anansi reviewed on 10/13/2007

Helpful Score: 13

A bit of a warning to the buyer: This is a religious book by a professor of religious studies who has an interest in writing about zombies from a religious perspective. I found it heavy-handed. Others have not been bothered by it in the least.
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I want to add that there are some people who didn't even pick up on the religious material. This surprises me (a lot), but maybe I've become out of touch with the level of religious understanding in the average reader (not that zombie fiction seems to be for the average reader). There is a lot of good to enjoy in the book - but the word God is on every fourth page, and there are some bizarre choices that read like C.S. Lewis without the subtlety.
I'm surprised at the appeal expressed on Amazon for the book - and a little suspicious that at least some of that praise may come from the author's peers (religious academics) who seem interested in an alternative horror market, for christian readers. Not that there is anything wrong with that - I just think it should be advertised as such.

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