Zombie Spring Frank Chris Okusako 9781479185948 Books
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General Cartwright Jones, has been given an impossible task. He is under orders to take his 50,000 man army into LA and clean out the Zombie infection which is due to go airborne in just four days. If he cannot complete his mission on schedule, the President has made it clear he will solve the problem through nuclear depopulation. Arrayed against him are several hundred thousand of the Undead and over ten million southern Californians that may turn at any moment. The Canadian army has crossed our northern borders, three brigades of Mexican Special Forces are headed towards San Diego on our southern border, and the virus has found a toehold in the east. Jones has his hands more than full, but on top of all this, he has another big problem. No general worth his salt attacks an enemy head-on while forgetting his backside, but he needs every veteran combat troop he has for the vanguard. All there is left to man his rearguard are the band, the company of dramatic actors, an infantry second lieutenant on his first day of active service, his cowboy friend, an attractive science officer, and a bunch of UCLA coeds. This then, is the tale of two mammoth battles waged on two fronts I-Corps Battle for LA and the Battle for Joyous Gard, the castle like fortification built by the rearguard to protect the general and the Army of the West. Special Note To help people decide whether or not they might enjoy my series, I try to profile interested readers and steer away those who might be better off looking elsewhere. The Zombie Spring Series is a Zombie Lite version of the Zombie genre. Yes, it has plenty of gore and huge battles, but much of what I write is meant to be humorous. Mine is not a dour world-view of what would happen. The content is centered around happy, upbeat young people, who think they can win against all odds and maybe make a better life for themselves. If you like happy stories with a little romance interspersed with lots of military blood and guts, then you’re in the right place. Dog lovers will love the conclusion. So who might not enjoy this book? Fans of the movie The Road or the Walking Dead might consider looking elsewhere for their entertainment. If you liked Warm Bodies, Zombieland with Woody Harrelson, or Abraham Lincoln vs. the Zombies then you are more likely to have a nice evening pouring through these pages. Bruce Campbell could be a member of the ZS cast. One last point of interest I'm a grandpa. Zombie Spring is an heirloom book because it has my family all the way down to my grandchildren playing the leading parts. For those interested in passing down an heirloom that will last forever and can be dusted off every Halloween, I offer Zombie Spring as a template.
Zombie Spring Frank Chris Okusako 9781479185948 Books
(I edited my original review at the bottom of the page to account for some changes that I understand were made to the book.)I was very torn about how to rate this book. I thought the basic story was good but the author's writing style was actively distracting and annoying. He definitely has talent and I'd like to read more from him if he'd work on some of these issues.
There were two elements of his writing style that particularly grated on me. One was a huge propensity to keep inserting unnecessary explanatory parenthetical asides (Asides written in parentheses to explain what he'd just written). It was useful for some of the military abbreviations but even those could have been explained in other ways. Sometimes he used the parenthetical explanation (Explanation set in parentheses to explain something he'd just written) for the same thing two or three times throughout the book. It was at least as annoying as my parody examples in this paragraph.
The other thing I'd caution him about if he writes another book is the overuse of exclamation marks. They weren't as prevalent as the parenthetical explanations but were sprinkled through the book liberally enough that I almost wondered if the author was actually a junior high school girl. And you're a teacher in real life, Chris. You should know better.
Some of the characters are pretty well done (or at least get better as the book progresses) but he does have a tendency to Mary Sue some of them, making them just too oh-so-wonderful and having even their few flaws actually be great assets. This is particularly true of the main character, not so coincidentally named after himself. I did eventually come to like the character but there was a whole lot of eye-rolling before I got there.
Many of the supporting characters are cardboard caricatures. I suspect the sorority girls are supposed to be cute and charming and witty but they came off as silly and vapid and smug-without-much-reason. The women characters in the military were done better and generally appeared to have a measurable IQ and a value outside of being SO INCREDIBLY HOT that guys are reduced to becoming cartoon wolves in their presence.
Then there was Buck. I had very mixed feelings about him, largely due to the writing style. He was basically likeable and could have been a good character if the author hadn't chosen to play him so over-the-top. I'm sure he was meant to be comic relief but instead he was often just stupid. Too often he was written as a sort of cowboy Jethro Bodine on speed.
And the dialogue he gave Buck. Some of it was just insultingly bad (Seriously, Chris, being a Texas country boy does not necessarily equate to being naive to the point of stupidity) and some wouldn't have been that bad if he'd just dropped the dialect. I'm begging you, Chris, never write dialogue in a "Texas" dialect again. That was painfully bad. Seriously.
I read in the afterword that many of the characters were based on or at least named after friends and family. That probably contributed to the tendency to Mary Sue them. As I said, there is definitely talent there but I think it might do him well to concentrate more on the character in the book and less on how the person it's based on/named for is going to perceive what he's written.
I know this review seems largely negative but there was a lot of potential in this book and overall I thought it was a pretty good story. I almost gave it 4 stars but the issues I mentioned kept me from rating it higher. I'd be interested in reading more if he'd work on some of these issues for the next book.
I'm adding on to my first review because most of the issues I brought up in the first one were fixed in the sequel. I would definitely recommend the sequel and gave it a 5 star review.
The author said (I believe in a forum discussion) that he went back to this first book and did some editing to apply some of these points. I still have the original version so I can't speak to that personally. Based on this assumption, I went ahead and raised my rating on this book. I almost raised it up to 5 stars but, as I said, I haven't read the revised version and it didn't seem quite honest to go that high without having done so.
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Zombie Spring Frank Chris Okusako 9781479185948 Books Reviews
I loved it! The war scenes were great and the battles never went the way I was thinking they would go. Although there were a lot of characters, I found it easy to follow. I really appreciated all the hidden references to old movies, actors/actresses, poems, historical points and the well rounded military tech. Thank-you for such a fun read. Would live to see you throw in some of your fans names in future book. -)
This story started off with he possibility of some interesting character deovelopment from soldiers, cops and students all trying to survive. The initial outbreaks for each is interesting and follows the typical zombie formula. After the point of contact it all spins, out of control. I don't think you would see such a. Lack of air support through out the entire story.an Amry that size would have many air support, recon and assault elements.to top it off, everyone getting married at the end after falling in love with rescued coeds earlier that day..... Really? It also seems like it was written for kids.
The one positive side to this is that the author has left the possibilities for some good future stories. The ex colonel type IV zombie leads to a possible good story arc?
All in all a good attempt. Don't regret reading it. Was worth the $1.00 risk.
Good luck!
This book and its sequel are sweet, which is probably the first time that adjective has been used for a zombie novel. It's also perhaps a little naive, though apparently that's the express wish of the writer according to the Q&A at the end of the book. It's a mashup of tropes from spaghetti westerns and the golden age of comics. A time when the good guys were always right and always win. When bad sorts learn their lesson after a stern talking to and resolve to be better men. Imagine zombies invading Mayberry when the "Aw Shucks Hootenany and Hodown" is in town and you'll start to get the idea.
I'm from a time of imperfect and troubled heroes like Spiderman, the X-Men, and Punisher so the books didn't really resonate with me so much as cause a certain nostalgic sort of "so this is how my grandfather's zombie novel might have read" feeling.
I liked this story, it gave you characters to care about and cheer for. There was blood guts & gore but that was kind of a side issue. It is not a deep involved book, although the battle scenes can get pretty complicated. I had to actually keep a written note of the military ranks, with a who is who because the battles that happen involve a couple of groups in a couple of different areas.
I really liked the way the author introduced you to the main characters and then on with the zombie business, oops I forgot that there was a chapter in the beginning that explained how it all began. That was really helpful too, & it wasn't a really dry boring scientific explanation. It was done in the format of introducing one of the main characters.
All said I did enjoy this book, I also went on and got #2 Trooper Tyree, because I was interested to what happened to him in this book. The author did a really good job of bringing his part out enough that it filled an entire book. If he writes more about some of the other characters that I was left wondering about I will get those books also. I can see a lot of possibilities to go forward with these characters, not just the obvious General Type IV (not wanting to give a spoiler here), but also more on Tyree & Hettie, the kids from the school, the romance possibility with the teacher. So many future books!
So yes, read this book. I hope you enjoy it too.
I liked this book a lot, the writer knows his history and his characters are of the heroic type I used to love to read about as a kid. I would certainly recommend it to any kid (or adult) over 12. Lot of fun.
Now the bad news My copy seems to be corrupted since the TOC keeps popping up all over the place and losing my place in the book as I was reading. Additionally, the TOC doesn't work. May need to be reformatted and pushed back up to .
(I edited my original review at the bottom of the page to account for some changes that I understand were made to the book.)
I was very torn about how to rate this book. I thought the basic story was good but the author's writing style was actively distracting and annoying. He definitely has talent and I'd like to read more from him if he'd work on some of these issues.
There were two elements of his writing style that particularly grated on me. One was a huge propensity to keep inserting unnecessary explanatory parenthetical asides (Asides written in parentheses to explain what he'd just written). It was useful for some of the military abbreviations but even those could have been explained in other ways. Sometimes he used the parenthetical explanation (Explanation set in parentheses to explain something he'd just written) for the same thing two or three times throughout the book. It was at least as annoying as my parody examples in this paragraph.
The other thing I'd caution him about if he writes another book is the overuse of exclamation marks. They weren't as prevalent as the parenthetical explanations but were sprinkled through the book liberally enough that I almost wondered if the author was actually a junior high school girl. And you're a teacher in real life, Chris. You should know better.
Some of the characters are pretty well done (or at least get better as the book progresses) but he does have a tendency to Mary Sue some of them, making them just too oh-so-wonderful and having even their few flaws actually be great assets. This is particularly true of the main character, not so coincidentally named after himself. I did eventually come to like the character but there was a whole lot of eye-rolling before I got there.
Many of the supporting characters are cardboard caricatures. I suspect the sorority girls are supposed to be cute and charming and witty but they came off as silly and vapid and smug-without-much-reason. The women characters in the military were done better and generally appeared to have a measurable IQ and a value outside of being SO INCREDIBLY HOT that guys are reduced to becoming cartoon wolves in their presence.
Then there was Buck. I had very mixed feelings about him, largely due to the writing style. He was basically likeable and could have been a good character if the author hadn't chosen to play him so over-the-top. I'm sure he was meant to be comic relief but instead he was often just stupid. Too often he was written as a sort of cowboy Jethro Bodine on speed.
And the dialogue he gave Buck. Some of it was just insultingly bad (Seriously, Chris, being a Texas country boy does not necessarily equate to being naive to the point of stupidity) and some wouldn't have been that bad if he'd just dropped the dialect. I'm begging you, Chris, never write dialogue in a "Texas" dialect again. That was painfully bad. Seriously.
I read in the afterword that many of the characters were based on or at least named after friends and family. That probably contributed to the tendency to Mary Sue them. As I said, there is definitely talent there but I think it might do him well to concentrate more on the character in the book and less on how the person it's based on/named for is going to perceive what he's written.
I know this review seems largely negative but there was a lot of potential in this book and overall I thought it was a pretty good story. I almost gave it 4 stars but the issues I mentioned kept me from rating it higher. I'd be interested in reading more if he'd work on some of these issues for the next book.
I'm adding on to my first review because most of the issues I brought up in the first one were fixed in the sequel. I would definitely recommend the sequel and gave it a 5 star review.
The author said (I believe in a forum discussion) that he went back to this first book and did some editing to apply some of these points. I still have the original version so I can't speak to that personally. Based on this assumption, I went ahead and raised my rating on this book. I almost raised it up to 5 stars but, as I said, I haven't read the revised version and it didn't seem quite honest to go that high without having done so.
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