Jacob

I think that the overkill of zombie references in pop culture today hurt my view of this otherwise good book. It seemed a little boring compared to The Walking Dead (comic, not TV series). I liked the writing and perspective of the narrator, but the setting just doesn't have any suspense left in it.

Scalzi does an excellent job of writing science fiction with the character in mind before world building.

I have a hard time getting into books that spend the first few chapters telling me a bunch of names which I can't pronounce with no inkling of story. This is not one of those books.

John Perry's character is a quirky 75 year old writer that signs up to be a solder because there's nothing left for him on Earth. The journey with Perry is very enjoyable and well thought out. His interactions with other characters is, at times, emotional and, others, hilarious.

I will definitely be checking out more fiction from John Scalzi.

Imagine ‘The Breakfast Club' with a murderous psychopath pulling the strings in a thought-provoking short read.

Slow start, exciting middle, abrupt ending. Main characters were interesting. I'm guessing the authors consider the whole series as a cohesive story and just stopped book one when they reached a certain number of chapters.

The author kept me in the dark for half the book which kept me from caring about what was happening in the second half. Poor writing and names that are unpronounceable took away from the world the author had built. I don't think I will continue to [b:Deadhouse Gates 55401 Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2) Steven Erikson http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1316126263s/55401.jpg 3898716].

Every time I start reading a page of this book I wish I was reading something else. The run on sentences, repetition, and lack of punctuation leave me caring little as to what happens in the rest of the book. I am afraid I will have to shelf this book until the time comes that I want to punish myself.

Really a 3.5 due to the humor.