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Book Review of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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Being a fan of zombie films, I had high hopes for this novel. I was disappointed. As others have mentioned, this book is told in an interview style with various participants' POV from all over the world. This book was a real chore for me to read, and I'm sorry to say that I finally gave up half way through. The unique storytelling was interesting at first, but I found myself longing for a novel with characters... the 'interviews' are too short to adequately develop any sort of characterization, and in any case, no participant is interviewed more than once (that I could find). Life is too short to read difficult books.