Infected

The format makes it short, which is why I chose Infection as my first book this year. It's a fun, light, no-biggie choose-your-own-adventure book “for adults” about the zombie Apocalypse. Now, there are many clichés here, lots of storylines you'll find in every zombie-themed story, but it's okay, they all fit! That's what you expect and that's what you get. Wouldn't recommend it if you want a masterpiece, Nobel-winning novel, but it's lots of fun to play with the possibilities—and with Bandersnatch's popularity, who knows? This might be right up your alley.

Loved reading this! Very entertaining... like Goosebumps Choose Your Own Scare book, but for an adult! I look forward to reading it several times to see all the different outcomes.

Rating coming after more tries. Five endings later and still from one branch. I'm still technically replaying this after being immersed all day. It's an easy read, peppered with pop culture references that aren't hard even for me to get. The prose isn't juvenile but it still has a v casual voice. It doesn't feel like there is a “right” way to play which is a bonus for me. I hate biased CYOA, the way video games with fake choices often are. This book doesn't seem that way so far. Plus it was cheap.

So far I've starved to death and killed a child (two different timelines). Good times.