Monster Island

After finishing Monster Island, I was really surprised at how much I actually enjoyed it. The story was very gripping, and I found that I just didn't want to stop reading at the end of each chapter. I felt the fear of the characters, the fighting/running sequences were all very exciting. I was especially pleased with Gary the worlds smartest zombie. I'd often wondered why zombies did what they did, how was it that they were able to function, how and why was it they ONLY attacked the living, and never themselves or anything else. If I ever bothered to watch something to do with zombies (because again, I'm not a horror fan) no one ever gave an explanation to these questions. I felt that the character of Gary did a superb job of giving us a reasonable insite into the mind of a zombie. My only complaint was that it really didn't give us a chance to grow fond of many of the characters (with the exception of Dekalb and Gary) so that when there was a death, I only shrugged and thought "hm....shame" as opposed to a real heartfelt dissapointment at the loss (with the exception of the ending).