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The Rising [Mass Market Paperback]

Brian Keene
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars You've never seen zombies like these! Mar 25 2004
By DanD
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I won't say Brian Keene's novel "The Rising" is a perfect horror novel; it has its flaws, to be sure. However, rivetting until the end, it is definitely one of the best horror novels (and possibly the best zombie novel) I have read in a long time.

The plot:
It's an accident, really. A device designed to create black holes opens up a portal to another reality--Hell, if you will. When we die, and our life forces depart our bodies, spirits from this other reality come back and inhabit them...intent on making corpses for more of their brethren to come through.

"The Rising" follows four primary people: Jim Thurmond, who's searching for his son; the Reverend Martin, who hears of Jim's plight and dedicates himself to helping the man; Baker, a scientist who had a lot to do with the catastrophe that has happened, and who now wishes to survive long enough to make ammends; and Frankie, a former prostitute running not only from the zombies, but from her drug addiction as well...

As their journeys intersect each other, these four individuals will have to face the bitter truth: though many people have survived the zombies so far, sometimes the walking dead aren't half as evil as the living...

"The Rising" by Brian Keene is spectacular. Maybe it's ripping off "Day of the Dead;" personally, I don't care. All I care about is that these zombies are like none you've seen before, and Keene is one hell of a writer. Though he may not be the next Stephen King (he lacks King's commercial appeal), Keene is, like many authors published by Leisure Horror, a rare and dignified talent.

Buy "The Rising," but on two conditions: 1, you have to be a true horror fan; and 2, you have to be willing to have your socks scared right off your feet!

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment Mar 28 2004
By Jim
Format:Mass Market Paperback
After reading all the glowing reviews on this page I thought I was in for a real treat. Instead I got a plodding, dull, lackluster waste of time. The characters might as well have been stick figures, from the stereotypical hillbilly murderers to the stereotypical bloodthirsty military left-overs. The whole thing ham-handedly staggers to an unsatisfying non-climax that was clearly slapped together to sucker you in to buying the sequel. Frankly I don't care enough about the characters to buy the sequel only to find out if it ended the way it properly should have. If I could give this book less than one star, I would. By all means, save your money and go out and get your hands on "The Dead" by Mark Rogers. It is everything this book was not - in other words, a great read.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not my type of zombies but... July 14 2010
By A Customer TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Mass Market Paperback
While this book contains a version of zombie that I don't like in fiction, such as thinking zombies, and animal zombies, I will credit the author with a good storyline and writing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars it would makeGeorge A. Romero proud
great novel bite you nail grind your teeth action just when you figure the story it hits you in the face with a twist that leave you begging for more. Read more
Published on Mar 23 2010 by Edson
1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible
This book was a complete waste of time. The main character was unlikable and one dimensional. The plot was a dead end from the beginning, and the end of the book, well, I think... Read more
Published on Mar 10 2010 by J. Griffin
1.0 out of 5 stars Where's the option for no stars?
First thing's first.

WARNING!!!!! This book has NO ENDING!

There. That's what I would have like to have seen in at least one of the rediculous 5 star ratings... Read more
Published on Sep 2 2009 by Really Angry
3.0 out of 5 stars Three and a half really...
On the whole Brian Keene's "The Rising" was in my opinion a decent read, being that Zombie fiction isn't exactly being given away on the street. Read more
Published on Sep 7 2006 by Milton Hadley
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
Brian Keene has totally blow the Zombie genre WIDE open. This novel is so different from your typical "walking-dead" model that it makes me shiver. Read more
Published on Jun 25 2006 by Loki Xombi
4.0 out of 5 stars This is what survival horror should be about
In The Rising, the world is being overwhelmed by zombies. Many a cheesy story has involved zombies, but the Rising isn't one of the cheese-filled titles. Read more
Published on July 13 2004 by Andrew Phillips
5.0 out of 5 stars Zombies ain't Dead!
If you are a fan of the Zombie genre then you are,no doubt,used to the standard zombie story. Shambling hunks of re-animated tissue etc. Read more
Published on July 11 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for anyone
I really don't care to read for fun especially being in college a book is the last thing on my mind. So getting me to read anything but what i need for school is impossible. Read more
Published on July 7 2004 by Richard M Smith
2.0 out of 5 stars Frustration...
This book I thought was really well written. I got caught up in the story immediately and it was fast paced, I couldn't put it down! Read more
Published on Jun 29 2004 by Audra
3.0 out of 5 stars VERY mixed feelings
The book is suspenseful. The opening seized my attention, quickly got me interested in the characters, and has some of the most suspenseful scenes I have ever read. Read more
Published on Jun 25 2004 by Travis Langley
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