What do you think?
Rate this book
Resurrection
The rain is falling and the dead are rising.
It began at an ultra-secret government laboratory. Experiments in limb regeneration-an unspeakable union of Medieval alchemy and cutting edge genetics result in the very germ of horror a gene trigger that will reanimate dead tissue...any dead tissue.
Now it's loose. It's gone viral. It's in the rain.
And the rain has not stopped falling for weeks.
As the country floods and corpses float in the streets, as cities are submerged, the evil dead are rising.
And they are hungry.
It began at an ultra-secret government laboratory. Experiments in limb regeneration-an unspeakable union of Medieval alchemy and cutting edge genetics result in the very germ of horror a gene trigger that will reanimate dead tissue...any dead tissue.
Now it's loose. It's gone viral. It's in the rain.
And the rain has not stopped falling for weeks.
As the country floods and corpses float in the streets, as cities are submerged, the evil dead are rising.
And they are hungry.
659 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 31, 2009
32 people are currently reading
706 people want to read
About the author
Tim Curran
149 books595 followersTim Curran lives in Michigan and is the author of the novels Skin Medicine, Hive, Dead Sea, Resurrection, The Devil Next Door, and Biohazard, as well as the novella The Corpse King. His short stories have appeared in such magazines as City Slab, Flesh&Blood, Book of Dark Wisdom, and Inhuman, and anthologies such as Shivers IV, High Seas Cthulhu, and Vile Things.
For DarkFuse and its imprints, he has written the bestselling The Underdwelling, the Readers Choice-Nominated novella Fear Me, Puppet Graveyard as well as Long Black Coffin.
Find him on the web at: www.corpseking.com.
For DarkFuse and its imprints, he has written the bestselling The Underdwelling, the Readers Choice-Nominated novella Fear Me, Puppet Graveyard as well as Long Black Coffin.
Find him on the web at: www.corpseking.com.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 33 reviews
September 8, 2016
The rain kept falling and falling and falling...and like the rain, the story kept going and going and...well, you get the idea. This one ran the gamut with me, good and bad. Resurrection is listed as a Zombie Epic and you better believe it when they say epic. The problem was that it was too epic. You may wonder, "is that even possible?"and the answer is yes. Resurrection needed editing in the worst way. It suffers from a bloated mass of verbiage. If an editor had come along and slashed a good 300 pages from this tome, the story would've been a much tighter and fun read. Now, don't get me wrong. There is some really good stuff in Resurrection, but the reader was constantly assaulted by the same descriptions of the constant rain falling and the smell of the zombies. I bet the reference to something being "putrid" was used at least 50 times. After a while, it begins to feel like you've read it before and you want to scream "I get it! They fucking stunk to high heaven. Now get on with the damn story!!" The other thing that kept becoming a sore spot with Resurrection was all of the grammatical errors. Usually, I'm pretty forgiving for a misspelled word here and awkward sentence structure there. If you've ever read any of my reviews, I can be a little light on the proofreading at times. But, this was so often that it became quite distracting. So, yes, an editor was sorely needed for Resurrection.
OK. Let's get on with the review. In the river valley of a small Wisconsin town, it begins to rain endlessly for days on end. Within this rainy period, there comes a few mysterious showers that are yellow and anyone that gets caught in the dreaded yellow rains gets eaten away and dissolved as if it was pure hydrochloride acid. With the endless torrential rains, the river breaks its banks and the town is flooded. So much so, that the local graveyard, located on a hill, is washed away like a sand castle during high tide. And wouldn't you know it, there's something about the rain that makes all of those people, that have been laid to rest, get up and start coming after the town folks that haven't evacuated the flooded city. Enter our likable heroes, Mitch and Tommy. A couple of regular Joes that you instantly feel like you know. Mitch is looking for his daughter, Chrissy, who went off to the mall and hasn't come home yet. As you can imagine, the shit hits the fan and the zombies start doing what zombies do. But Curran's zombies are a little bit different. There are some that are mindless killers, while others seem to have some intelligence (and speed). Another trait that I liked was that bullets to the head didn't take these guys out, but they discover that salt does. Kinda cool. It also seems that our heroes figure that the explosion at the nearby military base is responsible for all the mayhem. Now it's up to Mitch and Tommy to save the town.
Resurrection has some great ideas inside it. Curran knows how to develop realistic characters that are easily identifiable. Along the way, Resurrection felt quite a bit like the bastard child of Stephen King's It and The Stand. The biological weapon gone wrong and threatening to destroy mankind. Also, the main antagonist was an evil clown that I couldn't help but compare with Pennywise. How could you not? One more thing - the salt. Our heros discover that salt is the key to killing the walking dead, not guns. So, you'd think they'd be smart and use what works. Nope. They kept shooting and blasting away throughout the story even though they knew that guns were pretty much ineffective. Again, I had a hard time not screaming at the pages when I would read this. Use the damn salt, you dumbasses!
So, to paraphrase Dickens, It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. And that's pretty much Resurrection in a nutshell. There's some really good stuff, but oh what it could've been if only there was an editor.
3 putrid corpses out of 5
You can also follow my reviews at the following links:
https://kenmckinley.wordpress.com
http://intothemacabre.booklikes.com
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5...
OK. Let's get on with the review. In the river valley of a small Wisconsin town, it begins to rain endlessly for days on end. Within this rainy period, there comes a few mysterious showers that are yellow and anyone that gets caught in the dreaded yellow rains gets eaten away and dissolved as if it was pure hydrochloride acid. With the endless torrential rains, the river breaks its banks and the town is flooded. So much so, that the local graveyard, located on a hill, is washed away like a sand castle during high tide. And wouldn't you know it, there's something about the rain that makes all of those people, that have been laid to rest, get up and start coming after the town folks that haven't evacuated the flooded city. Enter our likable heroes, Mitch and Tommy. A couple of regular Joes that you instantly feel like you know. Mitch is looking for his daughter, Chrissy, who went off to the mall and hasn't come home yet. As you can imagine, the shit hits the fan and the zombies start doing what zombies do. But Curran's zombies are a little bit different. There are some that are mindless killers, while others seem to have some intelligence (and speed). Another trait that I liked was that bullets to the head didn't take these guys out, but they discover that salt does. Kinda cool. It also seems that our heroes figure that the explosion at the nearby military base is responsible for all the mayhem. Now it's up to Mitch and Tommy to save the town.
Resurrection has some great ideas inside it. Curran knows how to develop realistic characters that are easily identifiable. Along the way, Resurrection felt quite a bit like the bastard child of Stephen King's It and The Stand. The biological weapon gone wrong and threatening to destroy mankind. Also, the main antagonist was an evil clown that I couldn't help but compare with Pennywise. How could you not? One more thing - the salt. Our heros discover that salt is the key to killing the walking dead, not guns. So, you'd think they'd be smart and use what works. Nope. They kept shooting and blasting away throughout the story even though they knew that guns were pretty much ineffective. Again, I had a hard time not screaming at the pages when I would read this. Use the damn salt, you dumbasses!
So, to paraphrase Dickens, It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. And that's pretty much Resurrection in a nutshell. There's some really good stuff, but oh what it could've been if only there was an editor.
3 putrid corpses out of 5
You can also follow my reviews at the following links:
https://kenmckinley.wordpress.com
http://intothemacabre.booklikes.com
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5...
Want to read
December 6, 2016This limited edition is not signed or numbered but is 666 pages.
September 3, 2023
This was an awesome zombie novel. Smart thinking zombies like in the later seasons of The Walking Dead. Also had a Brian Keene vibe with Earthworm Gods. This monster of a book comes in at 650 pgs
September 22, 2011
Resurrection is my third Tim Curran read and there are so many awesome things about it that you really should just read it no matter what anyone says. I mean, it is a
zombie epic and it is 666 pages long, or at least one of the versions is. I found that to be hilarious and was convinced to try it right there. Also, there is a zombie
clown in it who is terrifying yet funny. I guess that sums up Resurrection quite well; terrifying but funny. I was wondering how any author could drag me through a
zombie novel of this length but Curran did it without too much trouble. I say too much because I did get a little worn out at times and don't think I want to read
another zombie novel for several months. The descriptions of nastiness are so frequent that, if Curran wasn't a master at them, they would get annoying. The story never
really lags though and the book did not feel forced and bloated like I thought it would. Like Curran's perfect novel Dead Sea, Resurrection builds an excellent
atmosphere with its descriptions of smells, sounds, and unknown things lurking in the water covering the town. This is just zombie fun from beginning to end and yes, it
does have a nice explanation for the zombies being there. I can't say that it is my favorite zombie novel though. Dead Sea by Brian Keene still stands tall and proud on
the zombie pile, but this wasn't far below it. I think that I am just burnt out on zombies and if I had read this before Keene's Dead Sea, I would have liked
Resurrection more. Either way, this is a very fun read so if you want to read 666 pages about zombies, what they do best, and how the characters fight for survival then
go for it.
zombie epic and it is 666 pages long, or at least one of the versions is. I found that to be hilarious and was convinced to try it right there. Also, there is a zombie
clown in it who is terrifying yet funny. I guess that sums up Resurrection quite well; terrifying but funny. I was wondering how any author could drag me through a
zombie novel of this length but Curran did it without too much trouble. I say too much because I did get a little worn out at times and don't think I want to read
another zombie novel for several months. The descriptions of nastiness are so frequent that, if Curran wasn't a master at them, they would get annoying. The story never
really lags though and the book did not feel forced and bloated like I thought it would. Like Curran's perfect novel Dead Sea, Resurrection builds an excellent
atmosphere with its descriptions of smells, sounds, and unknown things lurking in the water covering the town. This is just zombie fun from beginning to end and yes, it
does have a nice explanation for the zombies being there. I can't say that it is my favorite zombie novel though. Dead Sea by Brian Keene still stands tall and proud on
the zombie pile, but this wasn't far below it. I think that I am just burnt out on zombies and if I had read this before Keene's Dead Sea, I would have liked
Resurrection more. Either way, this is a very fun read so if you want to read 666 pages about zombies, what they do best, and how the characters fight for survival then
go for it.
March 3, 2014
Recently, Tim Curran and Severed Press released this 666 page zombie apocalyptic novel as serial ebooks, and this review is of Resurrection #1. The town of Witcham is under a relentless deluge of rain, which has flooded the streets, washing away homes and even the old town cemetery...but this is no ordinary rain. Some townspeople even believe the military base outside of town is responsible, testing some new deadly bioweapon. Needless to say, thing go awry quickly in this novella length Part One when corpses begin to rise, some recently dead and some long dead, and the townpeople have no choice but to band together to survive....if they can. Curran's strength is his razor sharp prose and highly believable characters, and this reviewer eagerly awaits subsequent installments. If you're a fan of zombie fiction or gritty, edgy, visceral horror, do give Curran's work a try...you will thank me later!
February 9, 2025
A fantastic beginning and an equally enjoyable ending are split by far too many repetitive sequences of minor characters being introduced and killed off in the space of 10 pages. Curran is a descriptive writer, but even he struggled to find new turns of phrase to describe the undead across 650 pages. It also seems a strange decision for Curran to make one of the major villains an undead clown that can shape shift …
But by the time the characters are whittled down to a dozen or so of the more memorable ones, the book regains its footing and races toward its gore-soaked conclusion.
So, overall, a mixed bag. I think I like my Curran served in novella or short novel length more.
3 Wiggling Severed Fingers for Resurrection.
But by the time the characters are whittled down to a dozen or so of the more memorable ones, the book regains its footing and races toward its gore-soaked conclusion.
So, overall, a mixed bag. I think I like my Curran served in novella or short novel length more.
3 Wiggling Severed Fingers for Resurrection.
March 10, 2010
Torrential downpours are plaguing Witcham, Wisconsin in the Black River Valley. It’s been raining for four straight days and the Black River has burst its banks, sending a wall of water, mud, and debris into the Black Town and Bethany sections of the city. It also unearthed the dead from Hillside Cemetery….there are bodies and caskets everywhere. However, the dead are now rising. On day three of the rains, there was an explosion at the Fort Providence Army Medical Research Facility, sending an odd yellow-green cloud into the night sky. Is this ground zero in the apocalypse?
Lily Barron hasn’t been right since her twin sister died three weeks prior. Now she’s listening to some guy calling himself Brother John on the radio talk about the dead rising. Her daughter Chrissy is out with her friends and now she wants her husband Mitch to go find her and bring her home. The rain has subsided somewhat and after checking the local teenage haunts, Mitch decides to stop by the Army/Navy Store. There he meets up with his childhood friend Tommy Kastle and they listen to all the rumors and theories making the rounds among the locals. What starts as a normal visit, turns into a most bizarre afternoon when the store is attacked by what can only be described as zombies. Soon after, they watch as two police officers out on patrol begin to burn and melt when a yellow rain begins to fall. Mitch knows he must find Chrissy, and he’ll do it with Tommy’s help.
The rain continues to fall, the water continues to rise, people are disappearing, and zombies are coming out of the water. Disturbing incidents are occurring all over. Mitch and Tommy are in a race against time to find Chrissy and the cause of the strange and deadly happenings in Witcham. With the help of local “witch” Wanda Sepperly, they will be led on their journey to an abandoned mannequin factory, the army base, and finally, a haunted orphanage. Is Chrissy still alive? Will they find the cause of the zombie apocalypse and can they stop it? Will they all survive?
This was a great book. Tim Curran doesn’t waste any time getting into the story. He introduces characters at the right moments and you get a feel for who they are, whether they survive or not. He puts a new twist on the zombie tale, introducing some that are out of the ordinary and scary as Hell. These zombies are not necessarily mindless, but they’re also not all just the resurrected dead. Grimshanks, Mrs. Crowley, and the dark figure in black are more than zombies….they can scheme and manipulate. Mitch and Tommy are regular, likeable guys that the reader can relate to….the usual heroes of zombie lit. The conspiracy theory of the zombies and the yellow rain coming from the army base are front and center but the story will still leave you guessing until the end. At almost seven hundred pages it’s quite a read, but definitely worth it
Lily Barron hasn’t been right since her twin sister died three weeks prior. Now she’s listening to some guy calling himself Brother John on the radio talk about the dead rising. Her daughter Chrissy is out with her friends and now she wants her husband Mitch to go find her and bring her home. The rain has subsided somewhat and after checking the local teenage haunts, Mitch decides to stop by the Army/Navy Store. There he meets up with his childhood friend Tommy Kastle and they listen to all the rumors and theories making the rounds among the locals. What starts as a normal visit, turns into a most bizarre afternoon when the store is attacked by what can only be described as zombies. Soon after, they watch as two police officers out on patrol begin to burn and melt when a yellow rain begins to fall. Mitch knows he must find Chrissy, and he’ll do it with Tommy’s help.
The rain continues to fall, the water continues to rise, people are disappearing, and zombies are coming out of the water. Disturbing incidents are occurring all over. Mitch and Tommy are in a race against time to find Chrissy and the cause of the strange and deadly happenings in Witcham. With the help of local “witch” Wanda Sepperly, they will be led on their journey to an abandoned mannequin factory, the army base, and finally, a haunted orphanage. Is Chrissy still alive? Will they find the cause of the zombie apocalypse and can they stop it? Will they all survive?
This was a great book. Tim Curran doesn’t waste any time getting into the story. He introduces characters at the right moments and you get a feel for who they are, whether they survive or not. He puts a new twist on the zombie tale, introducing some that are out of the ordinary and scary as Hell. These zombies are not necessarily mindless, but they’re also not all just the resurrected dead. Grimshanks, Mrs. Crowley, and the dark figure in black are more than zombies….they can scheme and manipulate. Mitch and Tommy are regular, likeable guys that the reader can relate to….the usual heroes of zombie lit. The conspiracy theory of the zombies and the yellow rain coming from the army base are front and center but the story will still leave you guessing until the end. At almost seven hundred pages it’s quite a read, but definitely worth it
March 2, 2012
I think this could have used a pinch of trimming to enhance the over all product. Also, spelling and grammer left something to be desired. There was also a serious over focus on smell that ended up using some of the same phrases far too often. These things aside, the length of the novel really gave me a chance to get to know and care about the main characters. I was stressing Mitch finding Chrissy. However, with the level of detail attributed to certain characters, towards the end characters that played a pivitol role had very little fleshing out in comparisson. Grimshanks as the focal bad guy was one twisted dude. But then the source of the crap, the "head bad guy" is only given a cursory ending. I was left with a "really, that's where all this led" feeling at the end. I felt like I slogged through the length of it just to be left dangling at the end regarding him and the over all loose ends of the town. Ehh... It was interesting, disturbing and gory with characters you could get behind. But it seriously suffered from a lack of editting that could have addressed these issues to make it truly memorable.
March 31, 2011
Let's see, the gore in this book was pretty decent and detailed. But the ending was a total copout, or at least in my opinion. I was expecting some big final battle and the whole thing just ended way too easily. Also the author introduced way too many characters at once. I mean I kind of get where he was going with that but in the end I think it just got a bit tedious. Otherwise this book was OK. I'd read more from the author considering most of his books deals with zombies.
August 11, 2013
This book is LONG. I quit about halfway through when I realized I was getting really bored. The zombies, were described nicely, and were very...moist, but otherwise it was just zombies. And I was bored.
Then when I finally picked it back up and continued, I fell in love with it. The zombies grew more unique and rather then a 'normal' zombie apocalypse, it grew into some evil insane nightmare that made me very happy.
Then when I finally picked it back up and continued, I fell in love with it. The zombies grew more unique and rather then a 'normal' zombie apocalypse, it grew into some evil insane nightmare that made me very happy.
February 17, 2010
Fantastic zombie/science novel of epic proportions. 666 page HC edition from Severed Press. Highly Recommend if you like zombies!
November 27, 2022
An epic horror novel. 650 pages of epic horror. A page turner.
January 5, 2017
Wow, talk about breathing new life into the zombie genre (no pun intended).
I have been following Tim Curran's work for a while now and this guy really deserves a lot of credit for his work. His prose and descriptive language is right up there with the very best in my opinion. Some of the passages literally make you feel like you are in the story and the atmosphere he creates is almost palpable. So, how do you put a new twist on the zombie mythos? You pass the baton to Tim Curran who absolutely smashes it.
Resurrection is an epic novel at 650+ pages which is also available in a ten part series if you want to break it up a little. It is partially inspired by real events where torrential rain and floods churn up an old graveyard and the caskets and bodies are floating down the street. Tie this rainwater in with chemicals from a lab and a series of jarred ex-carnival abominations and you get a partially submerged area of the USA crawling with lurking, slimy creatures waiting to ambush the residents.
At 650+ pages, I have to say the pacing is still excellent and the characters remain interesting. The creatures themselves are kind of like zombies but far more sinister. They are communicative and smart and try to get into the minds of the residents - they also don't go down easily with a simple shot to the head. Beware if you are freaked out by clowns...one of the zombies (Grimshanks) gives Pennywise from Stephen King's 'IT' a run for it's money for being the creepiest and most vile clown in horror.
I absolutely loved this book for the atmospheric content, interesting characters and unique spin on a genre which has almost been published to death in the last 10-15 years. This will be one of the best horror novels you read - afterwards you will wonder why you never read it sooner.
I have been following Tim Curran's work for a while now and this guy really deserves a lot of credit for his work. His prose and descriptive language is right up there with the very best in my opinion. Some of the passages literally make you feel like you are in the story and the atmosphere he creates is almost palpable. So, how do you put a new twist on the zombie mythos? You pass the baton to Tim Curran who absolutely smashes it.
Resurrection is an epic novel at 650+ pages which is also available in a ten part series if you want to break it up a little. It is partially inspired by real events where torrential rain and floods churn up an old graveyard and the caskets and bodies are floating down the street. Tie this rainwater in with chemicals from a lab and a series of jarred ex-carnival abominations and you get a partially submerged area of the USA crawling with lurking, slimy creatures waiting to ambush the residents.
At 650+ pages, I have to say the pacing is still excellent and the characters remain interesting. The creatures themselves are kind of like zombies but far more sinister. They are communicative and smart and try to get into the minds of the residents - they also don't go down easily with a simple shot to the head. Beware if you are freaked out by clowns...one of the zombies (Grimshanks) gives Pennywise from Stephen King's 'IT' a run for it's money for being the creepiest and most vile clown in horror.
I absolutely loved this book for the atmospheric content, interesting characters and unique spin on a genre which has almost been published to death in the last 10-15 years. This will be one of the best horror novels you read - afterwards you will wonder why you never read it sooner.
June 6, 2017
It really felt like Tim Curran put his official stamp on the horror genre with this spectacularly gruesome epic novel. I'm constantly impressed with Curran, every time I read him. He's simply one of the very best horror authors working today. But this one felt like maybe he had something to prove, and prove it he did. There is so much deranged horror crammed into this thing that its massive length can barely contain it all. This is isn't some slow going walk in the park, with long passages of nothing. This thing is balls to the wall right from the start. Its hard to pick a favorite Curran novel, but favorites aside, this might be his greatest achievement yet in horror. Highest recommendation for horror fans.
January 23, 2018
“Epic” pretty gutsy to slap that on your book. It’s a long story he wrote I’ll give him that. It’s more bloated than the water logged zombies in the story. It borrows heavily from the rising by Keene, from it by King, and from Lovecraft. It’s entertaining. I was turning pages. I just feel that Mitch made too many trips back to the fortune teller. Stick around and get the full story. This book was epic length for epic length sake. There is no reason for a grimshakes or a Hansel Greta’s witch or for the whole prison side story. Take out the whole prison pages and the harry story would be fine. Bloat. Lots of bloat
May 10, 2024
DNF. Got to page 142, and finally called it quits. The rain premise was pretty interesting, but there are way too many characters and too much backstory. Made it difficult to get into and leaves the book as bloated as one of the waterlogged corpses. But what finally got me though was all the fucking BOOBS. Waaaay too much focus and detail about zombie boobs. Every other page we're seeing another nasty corpse boob described in vivid detail. I couldn't take it anymore.
January 19, 2024
I could not finish this book. I tried to stick with it for the interesting zombie/acid rain premise, but the writing was so juvenile and the characters so laughable in their absurdity that I could not go on any further. It feels like this book is trying to aim for C movie horror as an excuse to not write well. I'm all for cheesy horror, but it still has to be good.
June 27, 2020
If you like massive back story and details then this is for you. I found it hard to read as I prefer a running story versus multiple angles of a story with a lot of back story book. I found myself glancing over the tons of back story of characters to get to the actual story.
February 22, 2021
This book was sickly disturbing and I enjoyed it. I loved the story. I felt there was a little too much extra stories with in which were unnecessary. But still still a great read. Look forward to reading more from him.
April 6, 2022
Awesome zombie book.
Just really enjoyed this book. Zombies everywhere. Very interesting plot. Had action from the very beginning and never let up. Had a few scary scenes. I very much enjoyed it.
Just really enjoyed this book. Zombies everywhere. Very interesting plot. Had action from the very beginning and never let up. Had a few scary scenes. I very much enjoyed it.
October 13, 2018
dnf - not my thing.
May 27, 2021
I enjoyed the fresh take on my favourite genre of books.
April 29, 2025
I found it very entertaining. alot of very foil language, possible trigger words, very detailed gruesome descriptions. but I enjoyed it!
April 6, 2021
Brilliant
This was the most disgusting, vile, ambitious, sprawling, entertaining, and flat-out brilliant story I've ever read. Bring your iron-plated stomach.
This was the most disgusting, vile, ambitious, sprawling, entertaining, and flat-out brilliant story I've ever read. Bring your iron-plated stomach.
March 7, 2012
I mostly listened to this on my Kindle rather than read it; that is something to keep in mind while reading this review.
I found Resurrection: Zombie Epic to be an interesting novel. It was a good length, longer than most I've been reading lately, and a few times the amount of characters confused me, but once I got everyone straight (and there were less of them), it was good.
As I listened, I was reminded of a couple of Stephen King stories, but mostly ITIt. Not the kid part of IT, but the monster part with the voices in the drain, the clown, the creepy lady in the apartment, to name a few. The zombies weren't George Romero type zombies, they were the kind who seem to know your secrets and fears and they could talk a little.
What causes all this mayhem is an explosion at the local Army base that causes a nasty yellow acidic rain; this detail brought to mind Stephen King's short story The Mist, where an explosion at the local military base causes a creeping fog that is inhabited by monsters from another dimension. (One of the best and scariest short stories ever, in my opinion.)
Now, I am not saying that the author got his ideas from SK, just saying some things reminded me of some of his novels. In no way did it seem like a rip off.
I like that there was a different way to destroy the zombies and other monsters besides the typical shot 'em in the head method.
X
I found Resurrection: Zombie Epic to be an interesting novel. It was a good length, longer than most I've been reading lately, and a few times the amount of characters confused me, but once I got everyone straight (and there were less of them), it was good.
As I listened, I was reminded of a couple of Stephen King stories, but mostly ITIt. Not the kid part of IT, but the monster part with the voices in the drain, the clown, the creepy lady in the apartment, to name a few. The zombies weren't George Romero type zombies, they were the kind who seem to know your secrets and fears and they could talk a little.
What causes all this mayhem is an explosion at the local Army base that causes a nasty yellow acidic rain; this detail brought to mind Stephen King's short story The Mist, where an explosion at the local military base causes a creeping fog that is inhabited by monsters from another dimension. (One of the best and scariest short stories ever, in my opinion.)
Now, I am not saying that the author got his ideas from SK, just saying some things reminded me of some of his novels. In no way did it seem like a rip off.
I like that there was a different way to destroy the zombies and other monsters besides the typical shot 'em in the head method.
X
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 15, 2016
I needed an engaging, rip-roaring, over-the-top horror novel with frights, mutated beasts, and conspiracies and I knew that Tim Curran would not disappoint. "Resurrection: Zombie Epic" is exactly what it says it is. It's about resurrection and boy is it an epic. At 666 pages it is a long ride filled with so many characters, plotlines, and monstrosites that at times it gets to be overwhelming. The story begins with a nefarious explosion at a military base and torrential rainfall. Horror stories with rain are often the most chilling to me. Anyway, the dead come out to play. The reason why they emerge isn't really revealed until later in the book, as the reader gets carried away with backstories (interesting ones tho) about lambs. I.E. folk that probably won't make it. There is a main vein story about a step father's search for his daughter with his best bud, which carries on throughout, but honestly, I was overwhelmed by the end. Don't get me wrong, this book is good and for horror heads like me, it does satisfy, but when there are so many monstrosities that they become blase after a while and lose their uniqueness. This book has it all: acid rain, zombie babies, blobs, shambling hordes, bug-infested corpses, spooky phantoms, multi-limbed/headed/eye-having beasts, killer clowns and more than a touch of the occult and again, its all entertaining as Mr. Curran does weave interesting yarns...well, in this case, you get a full quilt. Yes, it could have been cut down some, but overall I did enjoy this book.
April 18, 2014
One of the best writers of Zombie books since my "Zombie Mania" took over all my reading about 4 years ago.
"Resurrection: Zombie Epic" has such vivid, just plain grotesque and horror drenched scenes, I had to put the book down on several occasions. I started reading during the day - night reading spooked me so much that I was unable to read without thinking about the people who suffered, thingies moving about my room, shadows - which kept me awake at night . . . lights on during and for weeks after reading "Resurrection" - (Trembles, shakes, and spine-tingles).
I recommend this excellently crafted read to readers that truly enjoy frightful and gory books. Not much to go into detail since I believe it can "spoil" your reading experience; however, I will say this, I have read around 80 zombie books in my life, and this one caused lumps in my throat, heavy heart rate, increased pulse and a disturbed mind (mine).
5 gory stars for you Mr Curran - your creatively written novel has had a great impact on my life - I look for Zombies everywhere . . . (lol).
"Resurrection: Zombie Epic" has such vivid, just plain grotesque and horror drenched scenes, I had to put the book down on several occasions. I started reading during the day - night reading spooked me so much that I was unable to read without thinking about the people who suffered, thingies moving about my room, shadows - which kept me awake at night . . . lights on during and for weeks after reading "Resurrection" - (Trembles, shakes, and spine-tingles).
I recommend this excellently crafted read to readers that truly enjoy frightful and gory books. Not much to go into detail since I believe it can "spoil" your reading experience; however, I will say this, I have read around 80 zombie books in my life, and this one caused lumps in my throat, heavy heart rate, increased pulse and a disturbed mind (mine).
5 gory stars for you Mr Curran - your creatively written novel has had a great impact on my life - I look for Zombies everywhere . . . (lol).
September 14, 2016
This was okay, it weighs in at a devilish 666 pages however I felt it would have been much better with the fat trimmed and more time spent on editing - no one likes finding typos and repetitions in the final product. I'd prefer a good story than a page count 'joke'.
It's very descriptive and atmospheric especially when it comes to how moist and decaying the resurrected bodies are. However I felt some of the descriptions and character lines were more there to try and shock the reader than provide depth to the story. I get that it's horror, it just seemed like it went too far for no reason at times.
I wouldn't recommend it, instead I'd suggest JL Bourne's Day by Day series or ZA Rechts Plague series if someone was interested in this genre.
It's very descriptive and atmospheric especially when it comes to how moist and decaying the resurrected bodies are. However I felt some of the descriptions and character lines were more there to try and shock the reader than provide depth to the story. I get that it's horror, it just seemed like it went too far for no reason at times.
I wouldn't recommend it, instead I'd suggest JL Bourne's Day by Day series or ZA Rechts Plague series if someone was interested in this genre.
May 2, 2013
I really enjoyed this book, which puts a new spin on the zombie apocalypse genre. Plenty of passages that will make your hair stand on end are found throughout. I didn't give it the full five stars because I found the author's love of description to be excessive. The awful smell emanating from the cursed town was described at least 50 times in the book. However, I wholeheartedly recommend this book to horror lovers such as myself.
October 20, 2013
I don't like to pan any book, but this one had such great potential that didn't work out. I felt that there were entire descriptive paragraphs that were "cut and pasted" throughout the novel. The concept was great, Mr. Curran's writing is decent, but I think this book could/would have been excellent if about 300 pages had been edited out. In terms of full disclosure, I stopped reading the book a little more than halfway through.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 33 reviews