MONDAY MAYHEM - THE END By Adam M.Booth

MONDAY MAYHEM

THE END

BY Adam M. Booth

Performed/Narrated by Shiromi Arserio

1 hour and 51 minutes

Unabridged Audio

Contemporary, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Zombie Apocalyptic

Rating on Audible 4.3

My rating on Audiobook Review 4.75

Book Blurb from Audible

Publisher's Summary

A zombie horror told from the zombie's perspective, The End is one woman's account of the end of her life, her family, and everything.

Like many single parents in their thirties, Zoe is overworked, overburdened, and low on company, and when the zombie apocalypse begins, she is forced to face the monster that has taken her over, the horrors he shows her, and her own murky past.

How does it feel to gain consciousness, only to find you have lost everything else. How would it feel to have a destructive force take you over completely and be powerless to stop the massacre that follows? And how would it feel to finally face your past and realise that perhaps, the monster has been with you all along? Find out in The End, an examination of the inhuman condition.

©2014 Adam Booth (P)2014 Adam M. Booth

My Review featured on Audiobook Reviewer (ABR)

The End by Adam M. Booth. Performed/narrated by Shiromi Areserio. 1 hour and 51 minutes long, Contemporary, Sci-fi, fantasy. Unabridged Audio. 18+ years. Some scenes are graphic in the description of the zombies eating humans. So if this is not your type of book then I would not recommend it to the faint of heart.

This book is an account of one woman’s memory of being part of a zombie apocalypse from the zombie’s perspective. I thought this was quite a unique twist on a zombie’s thoughts especially when I thought zombies were just mindless, hunger driven for the brains and flesh of their victims. But, on contra my listeners. Zoe is a single mom looking to see that her daughter is at good school. Overworked, underpaid as a single parent Zoe is heading to the train station to meet up with one of the many guys she is dating. A weekend to unwind the grind. Well, Zoe found herself right into the start of the Zombie Apocalypse at the train station. Seeing someone coming at her and not knowing at the time until he comes face to face with her. She realizes that this is not human anymore with the deep sunken eyes and flesh hanging off his face. As he grabs her and starts to gnaw on her. Screaming as he clings to her and feeling herself floating in and out of conscientious. Then, waking up wondering what had just happened in a slumped pile and then the desirable thirst for human flesh and brains comes to her.

Next Zoe could only think of one thing and that was getting to her daughter. As she goes through the countryside getting to her Zoe tells her side of her experience of attacking those to so she could survive. When she actually shows that she has feelings of quilt yet no regrets to what she has to do to survive.

Will Zoe make it in time to see her daughter? What challenges does she come across getting there? Will her daughter know that this is her mother? All great questions that Zoe will recall throughout this short novella. How she will be recalling this tale some century later. Adam M. Booth really put a lot of thought into condensing this story in such a way that it is a stand-alone book.

Shiromi Areserio is a fantastic narrator/performer. I have listen to other books that she has performed with her beautiful British/Australian accent. She speaks in such a way that you can feel that this is a thought being spoken by Zoe and when people are actually speaking – okay screaming outloud. Great job.

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FRIDAY FRENZY - Pale Rider

FRIDAY FRENZY

Pale Rider: Zombies vs Dinosaurs

Ready to get your weekend started! On the riding lawn mower will never be the same! You may feel that you are part of this quick listen of 52 minutes!

So where does everything start. At the beginning with a child name Genesis. From a medical issue and receiving a bone marrow transplant. No one knows if it was that but, Genesis became the first Blue was born. Genesis started to crave flesh, human flesh and killed his parents.

Then someone notice birds were getting bigger. Catching some and modifying the genetics created over generations what we call dinosaurs. 

Now, James Livingood brings up to the story of Paul Palerider and how with the help of a team convert a field that in the future with harvest food. But, does it go off with all the Blues around? Will the dinosaurs trained to do work as horses use to do. Yet, there to protect!


My thoughts

James Livingood brought together a quick story filled into this compact read. However, if you are looking as this being a stand-alone listen it does not! It will having you tweet or message Mr. Livingood to getting writing the next installment of Paul Palerider. Though it is also a story that you can sit and make your own thoughts of what the continuation may be. Like a whodunit in the movie Clue with different endings.

His choice of Michael C. Gwynne was a strong choice of a voice that caught me in the beginning like a newspaper reporter and falling right into the character of Paul Palerider. He does change up his voice for the other bit characters in the 52 minutes that has you hanging on every word he captures. 

I felt that this one story that will have you listening to it a second time as I started to do. Not that you don't get it because you want to get all the words of the story again since it such a short novella.

Some find that there are holes to fill - an extension of some scenes. But, left to the imagination we can fill in those spots that are left with such quick detail.

This audio book was provided by the author for an honest review and all comments above are solely mine and in no way influence by others.

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To find Michael C. Gwynne
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