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The Rising by Brian Keene

DNF @ 35%

I had read this once before and remember enjoying it (maybe in my late teens or early twenties?), but I couldn't get into it this time around. It isn't a bad book by any means - in fact, I think it offers an incredibly unique twist on zombies, by throwing in a supernatural/demonic quality to the "virus". It's clearly evident how Brian Keene affected the zombie story genre tremendously with the innovative perspective he offered, and the switches in perspectives give a unique insight into how different types of people would be affected by the same apocalyptic nightmare.

That said, I think my problem is just that I have a hard time rereading horror novels (one of the few genres where knowing the ending of the story tends to hinder my interests), and I'm not the biggest fan of zombie books in general thanks to burning myself out on them years ago.

I'm leaving off the star rating because I don't remember what I would have rated this as, based on my first reading years ago.