Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead

Editorial Reviews. From Booklist. George Romero, director of the original Night of the Living Dead and its sequels, should snap up the rights to this novel.
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Followers of detective and horror fiction alike will find something to love about Zombie, Ohio --a tale of murder, mystery, and the walking dead. George Romero, director of the original Night of the Living Dead and its sequels, should snap up the rights to this novel. All of it revolves around Peter Mellor, who wakes up after a car accident a little discombobulated. Even though the country is in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, it takes Peter a while to figure out that he is now one of the moving cadavers because, unlike your typical zombie, he can talk, reason, and, well, pass for human.

As he's trying to come to terms with his new undead state, reunite with his girlfriend, and figure out who was responsible for his car accident, Peter winds up the leader of a zombie horde and the target of human rednecks and intense military scrutiny. Kenemore, author of the humor books The Zen of Zombie and Z. Kenemore's debut is a darkly humorous depiction of one zombie's struggle for enlightenment and redemption. When college professor Paul Mellor recovers consciousness near the wreck of his car, he finds himself in an apocalyptic landscape populated by desperate survivors and the walking and hungry undead.

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Soon Paul discovers that he is a zombie himself, albeit an unusually intelligent one, and that the crash that killed him was orchestrated. Determined to track down his murderer while dodging resentful breathers, Mellor struggles against his yearning to eat the brains of the living. His lapses are epic, even for a zombie, but nothing compared to the excesses of the living who see the apocalypse as license to indulge their worst impulses.

Kindle Edition , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Zombie, Ohio , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jun 22, Zach rated it liked it. This is not like any zombie book you have read before. The main character wakes from a car crash with no memory. The story escalates from there. I enjoyed many things about this book including that the setting is in my home state of Ohio.

This fresh take on the zombie apocalypse kept me engaged the whole time. The characters are well thought out and funny. This is the first book I have r This is not like any zombie book you have read before. This is the first book I have read that gives you an inside look at what being a intelligent zombie would be like.


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The first few chapters and the last few chapters I really really enjoyed. Everything in the middle is what lowered the star rating for me.

Review: Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead by Scott Kenemore

You can't just flip a switch and go back and forth from being a good zombie and a bad zombie. The setting being close to home was great but also boring. Not much to talk about in rural Ohio. Especially when they don't really leave the area. It seems they just walked around in circles. That's about all I can think of as far as this book goes. Jul 09, Nikki rated it liked it Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Kenemore is a gifted writer; I enjoyed the voice he used throughout the story.

Zombie, Ohio is different than any other zombie book or movie I have seen in that it centers around a zombie who has human qualities. Basically, the main character can talk and function as a human, but he is dead. He is a zombie. We follow the main zombie character around Ohio and encounter what he encounters and question what he questions, such as why he can still function like a human but be a zombie.

Zombie, Ohio is certainly interesting in its unique point of view. Unfortuantely, the book still fell flat for me. The ending left much to be desired to say the least , and my burning questions were left unanswered where as the book's burning questions answered were the least of my concern. Overall, "Zombie, Ohio" was better than average, but could have been so much more.

I was interested through-out the book, and found this book to be so incredibly graphic that I actually gagged a few times in reading some of the zombie encounters.

Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead

For this I give the book a thumbs up for being so darn descriptive. I haven't had a similar reaction even seeing zombie encounters in movies. On the other hand, the book left me very disappointed in the end, which is never a good thing. Although I love the concept of telling a zombie story from the perspective of the zombie, this book really missed the mark for me. Several months ago I read Raising Stony Mayhall and fell in love with the book.

Stoney is kind, noble, thoughful, a zombie you can get behind and root for.

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By the middle of Zombie, Ohio I found myself wanting the main character to get his head blown off because he is such a douche!! I don't mind a protagonist with some issues, but zombie Peter is a guy that I hate undead or alive. The only reason I gave this book 2 stars is because the other aspects of the book are entertaining. A great beach read. I was sucked into the story of a Zombie that strangely is sentient.

Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead

Even though admittedly "brains taste good" he retains some ability to think, reason and even "love ". We follow him on a journey from organizing and leading a Zombie hoard to "sort of an enlightenment" over the important things in "life". A thoroughly enjoyable read. This is the second Zombie book by Kenemore that I've devoured and intend on "eating more brains". No plot spoilers from me: This is told from the perspective of the late professor Peter Mellor, who does not get to "Rest In Peace" after dying but rather becomes one of the living dead instead.

As it turns out, Peter was a very flawed person but perhaps he could be a better zombie. While there are a lot of zombies roaming around, it seems none of them are actually as smart as Peter, which puts him at odds with his humanity and the growing need to be more of a true zombie. The writing was fairly good and kept me engaged. I also liked the use of humor and conversational tone throughout the story.

Hardcore zombie fans might want to give this one a pass, but it was very much to my liking. One person found this helpful. We find out that thing's aren't quite what they seem, and if we aren't careful we could get our head blown off either literally or figuratively, depending on how serious you've been taking yourself.

Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead by Scott Kenemore

The only problem with this book is that it seems to end almost abruptly. I can't go into the ending very much, of course, but I would have been more interested in a more Mathesonesque version - remember where our shrinking man goes off into his eternity? It was excellent book, good plot twist that I few would predict. See all reviews.

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