Brian E. (ft-ball-fn) - , reviewed on 4/7/2010 + 33 more book reviews

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The first in the Rising Series (I believe),,, its hard to believe this book is over 300 pages... its such a fast read (my copy had really wide margins to the left and right--wonder what the word count is for the book) :). Very easy to follow and a straight forward vernacular writing style, I thought the book was very enjoyable.

There's no messing around with long drawn out pages of character development (not that its lacking in characters you can get attached to--you just learn them throughout the action or via a flashback vs through pages of the author telling you their background). This book jumps right into the action (undead zombie-ish action that is). An edge of your seat thriller that keeps going right up until the end. I'm hoping City of the Dead answers some of the dangling questions from this book.

I really liked that while this book followed some of the typical zombie 'laws'--but it didn't follow them exactly as The Rising are not technically 'zombies'. Adding in that humans are not the only ones effected and its a very interesting twist on the standard theme and a great read.

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