(Review by Natalia Diquech)
If you are the kind of person who loves reading horror fiction stories about zombies, dead people who wake up from theirs graves thirsty of blood and flesh, you should not miss Dead like my. The imaginative American writer Adam-Troy Castro portrays in this story a man who is trapped in a world full of zombies, or as the protagonist called them bastards, with no other chance that to act like one of them, with no other chance that to let himself go by his passions, anger and hunger if he still wants to be alive.
He is a human being but he cannot act as one. He can neither think nor dream because thinking and dreaming is something the Livings do.
This intriguing story directed to adults, because of its content and vocabulary, focuses on the ability human beings have to adapt to different environments in order to survive the most horrid and devastating situation. Among the many topics the story encompasses the most significant ones are loneliness, anger, lust and survival. All of them are brought into focus in this exiting and compelling story that you really ought to read.
Dead like me is one of the many stories you can enjoy reading on the collection “The living dead”.
3 comments:
I consider it a good review. However, some changes could be useful to improve it:
- " If you are the kind of person who loves reading horror fiction stories about zombies, dead people who wake up from theirs graves thirsty of blood and flesh, you should not miss Dead like my."
Only two characteristics are mentioned at the beginning of this passage so an "and" would be more appropriate than a comma. Also, at the end, the title of the story is mentioned with a pretty important spelling mistake.
-There is repetition of the structure " with no other chance that". Perhaps it was meant to be used as a case of parallelism, but the fact that there is a serious mistake by using the word "that" instead of "than" makes the reading difficult or confusing.
-Some other minor spelling mistakes could be checked and corrected to make the review more accurate.
-The title of the story could as well be quoted so as to highlight its importance.
hi nat!!!
I agree with Angelica's comments... I also wanted to mention that the last sentence of the 1st paragraph is a long one. (I said this now that I realized about it but I make that mistake a lot)
very good try!
laura
Naty!
I think your review is interesting and I would like to tell you that the introduction is great, you have used the appropriate vocabulary. Perhaps you could have changed some structures in order not to repeat them!
Well done!
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