So GOOD!

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Yet another great installment in this series. Andrew McFerrin continues to be a fantastic narrator. I just love this series, and continue to look forward to the next book in the series. So excited that there are 12 books in this series!

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If you are looking for predictable, move on.

So, once again, TW Brown killed off someone in the story that made me mad when it happened. Seriously?? If you are reading this series, you will understand and I won't ruin it for you. When I mentioned that he needed to stop doing that, he said, "and become predictable??" (We have become acquainted via facebook due to my obsession with this series!) Well, you cannot accuse TW Brown of being predictable, that is for sure! If you are NOT reading this series, you should be and start with the 1st book. TW Brown is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. Not just because of the genre, but because of his attention to detail in the story AND in the characters. Definitely recommend this book and the others in the series! Looking for the next one!

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Not what I've come to expect

What would have made DEAD better?

To make this story better, I would've concentrated on the story at hand...too much going back to the beginning of the event caused me to tire and in some cases fall asleep.

Would you ever listen to anything by TW Brown again?

I will continue to listen to the series; however, if the next book starts out about with Kevin and the days leading up to the event, I may have to give it up.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Narrator was outstanding.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The redeeming qualities of the book was the end when TW Brown again had me waiting in anticipation on what will happen next...

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Excellent series!

Would you listen to DEAD again? Why?

Yes, I would listen to the series again, but instead I've gotten the Kindle version and am now reading the whole series again. The author is an excellent story teller!

What did you like best about this story?

At first I wasn't sure if I'd like the approach of different stories for the same catastrophe that hit the whole world, especially the vignettes. As I started listening to the first book and really got into the story I got used to the different story lines, and the many different characters. It is a very addicting series.

What does Andrew McFerrin bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I wish I knew how he did it, but he gives each character life, and even while I'm re-reading the series, I try to do the same thing, have each of the characters come out exactly like he protrays them. He is an excellent narrator, and has become one of my favorites.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

In these books you get used to each of the characters and you feel a certain way about each one. Like when something bad happens to Steven's group, you really feel the pain and sadness that the group feels when they loose one of their own. And I feel the same when something happens to Kevin and his band of survivors.

Any additional comments?

Remember, the Dead series is a zombie apocalypse story, but it's a bunch of different story lines that continue in each of the books. Sometimes some of the vignettes stories either end, or they continue on and you start to feel for the characters in those mini stories. The author doesn't candy coat anything and there is as much despair as there is happiness in these stories. I really can't see how the author keeps them all straight in his head.

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so good

T W Brown's Dead: Confrontation is the sixth book in a series about a zombie apocalypse and different perspectives of it. It continues in same style as the other books by giving the reader multiple perspectives of the going ons. These characters and all the stories have left a mark on me and I am so invested in seeing what happens to them all. These are better than watching the zombie apocalypse shows I could be bringing on right now. I'm not kidding about being addicted and cant wait to read next installment.

Narrator does a fantastic job bringing the story to life. Really brought the characters' personalities out. Love it!

Intense!

Any additional comments?

I absolutely love this series. And I could write the same review for each of them, they are that well-written. Trust me. Even if zombie lore isn't your thing, these novels will grab your imagination and won't let go. They are so much more than just zombie books.

TW Brown has a way of writing that pulls you in immediately. His scenes are rich and vivid. His characters are fully developed, including the secondary ones. By the time you reach the sixth book in this series, you feel like you know these characters as people. You like them, hate them, find them annoying - just like any real person.

Mr. Brown instills strengths, weaknesses, good and bad qualities into each one of his characters, just like a real person.

The pages of his books are filled with triumph, fear, love, and loss. And just like in the real world - no one is safe. Mr. Brown makes that clear in the beginning. You just never know what's going to happen.

When the world goes to heck, there are those that step up to become leaders and heroes who don't seem to fit the bill and there are those who have lived helpful lives who turn into sadistic monsters when the rules no longer apply.

Mr. Brown is an excellent student of human nature and puts it all into his writing.

And even through the twists and the turns and the "Oh my gosh - he did what to who???s" it would never occur to me to stop reading. I just have to know what's coming next. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I've shed a few tears along the way. But, I've also rejoiced at the victories. Looking forward to Book Seven.

Good read. Not my Favorite of the series Though

Excellent Series, but not the best book so far. A lot of plot twist, but almost a little too many in my opinion. Messed up or killed off some of my favorite characters. I guess it is a zombie series after all, and things can't be all sunshine and rainbows. I'm still hooked and can't wait to start the next book.

It ended

I had to keep rewinding it so many time that I probably listen to it twice

Big disappointment.

I been listening to this story for the past week. This book killed it for mean though. You spent so much time building up characters and in a very short randomly removed them. People that you would think would be grief stricken from lose appeared not to be effected when storylines continued...

I'm glad you gave one character a relatively happy conclusion over what's might have been done in a gloomy world.

Been a decent story but it's become rather direction less with the big decision to remove the pivotal person of so many people's lives.

Brown does another fantastic job

Any additional comments?

Zombie authors would be smart to read books by Brown.

He was originally one of my inspirations to write my own series. I could never match his level of brutality (and I wouldn't begin to try).

Again, his writing is superb, and his descriptions are never old and reused.

The loss of one of his main characters was both shocking and...well, it sucked. That is probably a good thing because if I'm mourning the loss, it means Brown made me care about the character.

Well done!

J.D. Demers