Zombies! Apocalypse! First person narrative! Any wonder I grabbed this off the bookshelf yesterday? The only real wonder is that it took me a half a day to finish it; Red Hill is a definite page-turner. As with my usual laziness, here’s the 411 from my GoodReads review:

I’ve read a ton of post-apocalyptic &/or zombie fiction. Being a horror nerd’ll do that to a person. But this is a rare breed; a story that keeps the gore up close, and still manages to dig deep into the living characters mucking through the new world order.

Is it sometimes a bit too convenient? Are there a few “yaaaaay, good!” moments that seem improbable? I don’t care. This book grossed me out, made me weepy, and made me smile…sometimes all at once. Win.

So yeah, I enjoyed it. My only real quibble? On page 122 a character drops car keys “under the car”, but after a brief shuffler panic – kudos to McGuire for coming up with a new word for zombie – drives off, no mention of how the keys were retrieved. Howzat? I should dock the book a half a star for that, but that’s really poor editing, not poor writing. And it’s the only hangup I had with this book.

Gruesome, gicky action. Zombies that shuffle but are still DTB (Down To Bite). And maybe… wuv? You got me, Red Hill.