Zoey and the Zombies A Mondamin Adventure Book 1 edition by R J Eliason Literature Fiction eBooks
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The world is overran with undead. Giant hordes are pouring out of the East Coast, threatening the Midwest. The defense of Mondamin Court, a quiet neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa is up to a disabled cop, a fourteen year old boy and a transgender girl. What could go wrong?
Mondamin Court is a typical lower middle class neighborhood in a midwestern city. The people are a cross section of normal Americans. Each book starts with the same setting and characters but they face a different apocalyptic scenario.
Zoey and the Zombies A Mondamin Adventure Book 1 edition by R J Eliason Literature Fiction eBooks
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Zoey and the Zombies A Mondamin Adventure Book 1 edition by R J Eliason Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
For a young adult novel the plot, story and twist were well done; however, the author in her writing is pushing the LGBT agenda of educating our youth on the acceptable or tolerance of LGBT. There could have been a lot more zombie action in my opinion; however, the author did keep the story moving right along. The characters were well developed and the neighborhood is made up of a well-rounded cast of a normal heterosexual couple, an old couple, a retired cop now prepper, a pizza delivery part time pimp, a prostitute, a hippy lady, and Zoey a transgender, who ultimately is the main focus of the story. There are a lot of scenes specifically written to educate young adults on the problems of not only today's society, but problems of LGBT after the great zombie apocalypse. I do not know the author, nor did I read the previous book reviews or story description before reading it so I had to learn all this while reading and gather my own opinion. As a young adult book, the writing was at the level to rate 4 stars; however, had this been a adult book, I would have dropped it down to 2 or 3 stars. I'm sorry to say I didn't feel a connection to any of the characters, except for the retired copy, now prepper. The book needed more action in my opinion, and more character development away from the LGBT platform. Even the kids I felt like I didn't know enough about them to want them to survive the zombies. Some of the character names were a pain to pronounce and remember which bothered me a little, but the author tried to give them unique names to remember them by - these are the one I wanted to get bitten and staked right away. Had I read the story description, I probably would have never read this book, but I'm glad I did. It was enjoyable, not to long and the story ended within one book.
"Zoey and the Zombies A Mondamin Court Adventure" is an apocalyptic thrill ride that begins in Miami with an infection that's spreading like wildfire as people are turned into zombies. As fear of the contagion spreads north schools are closed, local travel restricted and martial law enforced. In Des Moines, Iowa on Mondamin Court Jack Haverford a disabled cop and survivalist has called a meeting of his neighbors rallying them into protecting their neighborhood from the hordes of zombies following the Army who's looking for a spot to set up their last line of defence.
Closing off the entrances to the cul-de-sac with wire fencing the neighbors hole up, sharing food, information and keeping watch on zombie movements outside the perimeter. But as the zombie crisis escalates the atmosphere within the neighborhood grows tense especially when two freeloaders move in with an incompetent drunk threatening people, stealing their food and killing an older resident. In this setting fourteen year old Ethan grows up quickly acting as the man of the house when his father is called to serve with the reserves, and a transgender girl fights for acceptance as much as her home.
R.J. Eliason sets the stage in a lower middle class neighborhood with a cross-section of diverse characters including a Hindu family, a prostitute, a lesbian couple and a transgender girl. Skilfully the author creates not only a tale of survival as this small community struggles to exist during a zombie outbreak, but weaves in sensitive issues like intolerance, bullying, abuse and stereotyping.
Well-developed although it could use formatting, the story is fast-paced as events unfold that have people stepping up and taking responsibility for their actions like Ethan who's determined to do his part to protect his mother and sisters, or Zoey who quickly adapts becoming a skilled and fearless warrior. The action never stops as suspense continually escalates whether with a zombie break in, a mother who's snatched through the fence or the Army declaring they're going to decimate the city.
The main characters are complex with faults and flaws that make them fascinating as they tackle one challenge after another. Fourteen year old Ethan accepts his role as man of the house protecting his mother and two sisters after his father leaves to join the reserves. Stubborn but resilient he quickly matures defying his returning father as he tries to protect Holly or refuses to stay back when there's a food run. Zoey a geeky transgender girl who no longer can undergo treatment to change her sex yearns to be accepted for who she is. Naive, she sees the best in people like Caleb an arrogant and brash young man who ends up being demanding and possessive. Spirited, strong -willed and tough Zoey becomes a skilled warrior refusing to be hurt again. Jack Haverford is a calm, competent leader with a protective streak who helps his neighbors survive the worst days of the zombie apocalypse.
"Zoey and the Zombies A Mondamin Court Adventure" is an entertaining story whose originality lies not in the story line but in a host of colorful characters from different backgrounds who are struggling to survive. I enjoyed it.
The fact that this book is LGBT-friendly is inconsequential to me, though it is a first for me to read something with the title character being trans-gender. This is a well-written novel with interesting characters that make up what could be a real neighborhood. The story-line was interesting and moved along rather well, and most of the characters were normal, run-of-the-mill people from all walks of life, attitudes (etc) that were believable. I love the whole zombie genre and found that Zoe and the Zombies was able to hold my attention, while not overusing or repeating zombie scenarios.
I have to admit that it took me a while to get past the first few chapters--there were just way too many characters introduced in each of the first chapters for me to keep them straight. When I read, I like to know the characters, but there were too many of them (14 or more) in the first chapter alone, and then even more in the second chapter. Most of them had no bearing on the story and felt like "fillers." Remember, "less is more." I almost decided not to finish it a couple of times, but I could tell the story was going to be good, so I couldn't give up. I'm glad I persevered, because I did enjoy it after I got past the first 2-3 chapters. Keep reading; it will be worth it in the end and you'll be glad you did.
Would I recommend this story? Yes. Would I read more by this author? Probably, especially if it's zombie-related!
Well written by a masterful story teller.
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