Zombie Society - They Live Among Us

by K. Bartholomew

In August 2016, the President of the United States announced to the nation that he was signing into law Executive Order 14245, The Zombie Assimilation Act. The following day, millions of zombies who were being imprisoned in camps around the country were released into the general population.

This is the story of the Quinn family of Boston, Massachusetts, an ordinary American family as they adjust to their new lives, living among zombies in their schools, hospitals, workplaces - Everywhere.

Genres: Zombies, Ebooks, Horror

178 pages, Paperback

First published August 19, 2014

About the author

Zombie author K. Bartholomew. I live in Leeds, UK and I write zombie fiction for real fans of the genre.

Reviews

[Bandit · Rating 1 out of 5]

I suppose this day was bound to come and now I can in all honesty say that I've now finished the worst book I've ever read in my life. This is coming from someone who reads well over 300 books a year, plenty of those are horror and good amount of those are zombies. But then again this really isn't a zombie book, it's a sort of thinly veiled (and I'm being overly generous here) raging satire on racial relations in US. As a matter of fact it can barely count as a metaphor since the author has done barely a thing other than substituting one word for another, letter Z for letter N. Not just a terrible, inane and shabbily written, this also happens to be THE most offensive thing that I've ever read. I'm all for the First Amendment and freedom of speech is paramount to a balanced society, but this is the ugliest thing about it, the fact that a hideously racist, antisemite, xenophobic sh*t can get published. This is a multiple car pileup on the highway or whatever your equivalent of something so terrible that you know you should look away. I read this book in a state of incredulity, an hour and forty five minutes spent going...no, he isn't gonna go there, oh yes, yes he is. There isn't an ugly cliché, a nasty stereotype that Bartholomew doesn't rush out to meet and embrace. The most alarming thing is that the reader gets the impression of Bartholomew sitting somewhere spewing this hatred, while adjusting his white hood surely, and thinking himself so clever, when in fact it's just sad. It isn't just that his platform is frighteningly to the right, it's that his arguments are so...well frankly stupid and immature...that even an intelligent conservative would find him offensive and obnoxious. By showing himself to be basically a laughing stock, he does himself and his cause a great disservice. It's propaganda backfire. The most startling thing after reading that steaming pile of crap was looking up the author, who is apparently a young british perfectly normal looking man. Just goes to show, you never know and appearances really can be deceiving, judging the book by the cover and all that, something Bartholomew apparently has never learned. If you think this review to be somewhat extreme especially comparing to other favorable ones on here, an ounce of research will reveal those other readers to be from the same very specific geographic location as the author. What are the odds. This book should only be read as a sort of heinous anomaly, anyone actually liking this book should be avoided like a, well, like a hungry zombie.

[Ruth Rosetti · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is scary in that it sounds like it could happen. It's well written and tells of what life would be like in an integrated zombie society. Well worth a read, would recommend to anyone not only those who are into zombies.

[Conrad Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really great book another tour-de-force from the man the legend K Bartholemew

A showcase of biting satire, high drama and well-developed characterisation marrying to create another fab piece of work

[Bamba · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent satire, but something that you could actually see happening in this world - with political correctness at the level it is, it doesn't seem that unbelievable that something like this could happen if these circumstances occurred. A very thorough well written book, I really enjoyed it!

[Robyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

I get that this is supposed to be satirical, and I can see the parallels that are being drawn in the story, but I think using zombies is what made this story not work. I think with a different type of supernatural creature, the overall plot they have made more sense to me, but zombies didn't work for me. At all.

The ending was too abrupt - the story was building up to a moment of action, then all of a sudden just cuts out at a random scene. It would have at least have been better if it had cut out right before the action were about to start, therefore leaving the results up to the reader's imagination, but it just cuts out on a scene that is completely unrelated to any of the main characters. The time jumping also felt a bit jarring to me.

I also really didn't like the way Shannon was written - it seemed borderline offensive to me that she is a Harvard student, who is clearly very smart, yet is obsessed with one boy to the point that she finds the time to get jealous over his actions as opposed to properly reacting to the situations happening in front of her. I don't find it remotely believable that what one boy does is more important than freaking out over seeing a 'mort' for the first time.

I also didn't understand the villains? I got the basis of the plan, but I don't understand why they went about it the way they did? There must be easier ways to achieve their ultimate goal, and I got kind of confused during their scenes. I think I would have preferred that the zombies were the sole villains of the story, as opposed to the group that were behind the scenes.

[Athena Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the best books

This was one of the best books 📚 I have read it was a little too short but it was a good read from beginning to end

[Adam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what i was expecting...

I gave this a two star rating mostly because it wasn't what I was expecting and it really had an abrupt ending. Plus the main characters weren't really flushed out enough so like I really didn't care what happened to them.

Also the zombies were more of a metaphorical kind of thing. At least in my opinion. In fact, the whole idea behind this book is pretty much metaphorical. Like it did make me think some, but not like real deep thoughts. It just stirred a thought or two.

Anyway, if you have nothing to do and are looking for a quick read...idk, I'd probably look elsewhere. But if you like zombie stuff...nah, never mind. Look elsewhere for a quick read.

[Jenessa David · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a great, unique piece of satire, however it misses a lot of opportunities. The characters are flat to the point where you don't really dislike the bad guys or like the good ones. You just end up not caring. The book also just stops. It doesn't end--there is no conclusion, no resolution, not even a cliffhanger really--it just...stops. That said, it still was interesting to read as I really have not encountered any thing else like it.

[K. Bartholomew · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the funniest stories I've ever read. The humour spews out from the satire angle, poking gentle fun at political correctness and how it has rendered modern man mute. If this happened in a world with zombies then this is what could happen. Humans dying because of political correctness, media complicity and gutless leaders. This is more than just a zombie story and not one to be missed.

[Sharon Webster · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boo

I think the author has racist tendencies and I have no intentions of finishing this book. Furthermore, this novel is stupid. Letting zombies have rights is a bit too crazy for me.

[Derrilyn Byrd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

Is about a 4 star book it is not like the walking dead or something
You might like it if you like city and zombies