Review: Zombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead

Zombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead Zombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead by Jonathan Maberry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received an audio copy of this title from the publisher through NetGalley.

This was all it was advertised to be: A great analysis of the zombie craze that's been taking over popular culture in recent years. More specifically, it digs deep down, looking into the extensive police procedures and forensics in a sample case of a zombie outbreak. This gives a realistic approach to how a plague might begin and the likelihood of it raging out of control.

All in all we got some great perspectives from the professionals and experts, and their results were equal parts reassuring and frightening.

This made for a great audiobook too, as it was a very interesting listen that I could take with me while driving or doing other tasks.

The only thing I could add is that as this was originally written in the 2010-11 timeframe, it would have been useful to get an update on world events and zombie media in the ten years or so since then. While The Walking Dead comic series was mentioned, it would have been fun to include the television series. And more importantly, discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic would have made for some great comparisons. I wouldn't have rewritten the whole book, but perhaps a couple of add on chapters to address the recent events would have been useful.

Or perhaps...a sequel? hmmm

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