The Fall

The Apocalypse Diaries

By: Dianah Brock

Narrated by: Catherine Anne

Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

Surviving in a world where the dead walk among the living is not a simple task, especially for me. My name is Amber, and I am responsible for the lives of an entire village. When a simple training mission goes awry, I along with my two children, and a close friend, find ourselves on a new mission: To return to our village and move everyone before a horde of the undead falls blindly at out doorstep. Can we make it home in time?

©2019 Ava Sprayberry Abernathy (P)2019 Ava Sprayberry Abernathy

The Fall

This was an excellent read! A year after the accident that created zombie hell,a settlement goes on to become the new normal.Catherine Anne was a terrific narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Wish it was longer

I really enjoyed this story, The readers voice was really nice and made listening enjoyable. I just wish the story had been longer. I want to hear more about the characters.

Amazing Zombie Story!!!

If you like The Walking Dead, then you will love this book! Dianah Brock is one of my favorite authors. I have all of her books. I also love the narrator for this book. Catherine Anne brings it to life for me. I can't wait for the next book in this series.

A Bit Too Slow

The premise of this story is fun. A woman who wrote a guide book to surviving the zombie apocalypse suddenly finds herself amidst that very scenario. It turns out her strategies are sound, and she becomes the leader of her community of survivors.

The pace of the story, and the narration, is too slow. It reminded me of some of the Walking Dead episodes that are just so boring you feel cheated out of an hour that week. Fortunately, the next episode is better, keeping you hooked on the series. Well, that is something like what happens throughout this story. It is painfully slow at times, and then things pick up for a bit.

Overall it is a good enough audiobook, but not something I will listen to again.

Love it!

I am not inclined towards Zombies and Apocalypse books, but I loved how Amber and her community maintained compassion while still having to be a hard nosed fighters protecting her family and a large community!

Awesome job by Catherine for keeping compassion in her voice even while in tense situations.

I would love to read any follow-up Dianah may have planned.

Enjoyable listen

It took me a while to get into the story. I didn't like the narrator's voice, she talked too slowly and souded bored. Once I could ignore the voice I enjoyed the story,. it was suspenseful and had a bit of romance going on too.

Zombies!

I am a bit ambivalent about zombies in general. However, I liked the main character in this book, and the fact it wasn’t too gory ( by zombie standards).

There is action. There’s a love story. There is drama.

Somehow, though, I found the main character didn’t add up. She was strong and in control... but her father turns up and within hours she is doing as she’s told. No real reunion, even. And don’t get me started on the I love him but I can’t side of it.

In the end? I wanted to like the characters more than I actually liked them. I enjoyed the action and the premise. So, like every other zombie book: it’s about the action and the guns, and the running away from zombies. Don’t look for anything too much deeper and you’ll really enjoy this book!

I received this audiobook for free in exchange for a review.

Apocalypse with perspective

I enjoyed this look at how a Mother steps up to the plate in the middle of a bad situation. The author was the tale that incorporated many elements that I love including families overcoming hard obstacles. It was fast-paced and I imagined would be an easy read on the page.

Well, the narrator's voice was soothing it was perhaps too much so. It was easy to hear the struggle with the accent she was trying to portray. However, I had to stop several times to avoid nodding off as there is a rather hypnotic quality in this narration.

I recommend this for readers who like the zombie apocalypse without the focus on the action sequences and more focused on the emotional and social dynamics of the situation.

Sacrifice and love

The Fall is a good book that has everything from honor to zombies. I just admit I do not read many zombie apocalypse books but I found this one intriguing and addictive. The book is well written and imaginative. I truly felt like I was apart of the book. I highly recommend this book if you like books about the zombie apocalypse. I received this book at my request and I am voluntarily leaving my honest review.

The Fall

I really enjoyed this tale of survival. Yes it’s a zombie apocalypse, but it’s so much more. It’s a tale of humanity and a mother’s love and sacrifice.

Diana’s Brock writes with such feeling. The characters were very well developed. I was sad when it came to an end.

I thought Catherine Anne was the perfect voice for Amber. Soft spoken, but strong in her conviction. I loved it.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.