World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

It's rare that I come across a book that I just can't put down, but this was one of them. It is organized like a series of short stories, and each one was so vividly realized that I wanted to know more about that vignette's character. Together, the stories paint an incredibly detailed and believeable picture of what such a conflict might be like. So much so that I found myself occasionally caught in the reality of the book's world when I wasn't reading it. Handled properly, this could be adapted into an incredible film.

Realistic, exciting, suspenseful, and eerie. The interview-style story-telling really adds to the suspense and feel of the book.

Book got here in good time. It was a great book. Loved the realism behind the fantasy type story.

This is not your typical zombie fare. It's a book about what will happen if a major apocalyptic disease spreads through the world creating major devastation. And how one might survive: how nations may survive; and how we may continue on following such.
It covers the oral histories from the small individual, the famous person, the corporation and the governments. All very intersting. Some dispicable, some brave, some heroic. What fun.

Max Brooks' World War Z turns zombie-lore on its bloody, severed head and presents it in a brand new way. Humanity has already won the war on Zombie when the book begins, the struggle for survival has been triumphant. But Brooks is out to tally the physical and spiritual losses humanity endured by interviewing survivors from every continent.

The voices of these survivors, from Cuba, China, America, South Africa, Britian, Canada are real, believable and unique. They are civilians, soldiers, politicians, and doctors. With amazing detail, the humanity of the stories shines through even the bleakest experiences.

Ultimately, Brooks succeeds in more than writing a good story; he creates a world, a world of his own vision that mirrors our own in all its horror and glory.