I have a not so secret love of a good zombie book sometimes they are just what I want to read .i loved this author’s previous book The Boy his dog and the end of the world and was excited to see this book on NetGalley Uk
The format of this story is not typical for the zombie genre it states with us getting to know a selection of interesting characters quite well and the remote Scottish island they end up being stuck on when storms prevent the daily ferry crossing .it’s a small population made even smaller by the fact that most islanders are off ok the mainland for a music festival .The claustrophobia this creates is helpful to the story and means that ultimately you know both healthy and afflicted islanders well enough to be affected by their outcomes
The underlying story of a Viking curse isn’t quite as strong as the naturalistic sections of the book but do serve to explain the turning of some islanders to water zombies .
There are some very amusing sections one which I particularly enjoyed was the old man and his gentle dog both of whom are turned
Personally I thought the book ended too suddenly and the way the story ended was rather unsatisfactory.
I enjoyed the book but not quite as much as the boy his dog and the end of the world which I loved
I would recommend to lovers of zombie books who might enjoy the differences this story has from the standard zombie fare
I read a copy on NetGalley Uk the book was published in the Uk on 22 July 2022