Adam M. Booth

I have a confession…
I have listened to audio-books on cassette tapes and CD, but this was the fist time that I used my precious internet data to listen to an audio-recorded story. I chose it because it was in my favorite genre (Zombie-Horror) and because it was short; a mere 1:51:55, instead of 8 or 9 hours long. I figured I could listen to in one sitting, instead of returning to it over the next few months (Running a farm and other businesses leaves little time for entertainment). I was Blessed by this choice as the narrator's mono-toned voice allowed me to feel the emotions and witness the gore without breaking my stride as I worked on my latest website; GrowingGold.us.

The End graphically depicts the metamorphic decent of the victim of a zombie bite. From the dismay of not knowing what is happening to understanding that she is one of the UN-dead. As part of a decaying throng, she presses her way to her daughter, whom she devours. I was impress by the spiritual aspects of zombie-hood: the idea that there is a shred of humanity trapped within the rotting corps – the way she tried not to eat her victims and the idea that her soul witness the breakdown of flesh and became one with the earth as it rotted and meld into the soil.

I must place emphasis the reader as she never changed her tone – reading as though she were speaking from memory. This lack of inflection not only allowed me to concentrate on the work before me, but I was able to visualize the carnage without jitters or shifts in my own momentum. I highly recommend this audio-book, as it aided my productivity without distraction. I found it here: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=zombie+fallout+zero+full+audio+book&&am... ...SMILE!!!… (plus d'informations)

Bird girl.

A really exceptional story. I have to admit I have never experienced anything alike. It had some ideas I have had in my mind from who knows where, but this specific combination of all these elements felt unique to me.

It is very very dark. And it is very very well written so that I was drown right into Angela's world and I could not breath again until I stopped listening for a moment.

The narrator did a very good job. I loved the narration. The only part that was a bit weird to me was the imitations of the women's voices. It sounded a bit funny at first, but later on I found them fitting. And sad and... They did not feel like parodies, they felt... tragic.

Beautiful.

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They can't imagine the deep obsidian seam that runs through the bedrock of families like ours, or the horrors that take place on the other side of the walls they share with us, or in the shadows at the bottom of their boring gardens, because Angela is not alone, and nature has a dark heart.
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I really want to read Angela again sometime, once I have recovered.… (plus d'informations)

Lets get this out of the way first: I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author in exchange for an unbiased review. Now that that has been said, on to my review!

I was very (very) pleasantly surprised by this book. When I first read the description, my reaction was 'Okay. Yet ANOTHER zombie story.' and prepared myself for a decent but not incredible listen. The depth of character from both before our protagonist transitions into a zombie is absolutely amazing. (At that point having changed in to a being with two consciousnesses simultaneously existing as both the woman she was and the monster she has become.) The book is written so beautifully as to be almost poetic and the narration is so emotional that I don't think I could give the narrator justice in mere words. I will be looking forward to any future works by this author as well as the narrator. This book has all the makings of a classic. Think along the lines of Thomas Hardy, Mary Shelley and Emily Bronte.… (plus d'informations)

ABR's original The End audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

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.

All thoughts are solely mine and no way influenced by others. Please like and leave comments below good or bad love to hear them.

Audiobook provided for for review by the author.… (plus d'informations)