Kindle: 514 pages
Publisher: Create
Publication date: 15 Dec 2011
ISBN: 9781475298659
Boomstick.
Samurai bat.
Motorcycle leather.
And the will to live amongst the unliving.Augustus
Berry lives a day-to-day existence comprised of waking up, getting
drunk, and preparing for the inevitable day when “they” will come up the
side of his mountain and penetrate his fortress. Living on the
outskirts of a city and scavenging for whatever supplies remain after
civilization died two years ago, Gus knows that every time he goes down
into undead suburbia could be his last.
Not really a review exactly, more of a, “This is a summary of my
review” kind of post. I’m all about the feels when it comes to reading
so sometimes I don’t even know why I like something, I just know that I
do. This is one of those times…
I listened to the prequel of this series last year when it was free on audible (might still be free) and really liked it. The Hospital was creepy and chilling and exactly the sort of zombie apocalypse book I like to read…survivors scavenging about.
The narrator R.C Bray did a great job and the hour long short story made me go and get the next part, Mountain Man as soon as I’d finished it.
I did like Mountain Man. I liked the characters and the
scene setting and the dialogue but the action scenes were a bit much to
take in. Might have been better reading it but listening to it just
went too fast to catch it all. It was a bit like the difference between
watching a ninja fight scene and having someone write down all the moves
for you at the speed they take place. It just all moves too fast to
take in. “He put this arm there and then that other leg here and then the knife cut
over there while he spun back to here and grabbed this other thing which
he used to smack that other guy…..” Too much for me to take in when
the narrator has quite a fast reading pace. I just couldn’t visualize
it fast enough.
Good story though and very well told. I really like Gus the lead
character and have already bought the next one in the series. I think
the next one is about Gus’ friend Scott so I’ll see how that goes. I
like Scott well enough but I like Gus more.
I may come back and re-do this when I collect my thoughts. Maybe.