Positive by David Wellington

Positive by David Wellington

 

 

I had been reading another book when someone returned Positive by David Wellington to the library. The other book I was reading wasn’t a bad book, it was interesting but it did not have me in a hurry to get back to it. When I realized David Wellington was also the author of the Monster Zombie series I returned the other book and dove into Positive.

I had read the Monster Zombie series around 2008 during a zombie themed book binge. While I couldn’t remember the exact storylines I remember rushing home to read them and generally enjoying them. Also book three, Monster Planet had a simple but scary cover. 

Simple but scary cover.

One thing I really enjoyed about Positive is the way David Wellington wrote it, the writing kept feeling like a YA book (the protagonist is around 19) and then bam smacked with adult level terrible things. The story moves quickly never getting stuck or comfortable in a place or situation to long. The zombies are a bit of a backseat horror other people are the true horror drivers in this book. You know what you are going to get from a zombie but it is not that easy to predict what horrors other people are going to inflict.

Positive is a great mix of fun and horror. 

“In the bestselling vein of Guillermo Del Toro and Justin Cronin, the acclaimed author of Chimera and The Hydra Protocol delivers his spectacular breakout novel—an entertaining page-turning zombie epic that is sure to become a classic.

Anyone can be positive . . .

The tattooed plus sign on Finnegan's hand marks him as a Positive. At any time, the zombie virus could explode in his body, turning him from a rational human into a ravenous monster. His only chance of a normal life is to survive the last two years of the potential incubation period. If he reaches his twenty-first birthday without an incident, he'll be cleared.

Until then, Finn must go to a special facility for positives, segregated from society to keep the healthy population safe. But when the military caravan transporting him is attacked, Finn becomes separated. To make it to safety, he must embark on a perilous cross-country journey across an America transformed—a dark and dangerous land populated with heroes, villains, madmen, and hordes of zombies. And though the zombies are everywhere, Finn discovers that the real danger may be his fellow humans.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome meets World War Z and I Am Legend in this thrilling tale that has it all: a compelling story, great characters, and explosive action, making Positive the ultimate zombie novel of our time.” Amazon Description