Official Review: Losers vs. Zombies by Joe Fowler

[Cher+Pot]

[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Losers vs. Zombies" by Joe Fowler.]

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1 out of 4 stars

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Joe Fowler’s Losers vs. Zombies is a fantasy fiction novel suitable for all readers who are fans of these genres, but I must warn you, although the story-line sounded promising, the book as a whole was disappointing to me.

Brad is a successful writer of werewolf novels and is a rather unsociable human being (as most writers are). While writing his next hit novel, the zombie apocalypse strikes. Due to his lonely life Brad realizes the day of reckoning has come a few days later when his neighbor tries to bite him. Having finished all his food and with ravaging neighbors clawing at his door, Brad decides to make a run for it, setting off on a journey of survival, gathering followers and friends down the road. With his vivid imagination, Brad thinks of ways to fight the zombies, which might bring hope back to mankind, but as the daring life takes its toll on his body, he has to decide…keep fighting or retire?

The plot of the story left me wanting more. This is an ordinary tale of the zombie apocalypse , with no new twists or turns put into the story-line to make it less predictable and more interesting. The foreshadowing seems strained and instead of guiding the reader, it annoys the reader, making him wish the ending was near .

The book was written in first person and though this was not done badly, I feel the story would have had promise if the main character, Brad, was given more of a back story. There was one instance in the book the author stated Brad didn’t like to give much history for his werewolf characters, because readers could then make up their own ; I felt that Joe used this to hint at his own work. I am sorry to say I disagree.

The characters lack color and background. The author tells the reader how the characters are, without showing the struggles the characters went through to get to their respective places or even giving them decent personalities. Having almost a non-existing back story for most of the characters, the reader doesn’t necessary feel sympathy towards a character when they meet an awful end. I kept reading the book, trying to connect to it, but that never happened .

I give this book 1 out of 4 stars for mainly being too predictable and colorless. I would not recommend this book to readers, unless you are an enormous fan of zombies. Allons-y!

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[kimmyschemy06]

That was a very honest review. The author probably has some great ideas in mind but still needs to polish his writing especially building up his characters.

[bluemel4]

Great review. It is a shame the book did not live up to its potential.

[anonanemone]

How do you 'retire' from a zombie apocalypse?

[Cher+Pot]

"Retire" as in give up...

[zaynab_m]

@Cher+Pot thank you for your honest review. I must say I agree with all of your points; the book seems dry and boring, hardly realistic. The storyline/plot isn't too bad, though it does sound like a cliché. Great review, wonderfully written!

(Also, awesome avatar! )

[anonanemone]

ah...that was pretty much the only way I could think of

[joefowler]

Actually, I agree with you 100% and I am the one who wrote it. Very accurate review.This book was the result of a fevered dream. That happens when you watch a Walking Dead marathon. To give you an idea, I wrote this book in 9 days. This book was so far below what I like to write but there wasn't much I could do with the dream story line.

[Cher+Pot]

I must admit, for having written this in only nine days...then it isn't too bad. There is potential.

[joefowler]

I like to think my other books are better, but that is all in the reader's eyes. Thanks for the review!

[LivreAmour217]

Very nice review, I enjoyed reading it! Too bad that the book didn't live up to its potential. I find it disheartening that the author pretty much admitted that he didn't want to put too much effort into character development.

[joefowler]

It wasn't an unwillingness. It was the nature of the dream. I stay true to my stories as they come to me. I didn't give more backstory because the story was me. I have the gout damaged feet and chronic back just as was described in the book. Any further backstory and I would have had to call this an autobiography. I appreciate the honesty of the review. I can appreciate good reviews and bad alike. As with all books, there are more things that go into them than what is printed. I'm sorry if you didn't like it but I will not apologize for the writing style.

-- 21 Jul 2016, 16:54 --

Again, thanks for the honest review. I have received more reviews about this book from others that had given the same sentiments as this review did.