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Tagged: The Apocalypse
Tagged - as in the Universal Tagging Program. No one may buy or sell without the new chip implanted beneath the skin.
They own the night. These zombies are a new breed and fast; hair like women; teeth like lions and sharp claws. They hunt in overwhelmingly large packs like a plague of locusts. The government and military are overrun, retreating underground and leaving the populace to fend for themselves.
Lucky for Sven and his Cannabis growing crew they find shelter in a nuclear power plant. The lights keep them at bay - at least for a while. But how long will it last?
In the lawless environment they survive by their own code until the Government and military return to establish a new world order.
Fast, deadly zombies and end times biblical prophecy meet in this compelling new look at the apocalypse.
They own the night. These zombies are a new breed and fast; hair like women; teeth like lions and sharp claws. They hunt in overwhelmingly large packs like a plague of locusts. The government and military are overrun, retreating underground and leaving the populace to fend for themselves.
Lucky for Sven and his Cannabis growing crew they find shelter in a nuclear power plant. The lights keep them at bay - at least for a while. But how long will it last?
In the lawless environment they survive by their own code until the Government and military return to establish a new world order.
Fast, deadly zombies and end times biblical prophecy meet in this compelling new look at the apocalypse.
120 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2011
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August 14, 2015
What did I just read?
I'm not sure what the actual story is here. None of the multiple plot lines are actually fleshed out. None of the characters are fleshed out.
It's like this was written by a group of people and everyone wrote one chapter and sent it to the next person to write the next chapter.
No. Just no.
I'm not sure what the actual story is here. None of the multiple plot lines are actually fleshed out. None of the characters are fleshed out.
It's like this was written by a group of people and everyone wrote one chapter and sent it to the next person to write the next chapter.
No. Just no.
October 20, 2014
So, having bombed out with Richard Laymon I decided not to be discouraged from finding something hard hitting but well written. I've bought this one, it's on my Kindle and ready to go. The reviews have been awesome. But I've been burnt by good reviews before. We'll see.
I'll update.
Dear Lord. Am I condemned to start every review with a exclamation of disbelief at how, yet again, I've been fooled into reading such utter garbage?
Five stars? How could anyone give this book 5 stars? Are they confused by the rating system? Can they actually read?
I guess I've been spoilt by starting reading zombie books with the brilliant World War Z. It doesn't come much better than that (not the abortion of a movie). But seriously, this book is just confusing. Who? What? Why? Oh, I don't care.
All the characters are universally horrible. It starts with a very unpleasant middle age couple having sex. Graphically. Now, I'm hardly one to shy away from such things. I write graphic sex scenes (albeit with entirely different body parts) but this was just prurient, pornographic. We have't been introduced to these people so why are we in their hotel bedroom whilst they have sex? Bad form.
So, anyway, thinking their story might have some tiny relevance to the storyline I was confused when they both died in the next chapter. Okay... Oh, there was a funny bit -- unintentionally, I assume. Teenage daughter finds her mother turned into a zombie in the hallway (lion mane, long claws, living skeleton with fangs) and calls out, "What's happened to Mom?" Tee hee. You can't beat writing like that.
So, then we have a scene with some religious zealots thrashing themselves. Who? What? Why? Oh, I don't care.
Then we have some survivors in a nuclear plant but they all get murdered by drug dealers. Who? What?... oh, you get the picture.
What an utter load of trash. Written to be made into a movie as far as I can see--lots of graphic descriptions of the gore and vomit and blood and lots of screaming.
Fortunately I only paid 70p for this. Even that was a waste of money.
I'll update.
Dear Lord. Am I condemned to start every review with a exclamation of disbelief at how, yet again, I've been fooled into reading such utter garbage?
Five stars? How could anyone give this book 5 stars? Are they confused by the rating system? Can they actually read?
I guess I've been spoilt by starting reading zombie books with the brilliant World War Z. It doesn't come much better than that (not the abortion of a movie). But seriously, this book is just confusing. Who? What? Why? Oh, I don't care.
All the characters are universally horrible. It starts with a very unpleasant middle age couple having sex. Graphically. Now, I'm hardly one to shy away from such things. I write graphic sex scenes (albeit with entirely different body parts) but this was just prurient, pornographic. We have't been introduced to these people so why are we in their hotel bedroom whilst they have sex? Bad form.
So, anyway, thinking their story might have some tiny relevance to the storyline I was confused when they both died in the next chapter. Okay... Oh, there was a funny bit -- unintentionally, I assume. Teenage daughter finds her mother turned into a zombie in the hallway (lion mane, long claws, living skeleton with fangs) and calls out, "What's happened to Mom?" Tee hee. You can't beat writing like that.
So, then we have a scene with some religious zealots thrashing themselves. Who? What? Why? Oh, I don't care.
Then we have some survivors in a nuclear plant but they all get murdered by drug dealers. Who? What?... oh, you get the picture.
What an utter load of trash. Written to be made into a movie as far as I can see--lots of graphic descriptions of the gore and vomit and blood and lots of screaming.
Fortunately I only paid 70p for this. Even that was a waste of money.
May 2, 2018
This author should be brought up on federal charges for fraud. This book is a piece of shit.
October 30, 2015
Wow, where do I begin on this disaster of a read? This is officially thee worst I have ever, EVER read in my life. I've tried to find more info on the author, for example, his age because I cannot believe a grown adult would or could even manage to spew out such utter sh*te like it! I could just about laugh towards the end at how badly written it was. I wish I could give it no stars but no joy!
My all time favourite lines: 'They were dead before they hit the ground. They were dead after they hit the ground. Dead, dead, dead.'
Every character in this f*ckwit of a read is so insulting to human kind. Sven, who sounds like an upturned mop with zero skills other than getting high. Candy, a dancer turned madam running a brothel because apparently sex is currency now..? A lesbian or not, it isn't stated but a predator of younger girls none the less because of course the writers only known function for women at the end of days is for sex. Thank you Joseph Chiron, you insulting pr*ck. Alexis for her 'men are so weak' statement after giving a guy a bj for info. Again, has the writer read too many Jackie Collins books?! The only gay guy we know of of course is a wimp but with great fashion sense, because the writer has clearly never met a homosexual in his life so sticks with the cliches he knows of.
A f*cking rabbit called bugs.
My all time favourite lines: 'They were dead before they hit the ground. They were dead after they hit the ground. Dead, dead, dead.'
Every character in this f*ckwit of a read is so insulting to human kind. Sven, who sounds like an upturned mop with zero skills other than getting high. Candy, a dancer turned madam running a brothel because apparently sex is currency now..? A lesbian or not, it isn't stated but a predator of younger girls none the less because of course the writers only known function for women at the end of days is for sex. Thank you Joseph Chiron, you insulting pr*ck. Alexis for her 'men are so weak' statement after giving a guy a bj for info. Again, has the writer read too many Jackie Collins books?! The only gay guy we know of of course is a wimp but with great fashion sense, because the writer has clearly never met a homosexual in his life so sticks with the cliches he knows of.
A f*cking rabbit called bugs.
July 25, 2015
This book is terrible. It reads like a cheap mercenary action book from my teenage years. Repetitive, unimaginative. No central character and both plot and character development is weak. Normally I would not write such a harsh review but there are too many good books out there and I hope I can keep at least one person from squandering their valuable time on it. The positive reviews from seemingly intelligent people are mind-numbing.
October 20, 2015
I started this book with high hopes, but the awful dialog, clumsy character development, and poor editing were just too distracting. I'm honestly baffled that it has so many five-star reviews.
August 20, 2016
Not in the realm of the "Ex-Heroes" series, very disjointed (tagging was introduced at the beginning, then ignored until the end and used as a plot device).
My opinion in one word? "Meh."
My opinion in one word? "Meh."
March 3, 2016
I can't even
May 23, 2018
A shit pile of shit
February 19, 2016
Im not sure why this was rated so high, I have read many zombie type books, and this just wasnt that good. The idea that the light kept them away was fun, there were plenty of ideas for that, but the author didn't go very far.
The main problem I had was that for the first half of the book, I had no idea who was who. It was very confusing until around the middle of the book.
If I had known who was who, im sure it might have been a better book, but it wasn't that great. It was a okay book, not the best, not the worst. But, an okay book.
The main problem I had was that for the first half of the book, I had no idea who was who. It was very confusing until around the middle of the book.
If I had known who was who, im sure it might have been a better book, but it wasn't that great. It was a okay book, not the best, not the worst. But, an okay book.
September 3, 2014
This is exactly what I expect (and usually find) from most 'indie' apocalypse book.
Nothing new in here characters or plot wise.
In fact, I found it to be highly Predictable. The plot was mind-numbingly limited meaning 'inside the boxed-thinking', lacking in any originality.
It was a mixing of several already done to death plot ideas.
Zero character development. What you see is what you get. There was an absence of character growth (character arc). The characters are pretty AMORAL. The women are presented as little more than sex objects. In fact there wasn't as single character in this book that I could get behind and cheer for.
The settings in this book was one seriously testosterone rich environment after the next. Where the men are savages, brutes, drug addicts, rapists and so on.
There were so many factual inaccuracies put into the settings that I finally came to the conclusion that this must have been done for some still unknown purpose.
I can not tell you why the book is titled Tagged. Yes there are a few references to "tagging", placing a microchip inside ones body for identification, but these are fleeting. They are not the subject of the plot or the cause of the apocalypse.
There are other subplots in this book as well which turned out to be more of a random concept tossed in there, then an actual part of the story, such as religious zealots who went around flogging themselves preaching the end is near. 'WTF!' Yeah, My thoughts exactly!
This is not a title that I would reread again.
Nothing new in here characters or plot wise.
In fact, I found it to be highly Predictable. The plot was mind-numbingly limited meaning 'inside the boxed-thinking', lacking in any originality.
It was a mixing of several already done to death plot ideas.
Zero character development. What you see is what you get. There was an absence of character growth (character arc). The characters are pretty AMORAL. The women are presented as little more than sex objects. In fact there wasn't as single character in this book that I could get behind and cheer for.
The settings in this book was one seriously testosterone rich environment after the next. Where the men are savages, brutes, drug addicts, rapists and so on.
There were so many factual inaccuracies put into the settings that I finally came to the conclusion that this must have been done for some still unknown purpose.
I can not tell you why the book is titled Tagged. Yes there are a few references to "tagging", placing a microchip inside ones body for identification, but these are fleeting. They are not the subject of the plot or the cause of the apocalypse.
There are other subplots in this book as well which turned out to be more of a random concept tossed in there, then an actual part of the story, such as religious zealots who went around flogging themselves preaching the end is near. 'WTF!' Yeah, My thoughts exactly!
This is not a title that I would reread again.
February 28, 2015
I was disappointed in this book. Based on reviews I read previously I expected more. It was fast paced, but also felt choppy to me, as if events were just strung together. I felt there was very little character development, especially for the female characters. Women in the story didn't play much of a role other than just as sex objects. There were a few subplots that were mildly interesting but never tied in to the rest of the story.
August 22, 2014
Ok, first of all.... how is this book getting 5 star reviews? I'm not saying it's horrible, as it's a quick read and keeps you wanting to find out what happens, but it's nowhere near astounding. I found quite a few things lacking, which was mostly the sense of attachment to characters. Then others had no depth whatsoever, even if you're reading their viewpoints. I felt detached from mostly everyone, except the dog. lol. Don't get me wrong, it's not a terrible read, but coming from someone who's read many zombie/apocolypse stories, this doesn't come close in comparison to other stories in the genre. The As the World Dies trilogy by Rhiannon Frater will always be my favorite zombie read, so I have high standards. Good attempt for a first novel, though.
July 6, 2014
...so, where is the rest of the book?
I enjoyed the pace of the book and the characters, but then it all came to an abrupt end.
...so, is there a sequel coming?
What happens to the crew that escaped, the power plant, with the government, the religious group...
I don't mind a few cliff hangers, but come on.
I enjoyed the pace of the book and the characters, but then it all came to an abrupt end.
...so, is there a sequel coming?
What happens to the crew that escaped, the power plant, with the government, the religious group...
I don't mind a few cliff hangers, but come on.
September 24, 2015
What did I just read?
September 30, 2014
Needs another good fleshing out.
At the 45% mark and sixty-eight unique issues, I couldn’t go on. This is an action packed, zombie thriller, but it actually has too much action and death. I lost count how many times people were vomiting, popping blisters or leaking black goo out of every orifice. It was just too much.
I didn’t feel the characters were rounded. They were all screaming. Granted when the walking dead are coming after your, I understand their reactions, but even during the few lulls, they are still screaming at each other.
There are too many sentences that need to be rewritten because of missing words or bad punctuation. Readers shouldn’t have to guess what word the author meant to say. I believe many of these issues can be cleared up with minimal effort.
I enjoyed the setting and how those who were still human were attempting to hold out. For what, I don’t know in that the power plant is completely surrounded by hundreds or thousands, if not millions of the walking dead.
Perhaps one day, I’ll finish it. Today is not the day. Need to cleanse myself of all the gore.
Two-and-a-half stars.
At the 45% mark and sixty-eight unique issues, I couldn’t go on. This is an action packed, zombie thriller, but it actually has too much action and death. I lost count how many times people were vomiting, popping blisters or leaking black goo out of every orifice. It was just too much.
I didn’t feel the characters were rounded. They were all screaming. Granted when the walking dead are coming after your, I understand their reactions, but even during the few lulls, they are still screaming at each other.
There are too many sentences that need to be rewritten because of missing words or bad punctuation. Readers shouldn’t have to guess what word the author meant to say. I believe many of these issues can be cleared up with minimal effort.
I enjoyed the setting and how those who were still human were attempting to hold out. For what, I don’t know in that the power plant is completely surrounded by hundreds or thousands, if not millions of the walking dead.
Perhaps one day, I’ll finish it. Today is not the day. Need to cleanse myself of all the gore.
Two-and-a-half stars.
May 30, 2018
Tugged. As in the author is jerking you. I would pay good money to have this book removed from my memory.
May 30, 2018
So bad its said. Treat this like ebola. Stay away
June 3, 2018
Someone needs to create a site called badreads. And tranfer this book to that site
March 11, 2014
I'm struggling on my star rating, so I will leave it blank for now.
I'm reading "Tagged" as part of a monthly group for the GR group "Pro-Active Destruction." Although we have a reading schedule, the book sucked me in so effortlessly that, reading schedule be damned! - I had to finish the book and find out how it ended!
There's a lot to like about this book: the storyline is unique and moves quickly and seamlessly, the writing style is solid and relatively error free (which is saying a lot in these days of self-published books), and the characters are developed enough that I actually cared about them. Again, that's saying a lot.
Things I enjoyed about this book:
- Sven the pot-growing, dreadlocked hippy with the Dr. Doolittle pet menagerie.
- Candy and her girls. nicely done
- Fairly unique zombie outbreak scenario. The opening sequence of hot, B-A-H-A-M-A-S love was definitely attention getting.
- The setting of the nuclear reactor.
There were some elemnts in the book, however, that seemed almost thrown in, like a mish-mash of parts that are sewn together to create a whole, but, like Frankenstein's monster, they don't seem to gel enough not to show the scars and stitching. For example, universal tagging, DNA beauty treatments that lead to leonine zombies, the supervolcanic explosion of Yosemite, the religious flagellants, are all thrown together in the opening sequences of the book. All of this seemed too rushed and hurried to be introduced in the beginning, particularly if the author doesn't use most of these ideas unhe til much, much later. If there will be a sequel to the book, why not wait a little bit?
Why a supervolcanic eruption? For the lights to go out and make the zombies scarier? I don't buy it, and it seemed kind of thrown in. If there were such a catastrophic event, then the consequences to California, where the story takes place, would have been much more drastic than are depicted here. This part didn't feel real to me.
Having rambled all that, however, I must say I truly enjoyed this story and would recommend it to fans of horror, post-apocalytic, zombies, or just lovers of a rousing good tale. And so, I've typed myself into a decisive 4-star rating.
I'm reading "Tagged" as part of a monthly group for the GR group "Pro-Active Destruction." Although we have a reading schedule, the book sucked me in so effortlessly that, reading schedule be damned! - I had to finish the book and find out how it ended!
There's a lot to like about this book: the storyline is unique and moves quickly and seamlessly, the writing style is solid and relatively error free (which is saying a lot in these days of self-published books), and the characters are developed enough that I actually cared about them. Again, that's saying a lot.
Things I enjoyed about this book:
- Sven the pot-growing, dreadlocked hippy with the Dr. Doolittle pet menagerie.
- Candy and her girls. nicely done
- Fairly unique zombie outbreak scenario. The opening sequence of hot, B-A-H-A-M-A-S love was definitely attention getting.
- The setting of the nuclear reactor.
There were some elemnts in the book, however, that seemed almost thrown in, like a mish-mash of parts that are sewn together to create a whole, but, like Frankenstein's monster, they don't seem to gel enough not to show the scars and stitching. For example, universal tagging, DNA beauty treatments that lead to leonine zombies, the supervolcanic explosion of Yosemite, the religious flagellants, are all thrown together in the opening sequences of the book. All of this seemed too rushed and hurried to be introduced in the beginning, particularly if the author doesn't use most of these ideas unhe til much, much later. If there will be a sequel to the book, why not wait a little bit?
Why a supervolcanic eruption? For the lights to go out and make the zombies scarier? I don't buy it, and it seemed kind of thrown in. If there were such a catastrophic event, then the consequences to California, where the story takes place, would have been much more drastic than are depicted here. This part didn't feel real to me.
Having rambled all that, however, I must say I truly enjoyed this story and would recommend it to fans of horror, post-apocalytic, zombies, or just lovers of a rousing good tale. And so, I've typed myself into a decisive 4-star rating.
June 5, 2018
I got hoodwinked. Lots of fake 5 star reviews. Dont fall for it.
July 31, 2014
"Tagged: The Apocalypse" by Joseph M. Chiron is a fast paced and intriguing futuristic thriller with Zombies.
An ageing couple on the Bahamas start this novel off with steamy sex afte rbeing refreshed and artificially rejuvenated, only to come back to California to a rude awakening.
A Universal Tagging programme aims to take control from individuals and hand it over to the government and Zombies hunt for humans.
There is no holding back in this story, we are driven from one scene to the next. This is great thriller writing with good plot, action and even some religious undertones by way of biblical references and prophecy.
A gripping read.
An ageing couple on the Bahamas start this novel off with steamy sex afte rbeing refreshed and artificially rejuvenated, only to come back to California to a rude awakening.
A Universal Tagging programme aims to take control from individuals and hand it over to the government and Zombies hunt for humans.
There is no holding back in this story, we are driven from one scene to the next. This is great thriller writing with good plot, action and even some religious undertones by way of biblical references and prophecy.
A gripping read.
May 30, 2015
**3.75 Don't get tagged Stars**
This was a good rendition of the end of the world...or well life as we know it.
This was a good rendition of the end of the world...or well life as we know it.
February 16, 2014
Exceedingly well-written dark, dystopian thriller/zombie horror hybrid where zombies are the "end of times" locusts sent to destroy ungodly humanity. The author cleverly draws you in to personally identify with a maturing couple vacationing in the Bahamas. They each have a dual purpose: the husband to protect their assets from the new government "taggings" regulations while the wife receives rejuvenating treatments.
The happy couple find "her" youthfulness rapidly restored: face lifted, hair growing full and fingernails growing long and strong. After a playful roll in the hay, our next look finds them prematurely returning home, with the smell of death and rotting flesh permeating from the formerly lovely lady who is our first zombie in the making, an introduction to this author's unique blend of the "end of times" leonine locusts who are rampaging in packs of hundreds all set to assuage their pain by drinking the blood of humans.
From this clever introduction, we move full force into a horrifying thriller that never lets up. Highly recommended to all who love well-written, high key, fast action, unique, fiction, drawn from biblical inspiration and an imagination gone wild.
The happy couple find "her" youthfulness rapidly restored: face lifted, hair growing full and fingernails growing long and strong. After a playful roll in the hay, our next look finds them prematurely returning home, with the smell of death and rotting flesh permeating from the formerly lovely lady who is our first zombie in the making, an introduction to this author's unique blend of the "end of times" leonine locusts who are rampaging in packs of hundreds all set to assuage their pain by drinking the blood of humans.
From this clever introduction, we move full force into a horrifying thriller that never lets up. Highly recommended to all who love well-written, high key, fast action, unique, fiction, drawn from biblical inspiration and an imagination gone wild.
November 30, 2013
Tag, You’re It
THIS BOOK CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT
In Tagged: The Apocalypse, by Joseph Chiron, the government mandatorily “tags” citizens with a computer chip in the forehead or hand. Like cattle, people line up for the “tagging,” and even drag along their children.
At the same time, an anti-aging procedure works well, taking years off the users. The downside is the side-effect of the procedure. It turns the users into slavering, repulsive zombies with an insatiable appetite for human flesh. As the zombies form packs, they are as unstoppable as plagues of locusts.
In the wake of a fleeing government, a ragtag group takes refuge in a nuclear power plant. As a marijuana grower and thus possible food grower, Sven is allowed to stay in the group, in spite of the reservations of group members.
The book offers a new, gritty slant on the zombie apocalypse. The action moves along at a brisk pace, and includes great characters and interactions. Without being preachy, the biblical references add further depth to the book.
THIS BOOK CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT
In Tagged: The Apocalypse, by Joseph Chiron, the government mandatorily “tags” citizens with a computer chip in the forehead or hand. Like cattle, people line up for the “tagging,” and even drag along their children.
At the same time, an anti-aging procedure works well, taking years off the users. The downside is the side-effect of the procedure. It turns the users into slavering, repulsive zombies with an insatiable appetite for human flesh. As the zombies form packs, they are as unstoppable as plagues of locusts.
In the wake of a fleeing government, a ragtag group takes refuge in a nuclear power plant. As a marijuana grower and thus possible food grower, Sven is allowed to stay in the group, in spite of the reservations of group members.
The book offers a new, gritty slant on the zombie apocalypse. The action moves along at a brisk pace, and includes great characters and interactions. Without being preachy, the biblical references add further depth to the book.
February 27, 2014
A refreshing thrill and a great step in today’s fiction! “Tagged” by Joseph Chiron is a momentous book in the realm of zombie fiction. This is how books should be written, and this is precisely the kind of book that keeps me reading. Even through my hectic last couple weeks, I could hardly put the book down nor find enough time to devour it.
This book far exceeds the usual zombie fiction hype that’s sweeping the nation. A thrilling mix between George Orwell and the writing young adults crave today is exactly what Joseph Chiron has pulled off. While the book strongly expresses the views held in Christianity, it’s not overwhelming as many stories are in the religious fiction genre.
I give this book 5 stars for it’s creative and refreshing writing style, the strong character development, and the underlying of the dystopian future that just may be ahead. Chiron mixes several genres to come up with a non-stop action, heart-racing, just can’t put it down book!
This book far exceeds the usual zombie fiction hype that’s sweeping the nation. A thrilling mix between George Orwell and the writing young adults crave today is exactly what Joseph Chiron has pulled off. While the book strongly expresses the views held in Christianity, it’s not overwhelming as many stories are in the religious fiction genre.
I give this book 5 stars for it’s creative and refreshing writing style, the strong character development, and the underlying of the dystopian future that just may be ahead. Chiron mixes several genres to come up with a non-stop action, heart-racing, just can’t put it down book!
May 23, 2014
I’ll start by saying this is not my normal genre, but–I really did enjoy this book.
It was incredibly fast paced, sometimes too fast, and I found myself wishing the author would take a breath so I could catch up. The plot was a little hard to follow at times, there were a lot of concepts rolled into this story, and they weren’t all easily defined or tied in with the rest of the story. I also found the dialogue a little confusing and found myself have to re-read sections to find out who said what. I thought that the authors style of writing a little repetitive, describing the “beasts” over and over again, and often using the same descriptive terms within a page or two.
Notwithstanding that, I found this book to be a real page turner with plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader engrossed. If you are looking for a different kind of apocalyptic, intricate, zombie, book, then this one is for you.
It was incredibly fast paced, sometimes too fast, and I found myself wishing the author would take a breath so I could catch up. The plot was a little hard to follow at times, there were a lot of concepts rolled into this story, and they weren’t all easily defined or tied in with the rest of the story. I also found the dialogue a little confusing and found myself have to re-read sections to find out who said what. I thought that the authors style of writing a little repetitive, describing the “beasts” over and over again, and often using the same descriptive terms within a page or two.
Notwithstanding that, I found this book to be a real page turner with plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader engrossed. If you are looking for a different kind of apocalyptic, intricate, zombie, book, then this one is for you.
March 15, 2014
First the good. I found the book easy to read. The pacing of the book was good. I liked most of the characters.
However, there were just too many things that never came together for me -- the religious aspect, the flagellants, the earthquakes, the stem cell therapy gone bad, the tagging, etc. They all seemed to be just thrown together.
I was torn between 3 stars and 4 stars, but went to 3 because I found the ending disappointing. Plus, I had an issue with the table of contents. I was using it to give myself the context of each chapter, because the chapters tend to skip backwards in time occasionally. Until I saw that the table of contents chapter descriptions weren't matching the in-book chapter descriptions. Looking back now, I see that only affected five chapters. But the first examples I hit were enough to stop me from using the table of contents.
However, there were just too many things that never came together for me -- the religious aspect, the flagellants, the earthquakes, the stem cell therapy gone bad, the tagging, etc. They all seemed to be just thrown together.
I was torn between 3 stars and 4 stars, but went to 3 because I found the ending disappointing. Plus, I had an issue with the table of contents. I was using it to give myself the context of each chapter, because the chapters tend to skip backwards in time occasionally. Until I saw that the table of contents chapter descriptions weren't matching the in-book chapter descriptions. Looking back now, I see that only affected five chapters. But the first examples I hit were enough to stop me from using the table of contents.
March 6, 2014
Tagged: The apocalypse by Joseph Chiron is a very unusual and different book. It combines the best sci-fi with important lessons about life, government and Christianity.
As the title suggests, it is an apocalyptic book, full of zombies. But in this book they are different. They have a special meaning. The same applies to the main characters. This book rises many questions: what would happen if we were left us alone? What is the true function of a government?
Chiron suggests very interesting answers. Each chapter has a special meaning, but they are also linked together with a great and compelling plot.
I would recommend it to every reader looking for a different and innovative book.
As the title suggests, it is an apocalyptic book, full of zombies. But in this book they are different. They have a special meaning. The same applies to the main characters. This book rises many questions: what would happen if we were left us alone? What is the true function of a government?
Chiron suggests very interesting answers. Each chapter has a special meaning, but they are also linked together with a great and compelling plot.
I would recommend it to every reader looking for a different and innovative book.
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