DESCRIPTION:
Stanley’s lonely. Before the strange events of the past few months, the self-proclaimed alien abductee and T.V. crime drama aficionado would drink and bowl with his friends, Herb and Dallas. But no one’s seen hide nor hair of Dallas in the longest, and Herb’s been spending all of his time with his girlfriend, Lois. That just leaves Stanley, and Stanley’s lonely. Everything changes when Stanley becomes a zombie. With each bite, he gains a new friend. Soon, he has more friends than he would’ve ever thought possible. If he could just sink his teeth into Herb, Lois, and Dallas, they’d all be together again, and everything would be perfect. Meanwhile…
Everything changes when Stanley’s home is vandalized. After someone breaks all of his dinner plates and ruins his last hotdog, a zombie apocalypse overtakes Trappersville. To make matters worse, the Society shows up. Stanley and his supernatural friends are trapped between an ancient order of monster hunters and a hungry zombie horde. If that wasn’t bad enough, one zombie in particular looks a lot like Stanley.
Things aren’t looking good for the fine folks of Trappersville, Wisconsin. Will Stanley, his friends, and the entire town be lost? Over Stanley’s dead bodies.
MY REVIEW:
This is the last book in the Monster’s in the Midwest series and I’m kinda torn. I’m not sure how I feel about this one. I like book one and loved the second one. But this one fell kinda flat. Maybe because Stanley wasn’t my favorite character and I don’t like zombies.
Still, Burtness gave zombies a different spin that I hadn’t thought about. They’re just lonely and want everyone to get along. Who cares if they have to eat you first.
I have to admit, I was confused with the first couple of chapters until I realized there was a Groundhog Day vibe going on. Then it started clicking. And, as with the other two books, there is humor interspersed with some wonderful word play. Burtness definitely has a knack for that.
However, the whole Stanley, Stanley, Stanley, etc was a little overplayed and there was a huge plot hole at that point that I just can’t get over. What about the rest of the world? We were told they were everywhere. Right?
Anyway, I think my dislike of zombies and Stanley didn’t help me with this story. But if you love the gore of zombies and looking for a new insight into them, you’ll want to read this one and absolutely the whole series. I give it 3 stars.
