist. B is a racist bully and didn’t even become vaguely amiable until
the last fifty or so pages of the novel. Characters are usual the be all and
end all for me. If I don’t like the main character, or at least care about them,
I don’t like the book. That wasn’t quite the case with Zom-B.
The pace was relentless and the
action was constant and I flew through the novel in about two hours. It was
just so easy to read! The gore was fantastic and as the story settled in, there
were some extremely intriguing moments and fascinating characters that lead to
some pretty dramatic plot twists later in the novel. Even B’s digusting excuse
for a dad came to play a part, and I had to respect what a brilliantly crafted
character he is.
But the real point of this
whole novel, for me anyway, was THAT PLOT TWIST. I was seriously not expecting
it and those you’ve read it know exactly what I mean. It changed my feelings
for Zom-B and before that and the
cliffhanger ending, I wasn’t too mfussed about reading any more of the series. Now,
I definitely am.
Zom-B
thoroughly
surprised me and I’m looking forward to seeing how much more Darren Shan will
shock and surprise me in Zom-B:
Underground.
Thank you to S&S for
sending me a copy to review.
Sophie
Yayyyy I'm glad you ended up enjoying this one :) x
ReplyDeleteIm so happy you ended up enjoying this one, you should read more Shan, he's awesome.
ReplyDeleteI saw the plot twist really early on unfortinately but I still loved the book. I can see where you are coming from about B being a racist bully but in all honesty it didnt really get to me that much because I thought that you could see that it was all the influence of B's father and how much of an impact he had had on B's life and thoughts.
I loved this one! The twist came out of nowhere for me!
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