{"id":743,"date":"2013-10-04T19:19:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T23:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tsalan.com\/blog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2013-10-04T19:19:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T23:19:01","slug":"review-badass-zombie-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsalan.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/04\/review-badass-zombie-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Badass Zombie Road Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Originally written and published on zombietraining.com on October 4, 2013.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I will admit that I am tired of the whole zombie thing. Did a guy who writes mostly in that genre just say that? Yeah, I did. As an author of zombie stories and a film critic for both zombietraining.com and my own blog, it is a necessity that I read and watch all things zombie. Lately, I have watched so many zombie films and read a plethora of stories that have been genuinely uninspiring and a rehash of the same old plot\u2014a small band of survivors holding out against the threat of a zombie horde\u2014that I have seriously considered not writing anymore zombie stories. That was until I was asked to read Tonia Brown\u2019s <i>Badass Zombie Road Trip<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tsalan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/BZRT_cover-673x1024.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tsalan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/BZRT_cover-673x1024-197x300.jpg?resize=197%2C300\" alt=\"Review: Badass Zombie Road Trip TS Alan\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-746\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Badass Zombie Road Trip<\/i> is not just another zombie story about surviving in a post-apocalyptic zombie infested world. In fact it has nothing to do with a zombie apocalypse or its aftermath. Brown has taken an interesting turn on the genre and infused it with new life. Here she presents us with two friends, Jonah and Dale. The first is smart, kindhearted and good natured \u2014 a sweet and lovable looser \u2014 and the later, an uncouth, obnoxious foul-mouthed, unemployed womanizer\u2014you know, a real douche nozzle. They\u2019re two complete polar opposites that somehow manage to be best friends.<\/p>\n<p>On a road trip to Reno for a gig, Jonah and Dale stop at a diner to discuss where they want to go afterwards. Jonah suggests California so Dale can visit his estranged father, but Dale is adamant that California is a place that he never wishes to visit again, because of things that happened in his past. This, however, doesn\u2019t stop Jonah from doing what he thinks is right, uniting father and son.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tsalan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/toniabrown.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tsalan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/toniabrown.jpg?resize=200%2C205\" alt=\"toniabrown Review: Badass Zombie Road Trip TS Alan\" width=\"200\" height=\"205\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-744\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Waking from a nap, Dale realizes he\u2019s where he doesn\u2019t want to be, and the duo are quickly pulled over by a patrol officer who is anything but the law. The Lord of Darkness has come to claim Dale\u2019s soul for deeds of his past, and take it he does. However, Jonah isn\u2019t about to let sleeping corpses lie or his best friend lay to rot. So he makes a wager with Satan. If he can find Dale\u2019s soul within seven days, Satan will give it back. But if Jonah looses the bet, he has to pay the Devil his due with both their souls. However, Jonah can\u2019t drive around the country with the corpse of his friend in the back seat of the car, so Satan brings Dale back to an undead state with all the quirks of being a zombie\u2014the hunger for flesh and the fetid smell of a rotting corpse. And this is where the road trip hijinx, the trouble and the test of friendship begin.<\/p>\n<p><i>Badass Zombie Road Trip<\/i> is a deliciously funny and unique zombie comedy tale that you won\u2019t want to put down once you\u2019ve started.<\/p>\n<p>Now for the ratings\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Normally Zombie Training would rate a novel on the following categories: <em>Zombie Content<\/em>, <em>Entertainment Value<\/em>, and <em>Defense and Tactics<\/em>. Based on that we would give the book a <em>ZT Rating<\/em>, scoring it out of a possible 30 points to come up with a 1 \u2013 10 rating. However, it would be unfair to try and rate this book the usual way.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><i>So here is my summary<\/i><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><i>Badass Zombie Road Trip<\/i> is smartly written with well-developed characters, witting banter and outlandish situations. Although I found the first two chapters to be a bit wordy and in need of some minor trimming, it really kicks in when the Lord of the Underworld makes his appearance. If you loved the Pierce Brothers\u2019s 2011 zombie road comedy film <i>DeadHeads<\/i>, you\u2019ll truly enjoy this read. <i>Highly Recommended<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally written and published on zombietraining.com on October 4, 2013. I will admit that I am tired of the whole zombie thing. Did a guy who writes mostly in that genre just say that? Yeah, I did. 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