World War Z is the second zombie book by Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide and The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks which is in the form of a graphic novel. His books are a large part of the rise in the popularity of zombie culture and talks between people of how to prepare for the coming war.
WWZ is set up in the style of the author having interviews with people that have survived the zombie war, starting from the first doctors that discovered the virus and were told to hide it from the public and continuing as the war developed. Other interesting accounts include one man talking of seeing a bridge blown up behind him, saving those on his side from the hoard of zombies, but killing those still human that were trying to escape; and a blind man in the forest who’s highly developed sense of hearing and smell allowed him to survive and kill many zombies. The final interviews deal with the end of the war and the rebuilding of society. Throughout, it is clear that the biggest question one faces is whether to save oneself or help others and possibly parish.
Throughout the amount of detail about the war and the different experiences that the author creates is immense, it is a world that few can understand or fully invest in, but for those that can it is a great read. Those that have knowledge of the subject from Brooks’ past book will see many elements of survival through the interviews, as well as faults and mistakes made by those that didn’t. It is clear that there are those out there that are preparing themselves for this coming war, using these books as reference. The scarier part is that there are those out there looking forward to it.
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