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Slow Burn Dead Fire Book 4 eBook Bobby Adair

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Slow Burn Dead Fire Book 4 eBook Bobby Adair

I read all 9 books in the series in about 3 weeks, and yes, I am an adult. Also, although I enjoy a zombie movie now and then, I am not a hardcore zombie fan, but I couldn’t put these books down. Here’s why:

First of all, it is a testament to the author’s skill that he is able to write these books in the first person point of view. As I read the first few paragraphs I considered stopping right there because first person is severely limiting and is not done well nearly as often as it is attempted. But by the time I read a few more paragraphs, I was hooked. I read the nine books essentially non-stop.

Second, the main character is relatable, not so much because of his personal history pre-zombie times but because of how he thinks of himself, generally speaking. He’s a guy with a few emotional scars and a few strengths, and he’s just trying to find a place in the world. Now that the world has been zombie-fied, things get a bit more dramatic than before.

Third, the whole “slow burn” concept is a great twist on the whole zombie setting, one that I can’t recall being used in any other zombie story, ever.

Fourth, the author’s inventiveness surfaces over and over again, in clever and surprising ways. I don’t think there was a cliché or even a slightly tired scene in any of the 9 books. I won’t give anything away here, but you’ll see what I mean when he figures out how to refuel a piece of farm equipment.

Fifth, the author knows a few things about animal behavior, which he applies to the zombies. Clue: various groups of zombies exhibit radically different behaviors.

Sixth, the pacing is great. Something is either happening or about to happen, and nowhere in the books does the author bore you with useless exposition.

Seventh, the dialogue is done well. Different characters sound like different people, and even in quiet scenes they talk like people exhausted and stressed in a world gone wacky, not like characters in a soap opera or half-baked sitcom. Oh, and there are some rather funny lines throughout the books.

Lastly, there are human interactions and emotions and growth that just happen to take place in the middle of some very wild zombie craziness. Long after you read these books, you WILL remember the main characters.

So, all in all, the Slow Burn series is VERY nicely done. I’ve told a bunch of people about these books, and only when I do that do I give a book 5 stars.


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Slow Burn Dead Fire Book 4 eBook Bobby Adair Reviews

I'm a shameless fan of the "zombie apocalypse" genre. It really has nothing to do with horror, but I enjoy reading stories about people overcoming adversity and surviving in a world that has been radically affected by a massive catastrophe.

I've read a LOT of books in the genre, and I consider myself a bit of an aficionado. Therefore, when I say that this is one of the best series I've read in the genre, I'm not kidding.

This book is one of a series of books, and I'm leaving the same review for ALL of the books, because I read them all in a back-to-back binge on my . In my mind, it's all one lengthy well-told story, and I don't see any point in trying to isolate each book for a review. The series is awesome. By them all, read them in order, and you will enjoy them!

So WHY is this series so good? Well, for one thing, Bobby Adair is a very good writer, and the books are well-written with interesting characters and lots of action.

In this series, the "zombies" are people infected with a virus that essentially fries their brain with fever, leaving them more or less mindless and violent. The interesting twist is that not all "zombies" are equally infected. Some zombies retain some of their intellect, and some remain essentially ALL of their intellect, although they cosmetically appear just as infected as the others. I'd never read a zombie story told from the perspective of someone infected, yet not fully mindless, and what it's like to experience persecution from all sides. The other zombies want to eat you, and the "normal" immune survivors don't trust you since you have the pale skin of the infected.

I also REALLY like the fact that the story is set in Austin, Texas. I'm a native Texan myself, and for a while I in Austin, so it was very interesting to me to read a story that's set in a familiar setting. Bobby Adair knows what he's talking about when he writes about what it would be like to experience the collapse of civilization in central Texas in the blazing summer heat of August.

I also really like the fact that the main characters are interesting. For instance, the character "Zed" isn't a bad ass who was a Green Beret, and he wasn't a prepper before the apocalypse. He's a bit of a loser, who graduated from UT with a philosophy degree yet works at Starbucks, and probably drinks too much and smokes too much weed, and is drifting through life thanks to a lack of motivation from his shitty childhood. He's not an angel, and he makes mistakes, and that makes him very easy to relate to.

I might also add that the book is laugh-out-loud funny in many places. The banter back and forth between Zed and Murphy is hilarious and very believable, and really made the characters come alive in my mind.

Read these books! You will thank me!
I'm writing this review after having read the entire series because I just couldn't come up for air long enough to do this until I did. Wow is the main word that comes to mind. I had the same complaint as many others in the beginning. Zed and Murphy's conversations always used too much of their formal names and even nicknames. However the further I got into the series the less this bothered me. IDK if this is because the characters used the names less or if I was just so captivated by the story I didn't notice. (something to think about in a reread I guess). And I WILL reread. So much happens so fast and with such detail I no doubt missed things in my hurry to get to the next chapter/the next book. Really I was captivated the entire series. Bobby Adair has such a unique take on Zombies I never once felt like I had read anything like this. Plus I feel like I could navigate Central TX just using this book as my guide. Great detail and description. I would also just like to say.... the ending to book 9...WOW. I was not expecting the emotions I felt as this portion of Zed's Story comes to an end. RIP Null Spot ;).
I read all 9 books in the series in about 3 weeks, and yes, I am an adult. Also, although I enjoy a zombie movie now and then, I am not a hardcore zombie fan, but I couldn’t put these books down. Here’s why

First of all, it is a testament to the author’s skill that he is able to write these books in the first person point of view. As I read the first few paragraphs I considered stopping right there because first person is severely limiting and is not done well nearly as often as it is attempted. But by the time I read a few more paragraphs, I was hooked. I read the nine books essentially non-stop.

Second, the main character is relatable, not so much because of his personal history pre-zombie times but because of how he thinks of himself, generally speaking. He’s a guy with a few emotional scars and a few strengths, and he’s just trying to find a place in the world. Now that the world has been zombie-fied, things get a bit more dramatic than before.

Third, the whole “slow burn” concept is a great twist on the whole zombie setting, one that I can’t recall being used in any other zombie story, ever.

Fourth, the author’s inventiveness surfaces over and over again, in clever and surprising ways. I don’t think there was a cliché or even a slightly tired scene in any of the 9 books. I won’t give anything away here, but you’ll see what I mean when he figures out how to refuel a piece of farm equipment.

Fifth, the author knows a few things about animal behavior, which he applies to the zombies. Clue various groups of zombies exhibit radically different behaviors.

Sixth, the pacing is great. Something is either happening or about to happen, and nowhere in the books does the author bore you with useless exposition.

Seventh, the dialogue is done well. Different characters sound like different people, and even in quiet scenes they talk like people exhausted and stressed in a world gone wacky, not like characters in a soap opera or half-baked sitcom. Oh, and there are some rather funny lines throughout the books.

Lastly, there are human interactions and emotions and growth that just happen to take place in the middle of some very wild zombie craziness. Long after you read these books, you WILL remember the main characters.

So, all in all, the Slow Burn series is VERY nicely done. I’ve told a bunch of people about these books, and only when I do that do I give a book 5 stars.