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Post by Total Reverse on Aug 5, 2014 17:25:46 GMT -5
Man, we all have very different tastes in books. I personally liked Rot & Ruin, and it's sequel, Dust & Decay. It's definately not the best zombie book, but then again there is no such thing.
P.S, I loved World War Z. The movie was pretty good, and I understand why they changed the format.
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Post by urbanknight4 on Aug 5, 2014 17:58:16 GMT -5
Meh, I dunno. I think World War Z the movie had waaay too many inconsistencies to be remotely plausible like the book was.
Still, great book. Max Brooks really is crazy about zombies. In a tv show where the pit zombies versus vampires, he was really aggressive when anybody doubted a zombie's power lol
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Post by RenegadeMizu on Aug 5, 2014 18:11:41 GMT -5
I liked Rot & Ruin and Dust & Decay as well. I don't usually read Zombie books, so I didn't have much to compare it to. I should probably read the 3rd book soon...
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Post by urbanknight4 on Aug 5, 2014 18:19:34 GMT -5
The same author of Rot and Ruin made a book about zombies and some guy called Joe.
It was actually kind of fun, even though I forget the title of the work.
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Post by RenegadeMizu on Aug 5, 2014 18:22:26 GMT -5
Remember! That sounds interesting.
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Post by urbanknight4 on Aug 5, 2014 18:54:25 GMT -5
What I thought was kind of meh was that the MC was a typical American action hero; he was badass, powerful, knows how to handle many weapons and martial arts, says cool one liners, and chicks fall over him like drunk bowling pins.
Incidentally, I read Ghost, by John Ringo. Same thing, typical actiony MC.
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Post by OrangeSlush on Aug 5, 2014 19:20:10 GMT -5
Remember! That sounds interesting. It's called Patient Zero |
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Post by RenegadeMizu on Aug 5, 2014 19:29:12 GMT -5
It looks interesting. I'll try to read it after I'm done with this disturbing Alex Cross book.
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Post by Total Reverse on Aug 5, 2014 19:30:55 GMT -5
I really like the "His Dark Materials" series (Golden Compass and what not). It is a nice blend of science and fantasy.
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Post by urbanknight4 on Aug 5, 2014 20:42:08 GMT -5
I really like the "His Dark Materials" series (Golden Compass and what not). It is a nice blend of science and fantasy. is it anything like the movie? I didn't particularly like the movie, and I tried. |
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Post by Total Reverse on Aug 5, 2014 20:53:10 GMT -5
I don't think I've seen the movie. But as almost every movie based off of a book has proven, it probably wasn't as good.
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Post by urbanknight4 on Aug 5, 2014 21:16:45 GMT -5
Yeah I felt that the actors were a but plastic and the story either wasn't presented very well, or it was a mix of "hey lol, talking bears! Now look! Witches! And now Antarctica!"
It didn't feel very cohesive
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Post by skelewright96 on Aug 5, 2014 22:38:04 GMT -5
Has anyone read the Mortal Instruments series?
It's not that I like them, I need to vent how horrible they were.
I have no idea how it got a movie.
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Post by sacreyoule on Aug 6, 2014 1:57:44 GMT -5
I haven't heard of it, what it talks about ?
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Post by urbanknight4 on Aug 6, 2014 9:16:25 GMT -5
My ex made me read them, the series wasn't too good. It's basically a girl that discovers she belongs to a group of dudes called shadowhunters that go around backflipping monsters to death. It already starts off badly since its from the perspective of a weak main character that pretends she's strong (cough cough twilight), and it just kills itself with all the forced romance. Like this:
MC and head shadowhunter, Jayce (or whatever) are supposedly meant to be
MC's friend, who later turns into a Jewish vampire, has feelings for MC
MC feels her relationship with Jayce can't be because she suspects they're siblings
MC starts going out with shadowy guy that turns out to be her actual sibling
MC then goes for her vampire friend
MC then realizes she loves Jayce, and runs back to him
This kind of drama is unnecessary and if you read it, it's actually very weak and only shows that the MC is an airhead. And this was only ONE of the dozens of relationship in that book. It isn't an action book with romance, it's a romance book with like, three fight scenes.
Tl;dr: if crappy teen romance is up your alley, read this.
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