The Living Dead - George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus (2020)

Full disclosure: I first saw Dawn of the Dead in 1981 on home video. It quickly became my favorite movie, and has remained so ever since. I have seen it countless times. 

I also rate the other two in the original run almost in line with Dawn and was lucky enough to see Day of the Dead in the theater countless times, even though I was 15. I also have a strong love for Diary of the Dead, and don't hate Land or Survival, but see them with a fair share of faults. I do believe that, eventually, other people will finally come around to what Diary has to offer. 

If I am being honest, this has been a slog to get through. As you can see from the picture here, I am still a decent ways from being done with the book (in time it tells me I still have 9 hours to go, this is about 65% done), and only in the past few hours has it started to become good. I have read many books that it took a bit to get into, but none that have taken this long. 

When the book started I instantly had some hesitation with it, as it started to dawn on me that this could possibly be a World War Z situation, of the reader shifting from one situation to another, without ever returning to any of the characters. A sort of anthology styled book, but not billed as an anthology. While World War Z is a much beloved book, I can't claim to being a fan. I like getting to love characters, and WWZ never allowed for that.

For the first half of the book, that was the case. But, then the book shifted gears a bit and we were sent back to visiting our established characters. So, once that happened, my interest in the story started to grow. But, I still wasn't falling in love with the book, and fully understand the complaints of the book being a tad dull. It also has a very jumbled feel to it all. Where the author split is, one can't totally tell, but the book does not feel cohesive. 

The book did just hit another shirt, and we have now shifted to a different situation all together than where we started. This is the biggest shift in feel yet. So, now I am really undecided on how I am feeling about the book. 

From what I can gather, there is to be something else that comes along towards the end of the book. So, we shall see.