Handling the Undead

by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Book Overview

*Now a film featured at the Sundance Film Festival, coming in 2024 * Zombies and human clash in this horror novel by the author of the international bestseller Let the Right One In, for which he wrote... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312605250
• ISBN13: 9780312605254
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A slow read that doesn't go anywhere...

This book is more drama than horror... I had high hopes for this book as the concept of how society would handle non-zombie undead was interesting. The book started out okay, though the characters seemed uninspired. There was a buildup then halfway through it sizzled and didn't recover. If the dead came back to life you would expect panic, uncertainty and some level of irrational behavior. There would also be people thinking of how best to address the situation and create measures for public safety. Such an astounding phenomenon was treated with minor concern by a handful of the population. This book had the main characters operating solely on reckless emotion. No critical thinking at all. The characters were bland and only thought of themselves. Their actions made me wish the 'unliving' were true, face-eating zombies. I would recommend to someone looking for a slow read with a touch of drama.