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Positive: A Novel (2015)

door David Wellington

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In the bestselling vein of Guillermo Del Toro and Justin Cronin, the acclaimed author of Chimera and The Hydra Protocol delivers his spectacular breakout novel--an entertaining page-turning zombie epic that is sure to become a classic. Anyone can be positive . . . The tattooed plus sign on Finnegan's hand marks him as a Positive. At any time, the zombie virus could explode in his body, turning him from a rational human into a ravenous monster. His only chance of a normal life is to survive the last two years of the potential incubation period. If he reaches his twenty-first birthday without an incident, he'll be cleared. Until then, Finn must go to a special facility for positives, segregated from society to keep the healthy population safe. But when the military caravan transporting him is attacked, Finn becomes separated. To make it to safety, he must embark on a perilous cross-country journey across an America transformed--a dark and dangerous land populated with heroes, villains, madmen, and hordes of zombies. And though the zombies are everywhere, Finn discovers that the real danger may be his fellow humans. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome meets World War Z and I Am Legend in this thrilling tale that has it all: a compelling story, great characters, and explosive action, making Positive the ultimate zombie novel of our time.… (meer)
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This is a thoughtful and intelligent zombie apocalypse tale, with an occasional zombie thrown in for fright. Twenty years after zombies have decimated humanity, America remains on the brink of total collapse, as technology has not been able to save it from the gangs, slavers and religious nuts, who use the apocalypse as an excuse to act on their most base and depraved desires.

While the government focuses their resources and energies on corralling anyone deemed "potentially, infected," the dregs of society plot to turn the entire country into a thiefdom and enslave the remaining human population. One young man has decided not to go along, just to get along.

I really enjoyed the narrator's enthusiasm as he brought out all the tense moments and bitter losses, with his voice and inflections, But I am wondering how the bugs did not eat the mints in the librarian's purse for two decades?...SMILE!!! ( )
  Madamxtra | Mar 5, 2023 |
It was a bit of a struggle in the middle, to get through it. Main character is naive, but, I guess, he is meant to be young-ish (21, but acts 16) due to the nature of the world he lives in. I can't decide if it was worth finishing, or not. So, I guess that makes it mediocre, at best. The plus sides include an approach where rape was seen as a bad thing (unlike a lot of books in this genre where rape is normalized/celebrated), and the characters didn't act in ways that regular people wouldn't have acted. The down sides were the main character's naivety and special ability to know exactly how to do the correct thing at the correct time even though there was no background that would have given him this ability. ( )
  crazybatcow | Mar 1, 2021 |
This is an okay novel, but nothing spectacular. It’s just a nice way to spend a couple nights listening to. It came out of the shoot Like gangbusters, but it really lost steam at the end.
Nick Podehl is the narrator for the audiobook and he was wonderful at his job.

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  stephanie_M | Apr 30, 2020 |
In this zombie apocalypse, an infection is what makes zombies, and you could be carrying the virus for 20 years before it might suddenly activate. Those who might be carrying the virus but haven't turned are tattood with a big plus sign on their left hands for "positive" and sent to medical camps. This happens to the narrator, Finn, after his mother turns into a zombie. This is basically a page-turning road-trip adventure, with lots of bad guys like road pirates and death cultists, and a few zombies to add a constant element of danger and provide an explanation for why all these people are so awful to each other. It was quite epic, in that Finn has a hard time getting to the medical camp in the first place after falling in with some looters, then discovers the medical camp is a hellhole and has to lead an escape and find a new place where the positives can live. I disagree with one reviewer who found no "strong" female characters in this book; I think Kylie was a realistic, well-developed character who reacted understandably to a lifetime of abuse but nevertheless still took care of herself. And I don't think all villains should necessarily be men; it's nice to have a female bad guy every once in a while. For a zombie novel, this one held my attention and kept me engaged all the way through. ( )
  sturlington | Feb 21, 2019 |
This is a post-apocalyptic zombie story. However, zombies are more a background there, the real story is about people, their fears and hopes. So, if you wait for another zombie thrasher, pass on.
To some extent the novel follows some post-apocalyptic genre conventions, therefore some links can be made to such classics as [b:The Postman|889284|The Postman|David Brin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348914032s/889284.jpg|924908] and [b:The Road|6288|The Road|Cormac McCarthy|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1439197219s/6288.jpg|3355573]. For me, it can be ‘in spirit’ linked to early Fallout games: the protagonist has to leave the safe place, where s/he was born and face dangerous and exciting outside world, which will change his/her life forever.
The book is a page turner. I enjoyed reading it even despite in retrospect I can see some ‘stitches’ that are made to keep the story together. A nice read.
“We’re brought up thinking the world is this horrible place, that everything is bad and getting worse. That just barely surviving is so much work it might not even be worth it. But you—you don’t live in this world.”
“No?” I asked, surprised. “Where do I live?”
“A better one,”

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  Oleksandr_Zholud | Jan 9, 2019 |
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In the bestselling vein of Guillermo Del Toro and Justin Cronin, the acclaimed author of Chimera and The Hydra Protocol delivers his spectacular breakout novel--an entertaining page-turning zombie epic that is sure to become a classic. Anyone can be positive . . . The tattooed plus sign on Finnegan's hand marks him as a Positive. At any time, the zombie virus could explode in his body, turning him from a rational human into a ravenous monster. His only chance of a normal life is to survive the last two years of the potential incubation period. If he reaches his twenty-first birthday without an incident, he'll be cleared. Until then, Finn must go to a special facility for positives, segregated from society to keep the healthy population safe. But when the military caravan transporting him is attacked, Finn becomes separated. To make it to safety, he must embark on a perilous cross-country journey across an America transformed--a dark and dangerous land populated with heroes, villains, madmen, and hordes of zombies. And though the zombies are everywhere, Finn discovers that the real danger may be his fellow humans. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome meets World War Z and I Am Legend in this thrilling tale that has it all: a compelling story, great characters, and explosive action, making Positive the ultimate zombie novel of our time.

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