Ashley

This book sounds like it is written for me; zombies, talking animals, general hijinks. Unfortunately, I could not get into it! I just didn't care about any of the characters or what they were doing. It was also trying very hard to be funny and the humor just didn't land for me. The premise behind the zombies was very silly, although not very important to the plot so not a big deal.

My other issue was the writing itself. I felt like half of this book was just a list of different animals and the names for groups of animals. That combined with all the adjectives, similes, and metaphors, made this read like a high school English paper that had a very specific science prompt.

I really thought I was going to love this book, but it just didn't work for me.

Sherlock Holmes with kids and ghosts! Fun story and deeper than I expected.

Not horror enough, not sci-fi enough? Three people sent to Mars to start a colony and three robots sent ahead of them to set up the basic infrastructure. No real background, setup, or much character development and then things get messy which is entertaining enough, I guess.

This was action-packed and the audiobook narrator was excellent, but it moved so fast I couldn't even stop to care about anything that was going on or who it was happening to.

Very quick read that kept my attention. Fairly obvious outcome, but it still could have been anyone.