World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a great read that I am recommending to all my friends. As you can tell from the title, the storyline is fantastical and hyperbolic, but the characters and events are strangely believable. Brooks' characters and the response of the human race to the zombie plague feels very true-to-life. I loved the politics and the exploration into the deficiencies of our response to biologic threats and the general precarious nature of our existence on this planet. World War Z is great. I highly recommend it.
I feel like the book is like a mix of Hersey's Hiroshima and Heinlein's Starship Troopers both of which I enjoyed. World War Z contains some great social commentary. Because the book is told from so many perspectives, it feels really balanced. Brooks' style keeps the reader engaged and does a good job of footnoting and explaining things (such as "military" acronyms and historical or biographic references) that aren't immediately clear to the reader.
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