Book Review
POSITIVE by David Wellington
✪✪✪✪½ out of 5 Stars
Release Date: April 2015
Author’s Website: David Wellington's Website
Publisher’s Website: Harper Collins
My thoughts

However, it was the book for me. Wellington has cleverly put a new spin on an overstuffed genre. There’s
heart in Positive, solid characters,
and a storyline that doesn’t dawdle along examining all the minutiae which bogs down some of these post-apocalyptic stories. It’s the book Walking Dead viewers should read when they still want zombies, but
need a fresh take. The only thing I didn’t love about the book was that it
ended. I didn’t want to leave the characters or the Positive world behind.
Positive drops us into Manhattan,
where society has a certain normality about it now the zombie apocalypse is
into its second generation of survivors This younger generation know nothing else except this world of struggling survival. When their parents tell them it was better in our day, it absolutely is the truth. Within Manhattan,
they are fairly safe, although this zombie virus can sometimes gestate for up to twenty-one years. If you are unfortunate enough to be born to someone who
suddenly turns zombie, like our protagonist Finn, whose mother goes Zombie, you are tattooed with a positive
sign and segregated from the population until the expiration of the incubation
period.
Finn,
meant to be delivered to a camp in another state to wait out his time, has his
transport ambushed. He is left alone to survive in the treacherous territory outside the safety of Manhattan. In order to stay alive, he must
throw his lot in with scavengers and various people who have adapted to the constant
threat of death. It’s a road trip of epic adventure and drama, as Finn realizes
zombies may not be the worst enemies he must face.
Wellington
is an accomplished writer with a great story to tell in the ilk of The Passage, The Road, and even Stephen
King’s The Stand. For all those
zombie and horror snobs, jump in to this novel and get your reading hands bloodied, so to speak. You may be surprised how enjoyable the genre is when you’re in the hands of a talented writer. I still may not be a zombie fan, but I’m now firmly a David
Wellington fan.
I received
a copy of this book from Harper
Collins for an honest review. Thank you to the wonderful book-loving people
there. More
about this book at: Positive
BOOK
BLURB
In the bestselling
vein of Guillermo Del Toro and Justin Cronin, the acclaimed author of Chimera
and The Hydra Protocol delivers his spectacular breakout novel—an entertaining
page-turning zombie epic that is sure to become a classic.
Anyone can be positive
. . .
The tattooed plus sign
on Finnegan's hand marks him as a Positive. At any time, the zombie virus could
explode in his body, turning him from a rational human into a ravenous monster.
His only chance of a normal life is to survive the last two years of the
potential incubation period. If he reaches his twenty-first birthday without an
incident, he'll be cleared.
Until then, Finn must
go to a special facility for positives, segregated from society to keep the
healthy population safe. But when the military caravan transporting him is
attacked, Finn becomes separated. To make it to safety, he must embark on a
perilous cross-country journey across an America transformed—a dark and
dangerous land populated with heroes, villains, madmen, and hordes of zombies.
And though the zombies are everywhere, Finn discovers that the real danger may
be his fellow humans.
Mad Max Beyond
Thunderdome meets World War Z and I Am Legend in this thrilling tale that has
it all: a compelling story, great characters, and explosive action, making
Positive the ultimate zombie novel of our time.
About
the author:

Author’s
Website: http://www.davidwellington.net
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