This novel really made me think about the movie, Zombieland. Many of the same survival skills, battle tactics, and even a bit of humor is in both. The Zombie Survival Guide tells how to survive the Zombie apocalypse, whereas Zombieland tells a (fictional) personal account of a guy, alone in a Zombie land, finding his way to safety. Along the way, he befriends a few people who join him on his travels. He develops his own tips and tricks on how to fend off Zombies and has a whole novel of tips stored in his brain. In both, we learn the hardships during a Zombie apocalypse and how to survive them.
In my last blog post, I stated that the Zombie Survival Guide doesn't prepare you for emotional hardship. The movie, on the other hand, does show the pain that the main character suffered as he watched civilization deteriorate due to the rise of the undead. He watched the girl he 'liked' transform (and even attack him!) and all of his friends and family either died or transformed.
I would definitely recommend reading the novel and watching the movie (in that order) because once you know all the survival skills from the novel, you can watch the movie and compare and contrast (It's actually really fun, I did it myself!).
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