Braineater Jones

It's easy to say the zombie genre is played out, but Braineater Jones is a fun take on what it's like to be a zombie. In this world, zombies exist but what keeps them from eating brains is booze. That's right, enough booze and you don't need to have cranium for dinner.

Since Jones currently has no idea what he was before he turned (and you don't turn because of a bite) he ends up being a private detective in the part of the city where the zombies live. As he tries to figure out who he was and how to get along as a zombie, he manages to stumble across some bigger fish to fry.

Since this is written to be in the style of pulp and detective noir, the situations that occur are perfectly ridiculous, but I found myself enjoying the scrapes that Jones gets himself into. The author does note that he wrote it in the style of what 1930s noir was like so there is adult language and situations along with casual racism and sexism. Thankfully he was not heavy handed with it and they fit the story.

This is a fun casual read and I hope to see either more of Braineater Jones or similar stories in the future.