Saturday, May 22, 2010

Lit Circle Letter 3

The final section of the book World War Z, is a little disappointing, I have to admit. They are mostly little boring short stories about life after the war. There were a few good stories at the beginning of the section but after that its just blah, blah, blah. I understand there's not much you can do to end a book like this but the stories could be a little longer than two pages.

Well, I guess that's not fair to say. After re-looking at the section I realized that the boring little short stories were under the section labeled "Goodbye's". But that section really detracts from the overall awesomeness of this book. Other than that part I would say I was very pleased with this book. I read it in about a week, which is pretty impressive by my standards, especially because it is about three hundred and fifty pages. I read a book I would actually like to read since the last Harry Potter book, so if I read a book that fast, you know it's good.

At the beginning, the author seemed to have a pretty bleak outlook on life. There was so much death and panic and suicide. There was deception and misconceived politics. But in this section I think the author showed his true outlook on life and society, there were still sad parts, but it looked like the world was healing its wounds. And he still accurately portrayed the mind of the political machine.

"Hope. I'm not kidding, the town was actually named Hope.
They say the brass chose it because of the terrain, clear and open with the desert in front and the mountains in back. Perfect, they said, for and open engagement, and that the name had nothing to do with it. Right."


This is a quote about the location of the first American offensive in World War Z. And I think that's exactly how politicians would react. They would give the people hope precisely by beating the zombies in a town called Hope. Real life situations are portrayed well, except for the zombies, but other than that, I think this is exactly how the Z War would be.

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