4 out of 5 stars
I was given this
book to review by the author.
Personally, I love
novellas, short stories and novels. Each one has its benefit and this was the
perfect novella. It took me about a weekend to read, while still doing other
things, and that was just what I was hoping for from this book.
Diary of a Gay
Teenage Zombie tells the story of, well, a gay zombie who is a teenager and his
life. In all honesty it was quite close to a mundane life- but I liked that
about the diary. It was nice to read a day to day diary of a zombie. I've
always loved zombies and the history behind them so I thought the idea of this
story was great! I also thought it was very well executed and a fun read. It
was a light read, so some of you may not like that! Personally, I love a night
light read about day to day life.
As far as the
characters went, they were likeable for the most part. I would have liked to
get to know them a little better but with diary format sometimes that is hard.
In all honesty, I
was disappointed with some of Jay's choices. Though on some level I could
understand them I just couldn't back them.
This story had an
element that really drew me in. To me, this story had so much to do with
accepting who you are. Maybe that wasn't what the author intended but it was
what I took from it. Finding a way to make the bad good and finding a way to
accept yourself and let people in.
Jay did some
annoying things, I'm not going to lie about that, but I also think he did some
teenage things. He acted like a teenager and that lead to some dumb choices- so
you have to keep in mind that the character is a teenager, or at least I had
to.
When it comes down
to it this story was more than worth it.
On a final note, I
would have liked to see more about the zombie virus- but that's okay because I
fully expect to see more in this series!
