If you don't happen to have that particular perverse interest in zombie movies or after disaster stories there is absolutely no reason to read this book, but if you do like this sort of thing. This is a particularly well done zombie story. Mr. Brooks tells the story through a documentarian doing an Oral history after the war is over. So he gets to tell the story through lots of people in lots of circumstances. Much of the book is about how different governments would react to a zombie invasion. I don't think Brooks went for the obvious reactions that governments or individuals might have. He comes up with some truly unique ideas. Some of which I almost wish I never read. If you do happen to read the book his description of a “quisling” freaked me the f**k out. There are several sections that got pretty heavy on the technical description of military equipment and tactics which left me pretty cold (no pun intended). There were several very touching stories. If you are looking for scary, this isn't the right book. I genuinely enjoyed the story with all its flaws.