Review : Zombie Blondes
Zombie Blondes by Brian James
Pages : 232
Genre : Fiction
Stand Alone
My Rating : 
From Goodreads :
From the moment Hannah Sanders arrived in town, she felt there was something wrong.
A lot of houses were for sale, and the town seemed infected by an unearthly quiet. And then, on Hannah’s first day of classes, she ran into a group of cheerleaders — the most popular girls in school. The odd thing was that they were nearly identical in appearance: blonde, beautiful, and deathly pale.But Hannah wants desperately to fit in — regardless of what her friend Lukas is telling her: if she doesn’t watch her back, she’s going to be blonde and popular and dead — just like all the other zombies in this town….
So there it goes, the lowest rating I ever gave to a book on this blog. I wanted to like this book, but it didn’t happen, and I had a hard time just to finish reading it.
The writing was good, and I liked the idea of the book. Sadly, the execution was lacking suspense, likability and a touch of horror. Nothing much happens until the very end and it was all so predictable, I was bored turning the pages. Also, there was nothing believable about this story. I don’t care that it’s about zombies : I should still be able to connect with the characters and see this through their eyes!
Hannah wasn’t really likable, which made her “romance” with Lukas highly unromantic. I have no idea why this guy kept coming back to her and helping her, when all she did was kick him away. She used him and he let her use him, and in the end there was no reason these two should really be into each other.
I’m making this very short as negative reviews are no fun to write, but yeah, I didn’t get much out of this one.
Thanks for the warning!
I’m sorry this book didn’t work for you, but I love the cover. It’s creepy!
Thank you for the honest review.
Yes to Kim, the cover is creep. But I have to admit that the title stopped me dead in my tracks.
Oh no! Too bad you didn’t like it. Kim’s right. The cover is so creepy but cute. 😉
Too bad it got such a low score from you. I love the cover and that alone pulls me in.
Thanks for the honesty.
The cover is really creepy,but thanks for being honest.
Oh boy! Sometimes I think I enjoy writing negative reviews a little too much, haha. Thanks for warning us — this one definitely doesn’t sound like my cup of tea!
Kathy : Well that’s only my opinion of course! I know some bloggers liked it.
Kim : I love the cover too. That’s what first draw me to it.
Juju : I try to be honest, even though I’m always sad to write negative reviews.
Nicole : Yes, the cover than the title are great!
Vasilly : I agree, it’s creepy and cute, but sadly the story wasn’t so much.
Fredalicious : Yes, I wish I could have loved the text as much as the cover!
Nicole : It really is! And the idea of the book is, too.
Meg : Haha! I know some do and some are really good at doing it, too. I don’t like it, mainly because I feel to justify myself more if I don’t like a book than if I like it.
I read this book recently as well (but am not going to review it on my blog). I whole-heartedly agree with your review. There wasn’t any suspense. You knew absolutely what was going on, going into the book, and Hannah didn’t figure it out until there were only, like, 20 pages left. Gah!
I thought for sure that she’d figure it out much sooner and there would be more build-up of her trying to stop them or something, but, sadly, no. Just no.
Oh no! I’ve been hoping that I would like this one better than the Generation Dead novels (which I did not like) but that’s looking unlikely…
Aww, sorry you didn’t like this one. When I saw that rating in my GR I was like, ‘Wait. KAY gave that rating?? Woah!’ I’d never seen a low rating on your blog before. Pity you didn’t quite take to it (can’t say I fancy it to be honest) but we can’t like them all, can we. 😛
Yeah, I think I’m one of those other five who haven’t read the Help yet – but it is on the list!