Chris Philbrook

Took me a bit to figure how to write this review. By chance about 10 years ago I found a web site with this book in web page text format. I read most of the series (from what I can tell from a web format) mostly during my work lunch breaks. It was good zombie apocalypse reading and a great story line. The book's protagonist was rather folksy (sometimes personal) in his language in his diary format, but it was still readable. Some time later I found most of the aforementioned book in audio book format on YouTube and thoroughly enjoyed listening to that.

From what I can tell there might be added books and spinoffs published, but I am not sure. The titles and number of the current written books seem different from those that I read on the web. Not sure.

So I do have this in paper or audio book formats? No. Did I read/listen to same (or at least part of the series)? Yes.

If you like a zombie tale centered around a single survivor and how he expands his environment by slowing bringing in other survivors into his world, this a good series for you. Recommended.… (mehr)

To say that I am totally blown away by this series almost seems like an under statement. But that is a true statement. The writing is amazingly real. You totally feel as if the diary happened. I find myself highlighting stuff thinking, if something weird happens I will need to remember this. The books are a font of knowledge as well as entertaining reading. I love how the author puts just a few months into each book. You start out thinking this is going to be easy breezy because it covers so little time. The reality is it feels a lot longer because even when nothing is going down, something is. When you finish each book you are drained. You have been dragged through the undead. Even then, though, you are all about the next book. I am so happy I came across this series after the first 5 books are done. Waiting for the next book is not an option. I have no idea how early readers made the wait.
I love Zbooks but the reality of it is there are a plethora of them. Not all are well written either and some just too absurd for my taste. It seems as though it is getting harder to find ones I would truly recommend, especially to hardcore Zreaders. This series is one I have been calling up people to tell them to get. I borrowed the first one through Amazon Prime. I just wasn't certain I wanted to invest. I was a fourth of the way in and I knew I would buy them all.
There is violence, (think about it - a good zbook cannot avoid it), and sexual references, (the further in we go, the longer Adrian goes without, the more that comes. Entirely true human response I felt.), though minimal sexual action, (it is there and while realistic, not easy and not gratuitous). So if you are against reading those things, why are looking at Zbooks? Seriously, if you have issues with bad language, sex and violence zombie books are probably not going to be your thing. If you haven't read anything in the genre, are curious about zombie books and can cope with it, this series is worth reading. It is realistic but nothing is gratuitous, in my opinion.
You definitely do need to read this series in the order it was written/released. If you just jump in somewhere you really will not have the complete background. You will wind up feeling cheated and angry with yourself. So start with Book 1, this is book 3. Do not start here but go ahead and buy it. I say buy the set at once because you will go back to back.… (mehr)