50 Books Challenge 2013 - # 15: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead # 2)

Title: Miles Behind Us (The Walking Dead Volume # 2)
Author: Robert Kirkman
Story: An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally begin living. This volume follows our band of survivors on their tragic journey in search of shelter. Characters live and die as they brave a treacherous landscape littered with packs of the walking dead
Start: april 17th 2013
End: april 20th 2013
Comment: After reading the first I immediatly wanted to continue with the second book in this series. The group is back on the road again and ends up at a farm, where they meet Hershel and his family. New characters are introduced, but like the first novel most characters are pretty one-dimensional. And this story went so fast, that there wasn't any room for character development. There were some new relationships, like Dale and Andrea (pretty weird if you know the show) and Glenn and Maggie. I still love the graphics and I like the fact that it's in black and white. I think it might be to gruesome if it was in color. And like the first one I liked the story, because it picks up where the first one left of. I do prefer the first book over this one. And I also think the TV-show is better then the books.
Rating: 3/ 5

50 Books Challenge 2013 - # 14: Days Gone By by Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead Volume # 1)

Title: Days Gone By (The Walking Dead Volume # 1)
Author: Robert Kirkman
Story: An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. Rick Grimes finds himself one of the few survivors in this terrifying future. A couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only ever saw one dead body. Separated from his family, he must now sort through all the death and confusion to try and find his wife and son. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally begin living.
Start: april 15th 2013 2013
End: april 16th 2013
Comment: I love the TV-show and I really like zombie stories. But this is the first time I'm actually reading a book about zombies. I was really excited about it and I almost read this novel in one sitting. We follow cop Rick Grimes, who wakes up in a hospital finding out that it has been abandoned and that the world around him has changed. It's infested with zombies and all he wants is to find his wife and son. Rick is a really easy-to-like character. We meet a bunch of other characters: like his wife Lori and his son Carl, his partner Shane who is more of a big mouth then Rick, the two sisters Amy and Andrea, loner Dale who is srt of the conscience of the group, and the quick Glenn. I missed the depth in most of the characters. I know them from the show, but if you start reading this without seeing the show, you don't get to know the characters that well. Some of them are pretty one-dimensional. The great graphics and story make up for that, because I couldn't stop reading this book. I enjoyed it and I'm reading the second book next.
Rating: 4/ 5