The Undead Situation

By: Eloise J. Knapp

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

When the end finally occurred, everything about it was cinematic. The dead came back and ate people, civilization collapsed, and no one could do a thing. But Cyrus V. Sinclair couldn’t care less; he’s a sociopath.

Amidst the chaos, Cyrus sits back and contemplates the gore stained streets and screams of his fellow man with little more emotion than one of the walking corpses. With his cache of guns and MREs, he rather likes the idea of hunkering down in his Seattle apartment while the world ends outside.

All is well and good for Cyrus… until he meets up with Gabe, a belligerent annoyance, and the other inconvenient survivors who cramp his style and force him to re-evaluate his outlook on life. It’s Armageddon, and things will definitely get messy.

BONUS SHORT STORY: The Undead Situation includes "Strictly Professional", one of four interlocking stories from The Junkie Quatrain by Peter Clines.

©2010 Eloise J. Knapp (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Dud

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

People who enjoy books sympathetic to sociopaths.

What could Eloise J. Knapp have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

The story didn't pull me in and make me understand why Cyrus felt the way he did. I'm not sure if the idea behind the story was to make the reader hope the main character dies a horrible death or to create sympathy for him, but I kind of wanted him dead. I wasn't sure who to root for. I think the emphasis was too heavy establishing Cyrus was 'different'.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Too slow!

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Irritation!

Complete and utter disappointment

I love zombie/apocalyptic stories, but this is just a waste. The story was weak, characters dull and undeveloped. There is barely any part for the zombies to play in the story at all. And plenty of technical errors to top it off.

If you like zombie stories, try Day by Day Armageddon. Much better story and better performed.

Only upside is there is a story excerpt at the end which is better than the main story.

Pass on this one.

Snooze fest

I so wanted to like this from the description; big fan of Zombie books. But minimal character development and oh the tired retread encounters of groups of survivors. I could barely finish. I usually don't want my books to end but with this one I increased the playback speed just to get through it.

This is one to skip, idiotic even for a ZA novel.

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A different writer. This is such a poor attempt it makes me think that it was written by an 8 year old trailer park orphan.

What could Eloise J. Knapp have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Let someone else write it for her. This is the worst ZA book that I have ever read. It may be the worst book period. I hated it within the first half hour but suffered to chapter 5 to give it a chance.

What does Kevin T. Collins bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The story is so bad that this could have been ready by anyone and it would not have had any affect.

Any additional comments?

As soon as i heard "silenced revolver" I knew the writer was an idiot. Protagonist thinks he can 'evade bullets' (matrix?) and glorifies strangling bullies in high school, but that was his second 'kill', his first being at 8 years old. The writing is sophomoric to say the least. I have only returned one out of a hundred plus books on audible. This book will be taking the honor of the second, it deserves it.