Title: Zom-B Underground
Author: Darren Shan
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre Type: Sci-Fiction, Horror
Publication Date: January 2nd 2013
Publisher: Little, Brown Book
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 180 pages
Source: Books A Million, Bought
Author: Darren Shan
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre Type: Sci-Fiction, Horror
Publication Date: January 2nd 2013
Publisher: Little, Brown Book
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 180 pages
Source: Books A Million, Bought
My Review:
3/5 Geek Points
In Darren Shan’s creation of Zom-B Underground, we catch up with our hero Becky; also called B by her friends as her father is trying to lead her and her class mate out of her school during a zombie attack. During their escape one of B’s class mates Tyler “A black boy “has slowed down the progress when B’s father tells her to throw Tyler to the approaching zombies. B being the good child she is did as her dad told her. As the zombies start to gather around Tyler we hear him cry out to B to please help him. After hearing his plead, B is horrified in what she just has done, she breaks away from her racist father and the rest of what is left of her classmates to find her own way out. On one of the staircases in the school B runs into Tyler “ the boy she just sent to his death” a newly formed zombie and to no big surprise Tyler attacks B. B is not able to fend off this attack and Tyler ripper open her chest and bite into her still beating heart.
All of this happens before the first chapter even starts. Darren Shan does an outstanding job of painting an image of what could happen to these people, if by some chance they could regain some of their memories and some basic functions; like speech back after turning into zombies. I like this book because it doesn’t fallow the same old draw out format of walking dead…must eat brains. Don’t get me wrong in Shan’s book they still need brains, but there is more to them besides just slowly walking around searching for that lovely grey matter.
This is the first book I have picked up from Shan but definitely not the last. I recommend this book and the rest of the Zom-B series would be good for any horror fans who like a good laugh also. I will be picking up the rest of this series for find out what happens next to B
This is Geek Boy saying thanks and till the next read.
3/5 Geek Points
In Darren Shan’s creation of Zom-B Underground, we catch up with our hero Becky; also called B by her friends as her father is trying to lead her and her class mate out of her school during a zombie attack. During their escape one of B’s class mates Tyler “A black boy “has slowed down the progress when B’s father tells her to throw Tyler to the approaching zombies. B being the good child she is did as her dad told her. As the zombies start to gather around Tyler we hear him cry out to B to please help him. After hearing his plead, B is horrified in what she just has done, she breaks away from her racist father and the rest of what is left of her classmates to find her own way out. On one of the staircases in the school B runs into Tyler “ the boy she just sent to his death” a newly formed zombie and to no big surprise Tyler attacks B. B is not able to fend off this attack and Tyler ripper open her chest and bite into her still beating heart.
All of this happens before the first chapter even starts. Darren Shan does an outstanding job of painting an image of what could happen to these people, if by some chance they could regain some of their memories and some basic functions; like speech back after turning into zombies. I like this book because it doesn’t fallow the same old draw out format of walking dead…must eat brains. Don’t get me wrong in Shan’s book they still need brains, but there is more to them besides just slowly walking around searching for that lovely grey matter.
This is the first book I have picked up from Shan but definitely not the last. I recommend this book and the rest of the Zom-B series would be good for any horror fans who like a good laugh also. I will be picking up the rest of this series for find out what happens next to B
This is Geek Boy saying thanks and till the next read.
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About This Author:
Although Darren always wanted to be a writer, it was only in his teenage years that he began writing in his spare time for fun (before that, he only wrote stories if they were for homework). He bought his first typewriter when he was 14, and never looked back, knocking out loads of short stories and comic scripts, and making false starts on several books, which he never completed. He enjoyed his first taste of literary success at age 15, as a runner-up in a television script-writing competition for RTE in Ireland, with a dark comedy script titled "A Day in the Morgue" (he was morbid even then!).
Darren was 17 when he finished his first novel. Although it was never published, he relished the writing experience, and found himself focusing more on novels in the coming years, leaving behind the short-story format. For the next several years, sandwiched between university and work, he wrote an average of one book a year, experimenting with different ideas, genres, lengths and styles. When he started writing full-time, his output shot up to 5 to 6 books per year! But that has dropped back to 2 to 3 recently, due to all the travelling around he’s been doing to promote sales of his books.
Darren was 17 when he finished his first novel. Although it was never published, he relished the writing experience, and found himself focusing more on novels in the coming years, leaving behind the short-story format. For the next several years, sandwiched between university and work, he wrote an average of one book a year, experimenting with different ideas, genres, lengths and styles. When he started writing full-time, his output shot up to 5 to 6 books per year! But that has dropped back to 2 to 3 recently, due to all the travelling around he’s been doing to promote sales of his books.
This looks looks life such a cool read. I like the whole Zombie concept!
ReplyDeleteNaomi @The Perks Of Being A Bookworm