Lit Circle Letter 1: World War Z

The book I'm reading this month is called World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, written by Max Brooks, the author of The Zombie Survival Guide. But the only factor these two books have in common is zombies. World War Z is definitely not as funny, but it's not trying to be, it's a serious book. I like the way it was written, it's like a bunch of interviews with people who survived the war.
The only problem with this is a lot of the characters sound the same, if it weren't for this, I think it would be very easy to mistake this for a non-fictional book, however scary that may be. Other than the characters I enjoy this book a lot, there's some humor but it can be pretty depressing, and it'll keep you up past any normal hour, it can be pretty scary.

"None of us were set up for this, we weren't trained for it, weren't equipped... Where was the riot gear they promised us, the shields, the armor, where was the water cannon? our orders were to 'process' all evacuees... But where were the goddamn sniffer dogs? How are you supposed to check for infection without dogs?"

This goes to show the disorganization and despair everybody faced in this book, and all of it seems exactly how a government would act. They wouldn't give people that weren't major assets any resources, they wouldn't inform the public until it was too late, they would lie and bicker with other nations and within their own, all of this occurring while humans fight their extinction. And that's exactly what Brooks writes about.
So far this has been a pretty good book, it gets the adrenaline pumping, accurately represents politics, and makes you sleep with your light on. Other than the small variations in the character's persona's, I would say this is a good, solid book. Definitely one of the best in the zombie business.