The Beginning of the End (Apocalypse Z) Paperback – October 23, 2012

I can see why someone here said there is not much new in this, as I thought the same thing when I was reading it for a while --very good, but little new ground covered... But then in the last half and as I continued to the end, I found myself profoundly drawn to what it does do differently.First, I am not professing to have seen or read all zombie fiction... But I do think you'd have a hard time finding more than a few hundred people alive who've seen more, and often with repeated viewings and readings.The blog format was actually something i loved, it made it feel very real, and it harkened back to the great horror stories of yore, namely Dracula and Frankenstein. And I completely think the voice of the narrator is great. Authentic, relatable, funny, etc... Unlike other critics here, who clearly didn't get it, the narrator is a lawyer, not an author, so it makes sense his prose wouldn't be the most eloquent, and that in the course of 300 pages of blog entries chronicling the zombie apocalypse, he just might end a paragraph or two with, "that sucks!"...Anyway, back to what i liked: Walking dead has this, as do some other zombie fiction I've seen/read, but the sense of feeling the weight with the author, and seeing him change over the course of the book. I really felt like i got to know him, and how he'd respond to the situations in front of him, and why someone (incuding myself) might feel that way. It gets you very much in his head, the same way the dexter novels gets you in the head of a serial killer, by having the voice of the narrator be so compelling and seemingly genuine.And much of that is only accomplished by the sensation of time passing... Over the course of this book he visits several locales, and has quite an adventure.. It feels long, much longer than most zombie fiction, and I loved it for that... And the notion that this is just book one of three, makes me even more excited.The chronicle of its spreading from inception was much more interesting to me than the tales from world war z-- which to be frank, I never finished (too much like short stories for me). The way a hemisphere or so went dark, and had blacked out Internet, etc... The opening 50-100 pages or so felt a lot like the movie contagion to me, or really any pandemic-type story... And I can't remember much zombie fiction that had such intricate and dedicated focus on the geopolitical nature of it in the beginning, but then devolves into a man vs nature after the apocalypse type story... It was a refreshing change up, just as each new section, encounter, and location of the book was-- which again contributed to my feeling it was a very enjoyably authentic chronicle of what a random survivor might go through in the apocalypse.And of course, now I also know one thing no one has ever told me through other zombie tales -- I need a neoprene diving suit now... ya know, just in case the dead do rise....AND please, publishers, amazon, whoever -- let's put a rush on the translations of book two and three in the series... I'm desperate to know what happens next!

I found the book riveting, very interesting and thought provoking. I prefer the exciting fast paced reads and this fit the bill. I did find the addition of an underage girl with perky breasts a little odd, and the character develoment of her and the nun were close to nil - almost a "why bother". I was also disappointed at the abrupt ending, and I found too much emphasis placed on the cat. The cat is either super-personal to the author, a metaphor I couldn't understand, or awkwardly out of place. Or maybe it's just that I don't like cats.Either way, it's an exciting and fast enough read that I was done before I figured out that I really cared. For it's few weaknesses, it has exponentially more strengths. I am looking forward to a sequel that will bring redemption to this distasefully abrubt ending.If you're looking for a fast paced, exciting read; this is definitley the book. It's a page turner with something exciting happening on almost every page. If you're a literary critic looking for a shallow book to pick apart; then this is probably also the right book. I just finished my second read of The Passage and The Twelve, and I thought both books were excellent. I also read Apocalypse Z twice. While both are post-apcalyptic, monster battling reads, they could not be more different. The Passage and the Twelve are chunky, meaty, character rich, story rich, with many things happening all at the same time, almost to the point of confusion. I found myself having to mark pages and re-read stuff I already read to make sure I was following along. There are many leading characters, many different storylines to follow covering many different periods in time, weaving back and forth over each other - very multi-dimensional, if that makes sense. Comparativley, Apocalypse Z is very one dimensional. One main character, one storyline, one plot, and sometimes a little corny. There's no getting lost here.As a final comment, I realize many readers of this book may also look to World War Z - I will leave a separate review there, but as a comparison to THIS book, I prefer Apocalypse Z. I did not like format of WWZ at all and I understand why they chaged the format for the film. I found the book to be very fractured. I really enjoyed all the separate experiences from the different interviews, but I feel it was missing something that tied them all (or at elast many of them) together.

Já tinha lido este livro a muito tempo,um livro perfeito e a história é contada em primeira pessoa,em forma de diario

Excellent book a keeper for definite rereads. Not enough publicity found by pure accident.

llego bastante rapido y todo en orden, 100% recomendable

Well written! The author doesn't ramble as many often do and keeps his story very interesting. His character, adjusting and coming to terms with survival in an uncertain future in the middle of a Zombie Apocalypse. He certainly loves his cat and despite very adverse circumstances has proved to be quite adept at "Cat herding"! Looking forward to reading the succeeding books. A good read! Recommended

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