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City of the Dead | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian Keene
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 32541
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: New title
Pages: 357
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0843954159
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780843954159
ASIN: 0843954159
Publication Date: July 29, 2005
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 Incredible January 7, 2008
B. D. Wilson (UK)
"City of the Dead" follows directly from the excellent "The Rising" - and it exceeds its predecessor.
This book is incredible. It is undoubtedly the best apocalyptic novel I have ever read...yes, it easily beats Stephen King's over-rated "The Stand". The action is non-stop, the suspense never lets up, and among it all the religious themes from the first book are carried right the way through to the end and the character development is top notch. I can hardly think of anything that was wrong with it, and that's not something I say often. Perhaps the only thing was that there was a sub-story of necrophilia in the book which seemed like it was only there for the shock factor, and wasn't necessary.
But this is a rollicking read. Although I must warn those who always desire happy endings: don't expect one.
I felt like it was the end of the world as I was reading City of the Dead. I was drawn into the story; I liked the characters and wanted them to survive. I cheered and groaned in anguish in equal measure. By the time I turned the last page, I was emotionally exhausted by what I had read, and by what had transpired before my eyes.
In case you couldn't tell, I loved this book, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes epic, apocalyptic fiction. If you're worried that you might not like it because it has zombies, don't be: this is not your typical zombie novel.
 JESUS CHRIST THIS IS TERRIBLE October 20, 2007
Mr. A. R. Dawson (leeds, west yorks england)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
this reads like a dire b movie script, almost as if the author made the plot up as he went along. the dialogue is terrible and contrived the very idea of talking zombies seems ridiculous, i personally prefer the traditional zombie ideolgy, i read this and soldiered on through relentless tenacity, but its so bad, i was four pages from the end and gave up.
my god.
 Another clone September 28, 2007
D. C. Davies
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
While this book was hugely entertaining, if you have seen "28 Weeks Later" or "Day of the Dead" then you have no need to read this book.
 Excellent gory sequel, but let down a bit by the ending September 26, 2007
Mr. R. Coleman (Marlow, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Keene continues his assault on people who may well be weak of stomach with his follow up to the excellent zombie novel 'The Rising'.
As I have said in my review of 'The Rising', Keene writing takes the form of writing a novel around everyday characters, whilst trying to fill his book with as much intestine ripping gore and cause offence to people who would fine the mutilation of children and rape within its pages disturbing. But I still loved it - guess it makes me a bit disturbed character too ! Anyone who put this kind of writing in for a school project would either get expelled or be seeing a psychiatrist within a week.
The basic premise of this book is that Jim has now been re-united with his son, and has been transported to 'Ramsey Towers' , a New York Skyscraper that is so far holding the encamped zombie army at bay. Here he makes new friends and tries to start a normal life as possible with his son, whilst all the time under the leadership of the 'GOD' minded owner 'Ramsey'. Meanwhile OB - leader of the Zombie Army - masses his troops for a final push at the tower, before pushing on to storm the gates of Heaven !
Readers may also draw similarities with the movie 'Land Of The Dead' and may well be picturing Dennis Hopper as Ramsey ! I would certainly like to know if the script for LOTD was wrtitten before this book - or vice versa.
The only problem I have with this book was the ending - and I ask anyone that has not read the book to stop reading my review now. What makes an apocolyptic type book interesting to me is the feeling that mankind can and does survive everything thrown at it, wether it be zombie, nuclear war or aliens. This book ends with everyone on the entire planet dead and the looming death of earth itself !! And that runied 700 odd pages of excellent gory zombie fun as far as I was concerned. I feel Keene should re-write the ending, or re-write the plot that the Siqqusim only had a limited time to kill all life on the planet before being cast back into the void, hence that was why they were in a rush to kill everything. It would also have given the humans something to hold out for.
This book also could also have been made into more books and the series panned out over longer. Some tales are just too short to tell in two books, and if this is every made into a movie or TV series I just hope he re-writes the ending !
I guess I was just left feeling at the end of the book that Jim's son would have been better of starving to death in the loft, than being 'rescued' by his dad and seeing all the death and mutilation of the new world before being eaten alive by zombie rats !
With a different climax I would give this 5, but as it is now....sorry Mr. Keene only a 4.
So so sequel to The Rising August 30, 2007
P. N. Hussey (Haywards Heath, England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This follow up to The Rising begins right where the first book ended with a quite frantic and violent battle to escape a zombie horde. After this the book meanders a bit I felt although comes to the good with a huge zombie apocalypse scene at the end. Not as good as The Rising by a long way but still very readable and entertaining.
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