With this book, Peter Clines has managed to keep a concept that could easily become stale and dead and instead he has kept it fresh and alive and not even clicking its teeth and trying to eat my brain. This book begins with a plot twist and kept my interest from start to finish. As with everyth...
As with all my review of these Ex-Heroes books I'm going to struggle to say more than 'Zombie; Superheroes; Awesome!' Switch off half your brain (the literary critic part) and have fun with the ride as zombies and monsters get kicked, bunched and incinerated! I didn't enjoy this one quite as much...
I think I enjoyed the sequel to Ex-Heroes more than the first book. It’s more of the same - superheroes and zombies - but with a stronger plot and much more tension. Once again it’s really just a big bundle of comic book cliches, this time we have the addition of the super soldiers, but that does...
So superheroes saving people from zombies lured me in and I make no bones about falling for the bait, hook, line, sinker. Perhaps the most challenging aspect of this novel is 'getting' the heroes, if they don't click for you, you won't like them. My two favorites are Zzzap and Lady Bee, although ...