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Alice in Zombieland
by Gena Showalter
Before you read this book, I just need to warn you that it has close to nothing to do with Alice in Wonderland, so don't go into this book expecting it to be a retelling of the classic story, to prevent disappointment.
Luckily, I went to Goodreads and quickly scanned over a couple of reviews before buying this book, so at least I didn't have incorrect expectations for the plot while reading the book.
Overall, I did enjoy reading the book. It was fast-paced and action packed, with a really interesting concept. I found myself really enjoying and sympathizing with the characters as well. I also appreciated that, as this story had such a unique take on zombies, a lot of effort was really put into explaining what these zombies were and what the spirit realm had to do with everything.
Unfortunately, there was one general thing, comprised of several small things, that I had a problem with while reading this book, and that was how unrealistic it seemed to me at times. I feel that paranormal books should be able to facilitate the suspension of disbelief in its readers. In this book though, I found that there were several instances in which it wasn't able to do that properly.
There was definitely a case of insta-love in this book. I never felt the relationship or feelings of the main couple develop. Suddenly, it was just there.
Also, I think some of the characters took the truth unrealistically well. I would probably take a lot of convincing to eventually believe that zombies existed if I couldn't see them, yet some of the characters just realized it made sense and rolled with it, with little to no difficulty.
Lastly, I just don't understand why teenagers were playing such a big role in both sides of the problem. Realistically, in the unrealistic case that zombies such as these existed, I think adults would play a bigger part than they did in this book. Why are the teenagers the ones to deal with it?
That being said, I still thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and would still recommend it to you if you enjoy action and zombie or ghost related paranormal fiction.
Luckily, I went to Goodreads and quickly scanned over a couple of reviews before buying this book, so at least I didn't have incorrect expectations for the plot while reading the book.
Overall, I did enjoy reading the book. It was fast-paced and action packed, with a really interesting concept. I found myself really enjoying and sympathizing with the characters as well. I also appreciated that, as this story had such a unique take on zombies, a lot of effort was really put into explaining what these zombies were and what the spirit realm had to do with everything.
Unfortunately, there was one general thing, comprised of several small things, that I had a problem with while reading this book, and that was how unrealistic it seemed to me at times. I feel that paranormal books should be able to facilitate the suspension of disbelief in its readers. In this book though, I found that there were several instances in which it wasn't able to do that properly.
There was definitely a case of insta-love in this book. I never felt the relationship or feelings of the main couple develop. Suddenly, it was just there.
Also, I think some of the characters took the truth unrealistically well. I would probably take a lot of convincing to eventually believe that zombies existed if I couldn't see them, yet some of the characters just realized it made sense and rolled with it, with little to no difficulty.
Lastly, I just don't understand why teenagers were playing such a big role in both sides of the problem. Realistically, in the unrealistic case that zombies such as these existed, I think adults would play a bigger part than they did in this book. Why are the teenagers the ones to deal with it?
That being said, I still thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and would still recommend it to you if you enjoy action and zombie or ghost related paranormal fiction.