Zombie, Ohio
A Tale of the Undead
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3.9 • 8 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
When rural Ohio college professor Peter Mellor dies in an automobile accident during a zombie outbreak, he is reborn as a highly intelligent (yet somewhat amnesiac) member of the living dead. With society crumbling around him and violence escalating into daily life, Peter quickly learns that being a zombie isn’t all fun and brains. Humans—unsympathetic, generally, to his new proclivities—try to kill him at nearly every opportunity. His old friends are loath to associate with him. And he finds himself inconveniently addicted to the gooey stuff inside of people’s heads.
As if all this weren’t bad enough, Peter soon learns that his automobile accident was no accident at all. Faced with the harrowing mystery of his death, Peter resolves to use his strange zombie “afterlife” to solve his own murder.
Skillfully combining the genres of horror, humor, and film noir, Zombie, Ohio weaves an enthralling and innovative tale that any fan of the current zombie craze is sure to relish. Followers of detective and horror fiction alike will find something to love about Zombie, Ohio—a tale of murder, mystery, and the walking dead.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Kenemore's debut is a darkly humorous depiction of one zombie's struggle for enlightenment and redemption. When college professor Paul Mellor recovers consciousness near the wreck of his car, he finds himself in an apocalyptic landscape populated by desperate survivors and the walking and hungry undead. Soon Paul discovers that he is a zombie himself, albeit an unusually intelligent one, and that the crash that killed him was orchestrated. Determined to track down his murderer while dodging resentful breathers, Mellor struggles against his yearning to eat the brains of the living. His lapses are epic, even for a zombie, but nothing compared to the excesses of the living who see the apocalypse as license to indulge their worst impulses. There's plenty to satisfy zombie fans who've come to expect some philosophy with their gore.
Customer Reviews
Fun and different perspective of a Zombie book!
I love zombie books and this perspective is truly great. I love that the character goes from wanting to be "good", to accepting his nature, to saving children, to being brave and self-sacrificing. There are so many good quotes in this book, it's very funny and quotable.
Spoiler alert!
This is a very different zombie story. Started out interesting, but became marred down with repetitive scenes of walking, some action, then pages of the characters discussing life or lack of it. I could have overlooked this, then came the cat scene. Totally unnecessary and just cruel.
I will not be reading any more of his books, although I doubt it matters to him.