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Monster Island is written with excellent detail to the reality of the undead! Totally suspended my disbelief in the possiblity of the Zombie Epidemic as a very real end to our world! Wellington's style is very concise and true to life, to the point of letting you get lost in the story and not notice where the deeper Sci-Fi has come in and completely shocked us!!! With some of the realist characters I have ever read, Monster Island is the heartfelt and exciting rendering of the final chapters of humanity.
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Monster Island: A Zombie Novel by David Wellington
Herr_houpt, April 3, 2007
Monster Island is written with excellent detail to the reality of the undead! Totally suspended my disbelief in the possiblity of the Zombie Epidemic as a very real end to our world! Wellington's style is very concise and true to life, to the point of letting you get lost in the story and not notice where the deeper Sci-Fi has come in and completely shocked us!!! With some of the realist characters I have ever read, Monster Island is the heartfelt and exciting rendering of the final chapters of humanity.(10 of 15 readers found this comment helpful)