ISBN: 0843954159
From Publisher's Weekly:
I totally agree with the above run-down. Brian Keene is very good at what he does - he's very descriptive, very imaginitive, and very good at bringing the horror of this book forward. For this, I applaud him.
However, I find that I am tiring of the horror genre. I know, how can that be? But I am. I was so glad to be done the end of this book when I was. Maybe it has something to do with my own personal situation, but I really have no desire to read about reanimated dead babies, or about zombies at all... unless it's funny. But this book? Wasn't funny.
I was impressed with the ending - I felt like it's not really an ending at all, and leaves it too wide open. I guess, though, that there really isn't an ending, unless you want all the characters to die, you know?
Anyway, if you're a fan of the horror-rip-em-apart type books, then you'll like this one. This book is not for anyone who frightens easy, has a weak stomach, or likes their characters alive. Definitely not recommended for anyone under 18.
From Publisher's Weekly:
In this sequel to the Stoker-winning The Rising (2003), Keene ingeniously asks, if human corpses can be reanimated, why not dead dogs, rats, sparrows, goldfish, etc.? His other innovation is the news that the zombie swarm is inhabited by demons who are angry at God for trying to exile them in the Void. They want to get revenge by killing everything on Earth, and they are numerous, clever and indestructible enough to accomplish the task.
Opposing the demon-zombies are a few living survivors, chiefly an ex-hooker, a young father and his little boy. Finding no shelter elsewhere, they wind up in a fortified Manhattan skyscraper, commanded by an old millionaire who's certain he can outlast any attack.
Keene does a fine job keeping the mechanics of the siege clear, while switching viewpoints among his large cast of characters. He's also inventive in imagining ways the human body can be disassembled, with vivid descriptions of torn flesh and spraying fluids. After a while, though, the relentless dread becomes tiresome. Reading this book is like being trapped in a long, gory, unwinnable video game.
I totally agree with the above run-down. Brian Keene is very good at what he does - he's very descriptive, very imaginitive, and very good at bringing the horror of this book forward. For this, I applaud him.
However, I find that I am tiring of the horror genre. I know, how can that be? But I am. I was so glad to be done the end of this book when I was. Maybe it has something to do with my own personal situation, but I really have no desire to read about reanimated dead babies, or about zombies at all... unless it's funny. But this book? Wasn't funny.
I was impressed with the ending - I felt like it's not really an ending at all, and leaves it too wide open. I guess, though, that there really isn't an ending, unless you want all the characters to die, you know?
Anyway, if you're a fan of the horror-rip-em-apart type books, then you'll like this one. This book is not for anyone who frightens easy, has a weak stomach, or likes their characters alive. Definitely not recommended for anyone under 18.
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