This is a very long-feeling short book, and I did consider DNFing a few times in the first half ... but it added up well overall and ends solidly. I particularly liked the approach to mental health, a clear "new normal", which felt pragmatic and realistic given Zombies.

Recommend Bryan Alexander's review for more detail, including where I knocked points off. 

14/20. 

 I really enjoyed this book -- and think you will too, if you're all-in for a roadtrip romp following a genderless, long-suffering, decent human soul just trying to find their missing body, with the rather dubious help of a snarky, gloriously unpleasant lesbian necromancer. 

The setting is a fantasy Byzantine Empire, with just enough world-building to carry the story and give an immediate sense of place, without getting into lore-dumping.

The characters' interactions were the highlight of the book for me, but the plot is respectable too. 

15/20.