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Book Reviews of Zombie

Zombie
Zombie
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
ISBN-13: 9780452275003
ISBN-10: 0452275008
Publication Date: 9/1/1996
Pages: 192
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: Plume
Book Type: Paperback
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13 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

obsidianfire avatar reviewed Zombie on + 133 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
Creepy look into the mind of a serial killer. The whole book is written from the killers point of view. The killer is a bit child like, but still very deadly. Very good read, just like anything Oats has written.
animlgrl avatar reviewed Zombie on + 84 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Very dark. Lots of similarities to Jefferey Dahmer. Written through the eyes of the serial killer who prays on men and boys. Interesting ending.
Yoni avatar reviewed Zombie on + 327 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A horrific story...a serial killer tells his story in first person. A lot of stream of consciousness, it is like being inside his mind. It is written so matter-of-fact without the gratuitous titilation you might expect from a book about a serial killer. I think that's what makes it so chilling. It is a short book that can be read in one sitting but will leave chills down your spine for days. Joyce Carol Oates strikes again...and yes, I liked it but then I like books that are just left of center...
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Helpful Score: 1
This was a nauseating look into the brain of a sadistic serial killer. It was one of the most uncomfortable things I have ever read and literally gave me nightmares. That said, it was a good book, but you need to have nerves of steel for this one!!
murder101 avatar reviewed Zombie on
Crazy Creepy a little to real! This guy could be anybody and it scares the hell out of you.
Acknud avatar reviewed Zombie on + 82 more book reviews
First person perspective from the mind of a serial killer. Nothing really horrifying here but eerie nonetheless. His quest to make an obeying zombie through the use of a home performed pre-frontal lobotomy is weird but also reminiscent of Jeffrey Dahmer.
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Very interesting look into a twisted mind.
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This was one of the most frightening, disturbing, disgusting looks inside the mind of a sexual deviant/serial killer, and I could not quit reading it. I tore through it in one night but the effects linger for days.
shiner716 avatar reviewed Zombie on + 34 more book reviews
I'm *NOT* an Oates fan. But I thought this book was awesome. Maybe I'm just weird like that. You can't help but put Dahmer's face on Quentin; and that makes it an even better read.

Quentin is a pedophile and serial killer; but his family thinks he's just mixed up and isn't guilty of the horrific crimes he's been accused of. He's been "trying" to make himself a sexual zombie by performing lobotomies on his victims. Can he keep his secrets safe from Grandma? Can he get ahold of the little boy who mows the lawn? Can he make the perfect Zombie?
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A good read, but kind of disturbing....
JTG avatar reviewed Zombie on + 280 more book reviews
Joyce Carol Oates always delivers a great book. This one is from the viewpoint of a serial killer...and fascinating.
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Well-conceived and written, if rather unpalatable subject matter.
cemeterygates avatar reviewed Zombie on + 29 more book reviews
This was a real page-turner for me, a single afternoon read. It's written in a diary style from the point of view of a very believable childlike predator. I read a lot of true-crime and consider myself well-versed in criminal psychology, and I thought that the restraint practiced by the author in terms of only recording things from the sophomoric emotional state of a stunted and sad murderer. Remarkably well-executed.