A Review of World War Z Part 6: Around The World And Above (Final)
Part 6:
Around the World and Above
Around the World and Above
The first thing about this section is that there are eight narratives instead of the regular five making it easily the longest section in the entire book.
Whereas most of the sections were between 30 and 40 pages, 'Around the World and Above' is nearly 90 pages long.
I'd say we're about at the midpoint of the zombie war. We've seen a lot of the worst of humanity and a lot of the best of humanity.
Again, Brooks has done a masterful job of world-building and storytelling. So let's just drive right in. I wanna get this book review finished so I can work on other projects.
I'm going to eventually do a better version of this book review later on, probably closer to Halloween or something but I wanna finish this version... like now.
Let's go.
David Allen Forbes is tasked with telling us all about the castles and how people survived in them during the zombie war.
Again, Brooks attention to detail and his thoughtfulness blows me away. He has a powerful imagination and an ability to conceptualize almost anything and make it believable/realistic. It's hard to find any fault with his writing.
Forbes' story will always be in my top three favorite stories. Mostly because I love the old romance of victorian era castles and the fact that they became a focal point in this book warms my heart.
When he addresses the royal family and, more importantly, the queen, I cry every time.
"She wouldn't leave, you see. She insisted over the objections of Parliament, to remain at Windsor, as she put it, "for the duration." I thought maybe it was misguided nobility, or maybe fear-based paralysis. I tried to make her see reason, begged her almost on my knees. Hadn't she done enough with the Balmoral Decree, turning all her estates into protected zones for any who could reach and defend them? Why not join her family in Ireland or the Isle of Man, or at least, was insisting on remaining in Britain, supreme command HQ north above Antonine.
What did she say?
"The highest distinction is service to others. Her father had said that; it was the reason he had refused to run to Canada during the Second World War, the reason her mother had spent the blitz visiting civilians in the tube stations beneath London, the same reason, to this day, we remain a United Kingdom. Their task, their mandate, is to personify all that is great in our national spirit. They must forever be an example to the rest of us, the strongest, and bravest, and absolute best of us. In a sense, it is they who are ruled by us, instead of the other way around, and they must sacrifice everything, everything, to shoulder the weight of this godlike burden. Otherwise, what's the flipping point? Just scrap the whole damn tradition, roll out the bloody guillotine, and be done with it altogether. They were viewed very much like castles, I suppose: as crumbling, obsolete relics, with no real modern function other than tourist attractions. But when the skies darkened and the nation called, both reawoke to the meaning of their existence. One shielded our bodies, the other, our souls."
There's just something so emotionally evoking when I read that passage. This is not your customary zombie literature. This is a masterpiece.
NEXT STORY. LETS KEEP THEM ROLLING. I'M KEITH HABBERBUERHSHRE AND THIS IS EAT THE MENU.
Okay, for real. Go finish the book on your own. This book is amazing, please read it.
Whereas most of the sections were between 30 and 40 pages, 'Around the World and Above' is nearly 90 pages long.
I'd say we're about at the midpoint of the zombie war. We've seen a lot of the worst of humanity and a lot of the best of humanity.
Again, Brooks has done a masterful job of world-building and storytelling. So let's just drive right in. I wanna get this book review finished so I can work on other projects.
I'm going to eventually do a better version of this book review later on, probably closer to Halloween or something but I wanna finish this version... like now.
Let's go.
David Allen Forbes is tasked with telling us all about the castles and how people survived in them during the zombie war.
Again, Brooks attention to detail and his thoughtfulness blows me away. He has a powerful imagination and an ability to conceptualize almost anything and make it believable/realistic. It's hard to find any fault with his writing.
Forbes' story will always be in my top three favorite stories. Mostly because I love the old romance of victorian era castles and the fact that they became a focal point in this book warms my heart.
When he addresses the royal family and, more importantly, the queen, I cry every time.
"She wouldn't leave, you see. She insisted over the objections of Parliament, to remain at Windsor, as she put it, "for the duration." I thought maybe it was misguided nobility, or maybe fear-based paralysis. I tried to make her see reason, begged her almost on my knees. Hadn't she done enough with the Balmoral Decree, turning all her estates into protected zones for any who could reach and defend them? Why not join her family in Ireland or the Isle of Man, or at least, was insisting on remaining in Britain, supreme command HQ north above Antonine.
What did she say?
"The highest distinction is service to others. Her father had said that; it was the reason he had refused to run to Canada during the Second World War, the reason her mother had spent the blitz visiting civilians in the tube stations beneath London, the same reason, to this day, we remain a United Kingdom. Their task, their mandate, is to personify all that is great in our national spirit. They must forever be an example to the rest of us, the strongest, and bravest, and absolute best of us. In a sense, it is they who are ruled by us, instead of the other way around, and they must sacrifice everything, everything, to shoulder the weight of this godlike burden. Otherwise, what's the flipping point? Just scrap the whole damn tradition, roll out the bloody guillotine, and be done with it altogether. They were viewed very much like castles, I suppose: as crumbling, obsolete relics, with no real modern function other than tourist attractions. But when the skies darkened and the nation called, both reawoke to the meaning of their existence. One shielded our bodies, the other, our souls."
There's just something so emotionally evoking when I read that passage. This is not your customary zombie literature. This is a masterpiece.
NEXT STORY. LETS KEEP THEM ROLLING. I'M KEITH HABBERBUERHSHRE AND THIS IS EAT THE MENU.
Okay, for real. Go finish the book on your own. This book is amazing, please read it.
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