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Contagion

Living Dead Series, Book 1

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Contagion

By: L. I. Albemont
Narrated by: Emily Beresford
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A small mountain town is isolated by a snowstorm as an ancient evil, gone pandemic, turns the residents into the living dead. Almost overnight the town becomes a snowy tomb of the roaming, hungry infected.

Stranded by the weather, hiding, a small group of survivors follows the progress of the disease as society around them and around the world begins to break down.

Determined to escape, they find that the normal rules of civilization don't apply anymore. Will they be able to adapt to this strange, hungry new world?

©2011 L. I. Albemont (P)2017 Tantor
Alternate History Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Scary
Engaging Storyline • Gory Zombie Tale • Good Character Voices • Intriguing Plot Outline • Good Side Stories • Fine Job
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The story was typical zombie apocalypse but I do enjoy those. The narrator has a grating voice. She made it hard to listen. Hopefully this author will use someone else on the next one.

Pretty good story

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I was not particularly impressed with any of the characters except perhaps for Charles. The first part where the reporters go into Haiti after the big earthquake and first encounter the zombies was good. Much of the action after that was rather contrived and the characters did some stupid things. Since book 2 is also free from Plus Catalog, I am going to listen to it.

Normal zombie nook - not particularly outstanding

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Decent characters and plot outline, but pacing was not great (both in the writting and the one note narration) and lack of detail at key moments made a lot of the action really confused.
The interludes where the 'history' of the infection was explored seemed completely pointless. It was like the author was told they had to give a reason for zombies so they just shoved one in. Added nothing to the story.

Fine as background listening when doing chores.

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The writer uses a lot of deus ex machina. Actions, thoughts and decisions by characters feel forced and inconsistent not rooted in a well-developed plot, making the narrative less believable. Why is a DA or lawyer thinking about microbiology and virology which would not be in the character experience to save the story. The time lines are way off and do not follow logically. Mid book the story takes on a Christian lecture used to force the narrative. Lots of exposition dumping chunky writing and a lot of narrative not character driven dialogue or story. Failed the show don’t tell rules. All in all free. Don’t pay for the story! Narrator voice like nails on a chalkboard!

Not bad but don’t expect much

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I liked the narration as well as the story line and characters. When taking a break from listening, I wanted to listen again to find out what happened next. Moving on to book 2 of the series now.

I liked it

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While I enjoyed this book, I do have to say that it's a fairly stock zombie tale. Both the characters and the story are good but not great.

I'll continue with the series in the hopes that it becomes a bit more unique as it progresses.

Fairly stock zombie tale

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This book is ok for a newbie in the genre. I found myself zoning out from time to time. The storyline didn’t keep me engaged.

Meh. It was just ok

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Dont waste your time. There are way better zombie books out there. This one is pootly written and has a subpar storyline at best. Not worth the time.

Terrible book

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I good quick listen to. To the point and even a backstory within this story. Gave an insight into how this virus came to be. I would like to read book 2, yet i have to use a credit for it and not book 3 🤔 hmm.

Enjoyed

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I would have been very irritated if I had used a credit for this story. Fortunately it came as part of the membership.
This would probably be a good introduction book for the zombie apocalypse genre. Furthermore, the violence and the language was fairly tame. The storyline and foundation were somewhat standard and the outcome predictable.
I appreciate a human narrator these days. This narrator did a fine job.

Thank you for using a human narrator

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