This was enjoyable but I am used to listening to much longer audio books. I like the interview concept but, it just seemed to be lacking on content. Maybe the unabridged version would be better because I have heard great things about the print. Audible does not currently offer it though. Oh, the cast was great. Using multiple narrators made the interviews more realistic.

I did not read any reviews on this book before I purchased it. I needed a book quick(traffic jam a hour and a half long) and this was a book I had looked at before so it was in my mind when i went looking for a book to listen to. It turned out to be a great choice. It is well written, with an easy flow of the story that I look for in a book. the narrators a very good, I did not know who they were until I started to recognize voices and looked them up. I have many books in audible, and this one is going on my list of titles i will recommend to others. My 1 comlaint is it's abridged, I never have bought an abridged version before, and i wish this one wasn't so. It does not need to be shortened , it needs to be longer. I'm happy with what I have, but I wish it was the unabridged version. Thats all the reason for my giving it a 4 out of 5.

I enjoyed the audio book. It was worth what I paid for it. I liked the way the book was read, and the charicters.

The book was good and well written but not what I expected. To me, there isn’t anything scary listening to someone give a recount about their experiences with the zombies. I guess I prefer to be in the action instead of hearing 6 hours worth of interviews with the survivors. The author should have written their accounts as flashbacks instead. Now that I could recommend but if your looking for blood, guts and gore; this ain’t the ticket.

...but I didn't.

I kept it on my iPod for weeks, trying several times to get swept up in it. But I invariably got bored and went on to another book. I did eventually finish it, but I don't think I'd recommend it.

The format, which is very clever, is also its biggest failing. The war is told through the experiences of many different people, and presented by a reporter. That was a very good idea on the author's part. But just as I would become really interested in a character's story, it'd be over, and we were on to another. Very cool format for the retelling of a fictional war. But in the end, like all compendiums of short stories and Robert Altman films, it left me wanting.

If that format doesn't bother you, though, you'll probably like the book. It's well-written and narrated.

I almost never buy abridged versions of books because the process of cutting out parts of the author's story just doesn't make sense to me. The hordes of positive reviews for this one nudged me into giving it a try though, and I'm glad I did. World War Z was amazing in that it broke away from long and involved personal stories in a zombie apocalypse and instead gave snippets of stories from here and there around the world during different stages of the war. That all wove together to create a story that was very comprehensive, from what it was like for the few refugees who managed who evaded most of the zombie problem to the highest levels of various governments where the big decisions are made, without ever being dry.

I think the most impressive thing for me were those that I saw as the real heroes of the book. It wasn't the gun toting zombie shooters who managed to survive the whole war (though they were awesome too). It was the bureaucrat's who stepped up and shouldered the stress and responsibility for the survival of the species. You could almost feel the crushing weight on their shoulders when they spoke or were spoken about and the decisions they had to make were revealed.

Like everyone else, I'm disappointed that this was abridged, but if it's an option between reading the abridged version or not reading it at all this book is definitely worth the audio credit.

Max Brooks wrote a wonderful and terrifying book of fictional stories from survivors from World War Z. When I first read the book, I was astonished by the realism of stories and how seemingly intimate they were. I felt as I would have been the narrator myself. This audiobook doesn't immerse me into that world as the book did. And because this was abridged, it was also shorter and to much of my disappointment the stories that were the most "horrifying" were left out. It made this audiobook a bit dull to my taste. Voice talents were absolutely brilliant, especially Alan Alda. I recommend this audioook, but if you can, buy it also as a book to get the rest of the stories.

I enjoyed this book thoroughly. The story kept me hooked the entire time and the voice work was top notch. My only complaint (and it's a minor one) was some of the faux accents were tough to listen to for extended periods.

I read the paperback version and loved it. When I joined Audible, I just had to download the audio version. This was one of the most entertaining books in recent memory. I highly recommend it, even if you are not a zombie fan. No need to be with this book.
However, I really wish there was an unabridged version because there were so many characters from the novel that didn't make it into the audio version that really delivered 10x the amount of emotion.

"World War Z" is an interesting documentary-style look at what could happen if monsters were real. It includes interview with military, civilians, politicians and experts who react to a world-wide attack of zombies in the aftermath that followed.