Zombicorns by John Green | Book Review

This short novella was given away as an E-book during the 2010 Project for Awesome, a charity event run by the Vlogbrothers in which youtube users donate and make videos about their favourite non-profits.  It feels slightly strange reviewing this, as it was never really meant to be read! In the preface, John Green describes it as a “bad zombie apocalypse novella” and a “steaming mess of prose”, which should give you some idea what we’re up against!

I feel privileged to say that I have a physical copy which I picked up at Leakycon 2014, with thanks to the HPA Apparating Library and Greg (The Nobel Helium) for having it printed and bound.

At 72 pages, I slipped it sneakily in between two lectures and blasted through it in one sitting, and I have to say, it’s not as bad as John honourably claims.   

Mia lives in the Chicago of the future, which is infested with Zombie’s, or Z’s who spread the disease by corn. (As a side note, I’ve only just realised that Z’s is pronounced ‘zee’, not ‘zed’, which seems to make a lot more sense in my little English head.) Right, so Mia runs into another girl, Caroline, who finds pleasure in killing the Z’s. Both characters were very interesting, and whilst the plot is patchy and disjointed which was expected, it’s still easy to follow and quite exciting! Groundbreaking moral questions about how we could ever kill another human are interwoven into the plot, keeping the reader enticed.

In summary, I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re looking for a novel about Unicorns.
I would recommend it if you’re looking for a kinda funny, you-can-see-it-happening-if-you-were-in-their-situation sort of zombie apocalypse novella!

You can read a copy online here

(Also her dog is called Mr. President, which I love LOVE love and may steal for my future pet)

Best Wishes and DFTBA