This book is quite different to the usual things I read, where there's just one person narrating and the plot is very much more close to our current reality than in World War Z. And I don't know why, because I've always been hugely in to all sorts of apocalyptic scenarios and enjoyed films like 28 Days Later. The problem with films, so often, is that they just don't give enough of a back story. It's all about the gore and the action but I just love an explanation that I can dive in to. This is why I absolutely loved this book, it was so well thought out and it described, in detail, the events that lead up to the Zombie apocalypse, what happened in the war against them and how it all ended up. It is written in the format of different interviews by a bunch of different characters all over the world - soldiers, civilians, politicians etc. Together they all build up a perfectly satisfying story of the Zombie apocalypse, while still leaving enough mystery to it all.
My brother started reading it just after I did so we had some great discussions around it. There's a film version coming out soon and to be honest my hopes aren't very high, it'll probably just be a zombie version of 2012 or The Day After Tomorrow, and it'll probably focus too much on the action and special effects rather than the most interesting parts of the book (in my opinion) such as the psychological effects the war had on people and how it came around in the first place and how people in power reacted at first, and how everyone responded differently to try and save themselves.
I absolutely recommend this book. It's not the best writing style you will ever come across but it's so interesting and exciting and detailed, I really couldn't put it down.
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