The Last Mailman

By: Kevin Burke

Narrated by: Marc Vietor

Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Four-year degree in business.Trained in hand-to-hand combat. Works well with zombies. This is the resume of the last mailman on Earth.

It is the near future, and the modern world we knew has been overrun and destroyed by reanimated corpses who hunt humans for food. Mankind has retreated to small pockets of civilization and practically surrendered to these walking dead. But one man routinely leaves behind the safety and comfort of his home in this new world in order to find the people and things we’ve long abandoned. He battles the elements. He battles his own brewing insanity. But mostly, he battles zombies. This is his story.

©2011 Kevin Burke (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Not so bad..........

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I think I would have added a few more zombies. But over all, this wasn't too bad. Original story line.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I liked the idea of having a "mailman" in a post apocolyptic world. Some characters were a little dry, but for the most part it all went together well.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes. Nice voice work, good speaker.

Did The Last Mailman inspire you to do anything?

buy a gun.............just in case.

Any additional comments?

potentially worth a credit if you are a zombie fan

The Last Mail Man delivers!

Great story from beginning to end. I definitely recommend purchasing and listening! You’ll be happy you did.

Interesting

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Kevin Burke's The Last Mailman is a typical zombie story about zombie and apocalyptic survival; in this aspect nothing sets it apart from other zombie books (well except for the Bill and super zombie scenario). His job and the psychological/emotional responses is what makes this book interesting. Nothing deep or profound, just interesting! Main male Character reminded me of a mixture of Clint Eastwood meets Bruce Campbell.

I think I would change who lives and who dies in the book. Cannot say too much about this; I do not want spoil the story for others.

Would you be willing to try another book from Kevin Burke? Why or why not?

Depends on subject

What about Marc Vietor’s performance did you like?

Yes Marc did well

Could you see The Last Mailman being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Oh yes.....and I would love to be the casting agent on this movie!

pretty good book.

This was a good listin. Entertaining, The story was good. Kept me listining. I would reccomend this book.

Ok read. Frustrating

The main character kept doing the very things he said one shouldn't do. He created most of the drama this way.

Another promising book about zombies

Any additional comments?

I chose The Last Mailman: Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Zombies because it was another promising book about zombies. I love zombie books; they tend to be so entertaining. It also has the added intrigue of the thought-provoking title; I mean what do people need with a mailman if the world has been taken over by zombies?

In a world that has been overrun by zombies for the past 4 years, we're introduced to DJ Haddox, the "mailman" of the survivor colony of New York. Haddox's role as mailman is to travel the wastelands to determine what happened to the family and friends the survivors left behind, often times bringing back mementos from the family home. I was disappointed that he only carried out one of these missions. There are a few factual errors of details about weapons and such, which I was able to overlook.

Overall this is a fun story. Lots of action, many twist and turns, lots of interesting characters and situations. I absolutely hated the ending, because to me it seems all gum drops and puppy dogs, happy go lucky ending that zombie books shouldn't have.
Narrator Review

I did not care for Marc Vietor's narration. The rasp of his soft spoken voice made me think that all of the characters were 60 year old smoking men, or a variation there of. While I think he did well for the main character, DJ, but often had trouble figuring out who was speaking.

good book

Where does The Last Mailman rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

this is good it has some different things not seen in other z-books . it reminds me of gears of war how man is forced into little pockets and have to go out and scavange 2 survive

Zombies but not as many as expected

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes but only to newbie zombie fans. Simply because it an easy read, short enough not to take to long, amusing in some places and with just enough twists and turns to keep you interested without taking the story to deep.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

The ending was true to the rest of the story. Brought a smile and left me thinking I could easily listen to another from this author

What about Marc Vietor’s performance did you like?

Clear, not slow like many narrators

Could you see The Last Mailman being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

No, but I couldn't help but think of Kevin Costner in 'The Mailman"

Any additional comments?

Not as good as some of the zombie series books going around today but still not bad. I would happily give the author another read!

Language??

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No, the language was too harsh. I have a home business and listen to books while I work, having 2 boys I was not able to listen to this book when they were around, or when I might be having customers stopping by.

Who was your favorite character and why?

DJ I liked his attitude he was funny. He was strong and got things done.

Which scene was your favorite?

When DJ jumped into the pit of zombies to save his friend

Was The Last Mailman worth the listening time?

Yes, but I probably wont listen to it again

Not worth a credit

The first part of this book just drags on and on. Then every time it starts to get good, the author makes a real technical blunder, or something happens that no reasonable person would do, given the circumstances. Clearly not enough weapons research was done.
Want a good Zombie story? Read J L Bourne, his Zombie books rule... RIP brother....