Russ Melrose

Jacob's Odyssey was an interesting zombie apocalypse novel.

I found this book to be well written, but the first half of the book left me rather bored. The main character, Jacob, does not speak to anyone for the first half of the novel. Without any conversation the novel seemed rather bland. It's like watching someone play a video game of trying to survive the zombie apocalypse - it can be an interesting read, but it wasn't something I enjoyed.

Jacob's first contact with someone other than zombies is half way into the book, once I got there I thoroughly enjoyed the novel. The mixture of conversation and action worked perfectly well.

If anything, I think the author could work on putting more speaking roles in the beginning of a novel. Perhaps the sequel to this book will be different, but I was left feeling cheated. Half of the book was boring, always reading about how Jacob was moving around just trying to survive. The lack of conversation made it incredibly boring for me.

Overall, I did enjoy this novel. It is well written and is a good fiction read. Anyone who likes fantasy, supernatural or zombie apocalypse dystopias would enjoy this book.

Three out of five stars due to the first half of the novel.

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.… (meer)

This book was about a man named Jacob's experience in and around Salt lake City, Utah,during the Zombie Apocalypse. It is told from a first person perspective and you get a feeling for what is going on in Jacob's head while he is watching the events of the book happen to him. What I enjoyed the most is the author's description of the zombies in his book. The zombie virus affects people in different ways and there are zombies that retain more intelligence then other zombies,called alphas. This book is a well written,fun,zombie adventure.… (meer)