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| Title | : | Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin #1) |
| Author | : | Jonathan Maberry |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | 1st Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 458 pages |
| Published | : | September 14th 2010 by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Horror. Zombies. Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia |
Jonathan Maberry
Hardcover | Pages: 458 pages Rating: 4.1 | 31960 Users | 3648 Reviews
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In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash, but what he gets is a vocation that will teach him what it means to be human.Specify Books Supposing Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin #1)
| Original Title: | Rot & Ruin |
| ISBN: | 1442402326 (ISBN13: 9781442402324) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Rot & Ruin #1 |
| Characters: | Benjamin Imura, Tom Imura, Nix Riley |
| Setting: | California(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best Novel (2010), Lincoln Award Nominee (2016), Cybils Award for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2010), Missouri Gateway Readers Award (2013) |
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Ratings: 4.1 From 31960 Users | 3648 ReviewsCriticize Appertaining To Books Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin #1)
I have been on a zombie reading frenzy lately I see a zombie book and I must read it, I cant help myself. And the books are coming fast and furious, especially in the YA area. Some are good, some are awful, and some are outstanding. Jonathan Maberrys Rot and Ruin falls somewhere just shy of outstanding. It reeks of EPIC WIN. So yeah, I love this book and before I go all fangirl over Tom Imura and squee my head off let me highlight why you should start this series:1) It is very well-written --You know when you see yourself in a picture and think, "Ahhhhhhhh! Is that me?"You just don't look right because you're used to seeing yourself from a different angle in the mirror. That's how this entire book felt because I thought I was seeing it all wrong. Something just seemed off. But more on that later *long drawn out dramatic pause*............ Dun, dun, duuuuuuun.Beware! Minor Spoilers are afoot (and tagged). That's if you can spoil something that's already 'Rot'ten and 'Ruin'ed to begin
I'm not anti-zombie in any way, shape, or form, but I tend to only read/watch stuff with zombies when I'm really in the mood for them.Twice has sort of reignited my ... er ... hunger? for them? I seriously loved how this author didn't just rehash other zombie stories and instead made it undeniably his own. I also enjoyed that he didn't sugar-coat anything; there's lots of gory parts in this book.I liked the setting, the philosophical parts, the characters, and the plot ... so that's a win. Only
There are many stories about the outbreak of the impending zombie apocalypse. Tales of those first, terrible days when the horror of the outbreak strikes home. Rot and Ruin, in a pleasant surprise, breaks the mold on zombie stories. It picks up the story fifteen or so years after that first night. The initial chaos is gone. Humanity has figured out how to deal with the undead. They are slow. They are stupid. They are clumsy. While still a terrible threat, they are manageable.It is in this
This is what I learned from reading Rot & Ruin:1. Zombies iz people too. So they should be treated with respect, yo. (more about this later) 2. Books containing zombies can be really irritating and boring. You see, I didn't know this was a possibility. I mean, it's zombies we're talking about here. How could zombies be boring? Turns out all you need to do is add a lame teenage romance and BAM! What really matters (ZOMBIES!) gets shoved onto the backburner in favor of the not-so-important
It would be nice to think that this is simply a reflection of my reading tastes being very different from Jonathan Maberry's writing style. After all, I despised Patient Zero when so many people loved that book. And here again, I very strongly dislike Rot & Ruin. But is it really just me?Maberry is the king of telling, not showing. One dimensional characters who seem so cliched. Even the zombie attacks couldn't make this more enjoyable. It was a chore to finish this and no matter how cool
I was rather surprised by this one. I had started reading it before I got too sick to even try and read the print in any book, so I came back to this one as it stuck in my mind. I guess that's good news. It was very good. I hope the rest follow in it's path.
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