The Walking Dead book 5, by Robert Kirkman, et al; graphic novel, horror; 304 pages
In most zombie stories, there's a clear goal: make it off the island, make it to the military base, or find the cure, and then everything will be better. The original concept of this series was to see what would happen if there was no such goal. The authors drifted away from that a little here--the characters finally have a tangible sanctuary for which to aim, but whether they'll actually make it there remains to be seen. Of course, given this series' tendency to kick the reader when she's down, I wouldn't be at all surprised to have the character arrive to some worse disaster. I was worried that, after the major changes at the end of the last volume, this chapter would have nowhere to go. Boy was I wrong. If possible, this book is even darker than the previous entries: there's just as much blood and guts, but the psychological stress of the situation is really starting to take its toll on the characters. There's a little less here in terms of action, but the scenes of people breaking down emotionally or mentally more than make up for it. It's not my intent to make this sound terrible; it's a good, solid horror story, and one that leaves you thinking long after it's over.
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