This is a zombie book. But the zombies in this book are not mindless monsters baying for “braaains”. They are the same ordinary people they were before becoming zombies, with ordinary thoughts and plans, except they also need to kill and eat normal people in order to survive. They don’t like it, but that’s how things are and they group together and try to make the best of it.
The narrator is one of these zombies, who leaves the group and ends up on an adventure. She tries to transcend her zombie nature – the test comes when she encounters a group of normal people. That episode did not turn out the way I expected!
This book’s hyper-real intensity reminded me of Elizabeth Smart’s stunning By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. This short novel is lyrical, sad, shocking, and ultimately, maybe even uplifting.