Demise of the Living

De: Iain McKinnon

Narrado por: Karl Miller

The world is infected. The dead are reanimating and attacking the living. In a city being overrun with ravenous corpses people find safety where they can. A disparate group of strangers drawn together by chance seek sanctuary from the carnage outside in an empty office block.

Besieged by an army of walking dead and with little hope of rescue the group must learn to work together if they are going to survive. But for how long can the barricades hold back the ever increasing hordes of undead? How long before the food runs out? How long before those who were bitten succumb to the infection? And how long before they realise that the dead outside are the least of their fears?

©2013 Iain McKinnon (P)2013 Audible Inc.

Ok, but the ending, blaaah

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Yes, it kept me interested for the most part.

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

Blaaaaaahhhhhh and whaaaaaaaaaaaa?

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Fine with me.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

I'd wait for Netflix.

Any additional comments?

Needed more interaction between the living and the dead. They rarely left the building so all we got was...man, there's a lot of zombies down there. I did like the characters though. The story was part mystery, part zombie, part terrible ending. I literally said, "Aw, come on!" at the end. But it was an okay ride until then.

Lost Interest

The beginning started out well. By the time the survivors were hold up in an office building, the whole story just went numb. Dissapointing because this book had a chance to be something, but didn't continue to keep any spark of excitement or action.

Prequel?????

Another good but dark zombie story (darker then your average Z story) from Iain Mckinnon I was hoping he would pick up where he left with the last two books but this seems to be set before all went to hell but still a good story that I hope will tie in with other two .... Someday

One of the best zombie stories that I have read!

If you could sum up Demise of the Living in three words, what would they be?

That was great!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Thomas. He was kind of a bad guy before the zombies, so he was really in his element.

Have you listened to any of Karl Miller’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Not that I'm aware of, but he did a great job of differentiating each of the characters. They never blended or got lost in his narration/performance.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The end was a one-two punch of surprises. I was caught off guard by the plot twists.

Any additional comments?

This was a great story. I was expecting a sequel/prequel to the previous zombie story from iain McKinnon, but this is a great story on its own!

Good book but frustraiting to.

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

Great story well written, but how can characters be so naïve. Its like zombie culture didn`t exist as they fumble through the zombocalypse. the dead got called Zombies at a stage I felt too late to give the story credence (we know their zombies) the characters didn't. Oh! and I knew who was the dark horse before the end. Domain is far better book. But I like Ian`s way of spinning a story to keep me hooked.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Billy

What does Karl Miller bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

American accents and good narrative.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

yes but make the character more aware of what is happening.

Any additional comments?

Zombies are part of culture now stop writing books that assume its new to all evolved. Aim for the head and stop getting bit.