Dead Sea [NOOK Book]

WHY?!!!

This is a good book and keene is the master of zombie fiction but this is the third of a trilogy of books start with the rising and city of the dead. So.......why arent those two anywhere on the nook? This must be fixed

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Very Disappointing

This book opens with our main character having to shoot his friend in the head after a zombie ripped part of his face off. Very chillingly the friend poorly forms the words "shoot me" to our character. For Horror lovers, this sounds like a great begining to a great book, But it's not true.

There are very good point in this book that I wish was put into other books. Over all, the book was a horrible read. I was so mad that wasted me time reading this book (and the fact that a bought it). Our main charater is very dull and boring. there is a hiden (not really) them of the book of what makes a hero.

Over view of the book
Our main character locks himself in his apartment when the out break happens. a fire happens with drives him out, escaping the fire his joins forces with two orphans and a military man. the four, running away from fire and zombies get on a old boat with other survivers. at sea, they try to go back to land for suplies. Here leaves the reader tingleing. a horrific site happens leaving the group with less people. This, scares the rest away from going back to land again. The survivers fish to survive bad one day a sick fish bites one person. is it found that the outbreak has went into the water life and fishing is not an option. when they figure this out, hafe the boat is infected. The few survivers after the boat out break escape to a life boat as the main boat sinks form a garnade. in the life boat zombie sharks attack the group. They out run the fish and get to a oil ridge. As they tie up the boat another person is losted because of a zombie whale. upon the rigde there is no sign of life (or death) they survive of sealguls until one day a zombie seagual appears. after that day they stay inside shelter, straving themself to death.

Good parts:
The scene where the survivers get on the boat
the weapon master character
the discreptions of zombies
other types of characters (they didnt match)

Bad Parts:
action would stop for long periods.
the character would have too much self worry
main character didnt seem real when he talk to the children he saved
the children didnt react realistically.
the author keeps bringing up the main characters sexuality, it makes an odd air with the rest of the book.

I recommend another book by the author. here in this book serious, is much better action and characters.

a side note to the author: he repeats alot of sayings, names and traits in his book. but city of the dead is a good read

1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

This was the first Brian Keene book I had read. After reading ev

This was the first Brian Keene book I had read. After reading everything by Richard Laymon and Bentley Little, I stumbled upon this author and Dead Sea was the book I chose. I loved it and his style of writing. It kept me reading many of his other novels.

Best zombie book ive ever read.

Dont pass this one up. From first to last page... this just kept getting better

Not a bad book at all just gets a little predictable and boring in the middle.

This book I will not lie had a amazing first 100 pages. I was captivated by the book and the only book to this day give me shivers and made me afraid of zombies crawling around my house in the dark. Yet after those 100 pages and you get to the middle the book seems to drag on a bit. Also some characters are rarely fleshed out so when something happens to them (good or bad) you don't seem to care. Towards the end you basically figure out what happens, but its a lot better than the middle.

Overall the book is great its a decent read with a amazing beginning, meh middle and a decent ending.

Good enough

While this isn't my favorite of Keene's, it's good enough to kill a dull Sunday if you're a fast reader with some time on your hands. While The Rising and City of the Dead were absolutely engaging, this one sort of wasn't for me. At least the setting was a little different, going out to sea and all, but the stuff with all sea life being infected and that scene with the whale, well....I just couldn't buy any of that so it almost ruined the ending for me. Not that I expected anyone to get out alive. What would be the fun in that? But I'll still say I loved it just because I adored the other 2.

AWESOME JUST AWESOME

I love Brian Keenes books. His book Dead Sea has me hooked on Zombies!!!!! We love you - Keep Up the GOOD work!!!

Excellent!

I enjoyed this book from beginning to end. The kind of book you don't want to put down. Great story and I only wish there were a continuing story for these characters. I look forward to more great stuff from Brian Keene. Check it out for the price you can't beat it!

Engaging read, but depressingly nihilistic

I've read 3 of Keene's books now--this one and its cousins, "Rising" and "City of the Dead." While I admire Keene's writing in many ways, I ultimately found all 3 books to be rather pointless in terms of having any meaning beyond being prime examples of post-9/11 nihilism. To make my own meaning clear: at their core, these books virtually cry out the nihilistic mantra of "life is without meaning, purpose, or value." The world ends. That's it. Lots of well-conceived words to get there, but that's it--you're dead. All of the values that used to be embodied in books, movies, and TV stories (i.e., in pre-9/11 art) about the value of human life, the noble aspects of sacrifice, the redemptive power of love, the basic urge towards growth, and even the existence of God are all summed up by Keene's zombie books as ultimately meaningless. And while Keene isn't the only author to convey this root meaning in writing since September 11, 2001, he is one of the most adept at burying a nihilistic message in "zombie art." And, so while I often enjoyed the journey (i.e., the author's writing ability is usually impressive), his "message" is one that I hope gets left behind with the closing of this decade. I long for stories that have some meaning other than to say that life has no meaning and that we're all going to die no matter what we do or how hard we try. If anyone doubts my analysis here, I will point to the part in "Dead Sea" where Keene has one of the characters (the professor) describe the protagonist's role (the young, gay black man) as the "hero." When I read that passage I understood how cynically Keene plays with his readers--he blatantly points out (in the middle of his nihilistic story) that there used to be heroes in literature! When I got to the end (where everything and everyone including our black, gay hero dies), Keene's cynicism in having a wise, scholarly character point out the hero/warrior/etc. roles simply astounded me (and not in a good way). That said, I will say that "Dead Sea" is better written and more engaging than the author's "Rising/City" duo. Oh, and I applauded Keene's "bold" move of having a gay protagonist (albeit a doomed-to-die "reluctant hero"). This one twist on the genre was refreshing. The author did a good job of giving this black, gay, male character multiple dimensions and some past and present emotional attachments with which the reader can empathize (which can be hard for some writers who only know how to use parent-child or husband-wife attachments for character motivation and reader empathy connections). There's even a gay character (a small role) in the author's "City of the Dead" who isn't evil, too flawed, too 2-dimensional, or just plain unbelievable. Bravo, Keene. Bravo.

ITS A GOOD READ. FAST.

THIS BOOK WAS PRETTY GOOD. SEVERAL TIMES I FOUND THE CHARACTERS IN SUCH A MESS THAT I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. WELL WRITTEN. THE ENDING COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, BUT IS PROB HOW IT WOULD GO DOWN IN REAL LIFE. IN ALL THE ZOMBIE MOVIES, THE VIRUS ONLY AFFECT HUMANS. I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY ANIMALS WERENT AFFECTED AND BRIAN KEENE DID INFECT THE CRITTERS IN THIS STORY. J.L. BOURNE HAS SPOILED ME WITH "HIS DAY BY DAY ARMEGEDON" SERIES.

Great book

This is a must read like most of Brian Keene's books. His books play out like a zombie movie in you head. you dont want to put the book down till you've finished it. The only problem i have with his books is that the ending are so sudden but other that if you enjoy zombie books its a must have.

Stormy seas teem with new breed of hunger

This was such a delightful book to breeze through, well delightful if you like icky zombies laced into an apocalyptic theme with no signs of victory. Fast paced and exciting, the novel was a fun break from anything else on my mind, I liked the characters and feared for their safety as the author took charge in making them run for their lives. I haven't read Keene's previous zombie books but I didn't feel that it took away from this story, on the contrary it makes me want to revisit his older books for more of this gruesome but oh so entertaining theme. I was never a hardcore zombie fan, but slowly they are growing on me and now I enjoy them more than ever. The more I get to read about them the more fearful I grow for any well fleshed out character in their path and with no safety in sight it makes for a spine tingling theme for horror novels.<BR/><BR/>With no hope of escape what's the point of running? That is the dilemma this book faces. The main hero, Lamar Reed, is simply trying to stay low and keep quiet as his beautiful city of Baltimore has succumbed to the zombie plague. Carried through and spread to animals, it's more deadly than ever and his apartment is no longer safe with the fires raging through the city. He decides to make a run for it and abandons the last of what has been his home; making his way through he ravaged city and trying to escape hordes of never stopping zombies. They are gross and nasty; Keene does a fantastic job in describing all their missing organs and what grows and feeds on them, making it very realistic. Pretty soon his only option is the sea, and along with few survivors he boards a boat, hoping that they can sail to safety. What starts as a secluded spot of freedom pretty soon turns into a trap with no way out and the sea is teeming with more zombies, what kind, oh you have to read to believe it! Through out the novel the characters discuss the point of escaping, debating how much easier would be to just give up, yet their future is simply too horrific even for cowards who no longer have the will to run, it seems that the second someone wants to live they get bitten and their life if over in a flash and this novel had non stop snacking, yum...<BR/><BR/>I loved the ending, despite reading reviews saying that it's left in the open, that it doesn't have an ending...I liked it, it was perfect and left you with hope and a sadness and it gave me nightmares that night after reading and I adored it. Lamar was a really great character and the author did a splendid job of bringing him to life, he was a really strong anchor of the novel and he helped it sail into glory in my mind. Overall very well done and can't wait for more!<BR/><BR/>- Kasia S.

Loved this book!

The main character teams up with other survivors in Maryland and they head to a boat thinking they are safe from the zombies on land. They soon learn that everything from people to animals to marine life can die and come back to life! And they are all out to get them! This is such a realistic "end of the world" type of book if you are into zombies! It reminded me of the movie "Dawn of the Dead," except no living form is exempt from becoming a zombie! I like the way it ends because it leaves your mind wandering about the characters.

Jennifer Wardrip - Personal Read

This was my first book by Brian Keene, but it definitely won't be my last! I have always loved books about zombies, and this one is great! Mr. Keene has a great writing style that draws you right into the action from page one. Actually, the very first sentence had me laughing so hard that I couldn't wait to read the rest: "I didn't shoot the b***h until she started eating Alan's face." <BR/><BR/>How can you resist a book that starts like that??

Great Book

Loved this book, wish there would be a part two.

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