An incredibly introspective and thoughtful zombie apocalypse novel, although it does get a little too introspective and thoughtful at times. In much of the first third of the novel, there's not much in the way of zombie action, or any action. If I hadn't been for the relatively short length of the novel (~250 pages), I very well may have given up on the book. But I'm glad I didn't. As the characters begin to share their stories about the apocalypse and how they survived, the book becomes addictively readable.