Monday, April 29, 2013
World War Z
Alright, so I try to give every book the benefit of the doubt, but this book was just yucky. I felt so confused the whole time and I still have o idea what the main characters name is even. I guess I could understand why some people would find this book interesting, but it just wasn't for me. I really don't think this is an in class teachable book. I feel it would be better suited on the classroom bookshelf for students to check out at free will. I feel as though I would have been better prepared to read this book if I had a good geography lesson ahead of time. Also, since I'm not an avid history buff, I really didn't know what parts were made up and what were true. For example, the part towards the beginning where the guy talks about the Israelis being moved, I feel like that's true, but I really have no clue. I don't know, this book just didn't do it for me.
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Kelsey, I couldn't agree more... "yucky" pretty much sums it all up! I was confused until I got that it was just interviews and not a continuous story. I think the thing that made me the most confused was the frickin' trailer for the movie they are making about the novel. In the trailer, Brad Pitt's character appears to be trying to save his wife and two daughter by fighting with the U.S. government against the zombies... The novel is nothing like that!! Ugh....
ReplyDeletePrefacing this book with an introduction about the style would be essential if you were going to teach this. Students may get overwhelmed by the constant changing of the characters and the interview style writing, but discussing this with students beforehand would be helpful.
ReplyDeleteI do think bringing in other information about the zombie craze would be great for students. Using "The Survival Guide" like we used in class would hopefully provide some further information for readers, not to mention it is pretty fun.
Thanks for the blog posts this semester!
-Allison