I've read World War Z three times now (this time as a stop gap between Pandora's Star and its sequel Judas Unchained) yet every time I'm struck by just how good it is. Make no mistake about it: World War Z is a modern masterpiece of horror fiction, taking the well worn motif of the zombie apocalypse and fashioning it to an utterly chilling and convincing worldwide narrative.
Covering literally everything from suburban carnage to those stuck on the international space station, the amount of homework Brooks did is nothing short of astonishing. The interviewer/interviewee storytelling device adds an extra sense of immediacy and an emotional human element that is normally absent in the Zombie sub-genre, making the carnage all the more devastating.
And all this from the son of spoof/comedy legend Mel Brooks. Crazy.
5/5
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