LENGTH
1 hr and 40 mins
READ BY
Stephen R. Thorne
Performance
Overall
Excellent, Unforgettable, Best of the nest
Very good, thoroughly enjoyed,
Good, Solid, Enjoyed many aspects
STAR RATINGS GUIDE
Loved the Found Footage (or Audio) Feel
THE BIRDICT
🧡 This was free on the Audible Plus catalogue. The title is Zombies. It’s under 2 hours long. It may as well have been called, Hey, Why Not? And I’m so happy I did. Highly recommend it to all apocalypsionados.
💚 This is a straightforward first-person account of an affable, mild mannered biologist - Dr. Robert Twombly - surviving in a zombie apocalypse. The content is fairly brutal, but the protagonist’s scientific tone keeps it balanced.
💜 I guess my one critique is that no other characters are really developed, but as this is so short, that’s to be expected.
🧡 When I think account-of-zombie-apocalypse, I think World War Z. Obviously that one’s a far more saga-like experience, but it’s not a totally inaccurate comparison. Certainly if you liked that, you’ll probably like this and definitely vice versa.
SQUAWKING THE TALK
🎧 What a refreshing joy the format of this was. It’s made to sound like an amateur recording, complete with tinny audio, longer than usual pauses and background sounds. I’ve heard this done before, but I wasn’t expecting it and it was a fun surprise.
🎧 Narrator Stephen R. Thorne does a fantastic job adding to the realism. It was the small details like a deep breath indicating the character was reading notes between lines or a random sniff that lended it extra authenticity. I rooted for him as Twombly all the way.
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