Breathers question

Along with vampires and werewolves, zombies have increased in popularity in recent years. Zombies are by far and away my favorite and completely scare the crap out of me, but this book wasn't scary. What it did, for me atleast, was show zombies as people and I felt genuine compassion for the dead characters. By the end I was rooting for these undead flesh eaters and hated the living. My question is, how did you feel? Was it compassion or disgust?