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Rot & Ruin

By: Jonathan Maberry
Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
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Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry’s Rot & Ruin is his debut work for young readers. Fifteen-year-old Benny Imura lives in a world infested with zombies where, when a kid turns 15, he must get a job to continue receiving food rations. Benny has no interest in the family business of zombie killing, but figures he doesn’t have much of a choice. He’s tried out a bunch of other jobs, and hasn’t found anything he likes. But as Benny starts training with his brother, he learns things about being human that he never expected.

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Very good. I found this transcended age . The young and old will find this audio book enjoyable.

Totally agree with the first review

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You would think from the title and the premise, the story will be all Zombie attacks and fights all the way. It’s not. If you are not fan of the walking dead, please to not be deterred by the title. It’s a wonderful coming of age story with a zombie-infested apocalypstic-world twist. I eagerly await the sequel!

Great coming of age book

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Truly loved this story. Was better than originally had thought it would be. A must for all Zombie heads.

Amazing story

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Maberry, with his quick paced narrative style and good sense of character development, has written another action-packed page-turner and remains my favorite brand of brain candy.

Wonderful Brain Candy

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great reader voice really cool characters and it's the kind of story that you just want to keep listening

Great series!

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the first 20 chapters didn't catch my attention but I was told to continue past that and after chapter 20 is when it became semi decent. The story needed more details but overall it's a good read

reading the series

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

The book comes across a bit immature at times. Benny is a 15 year old boy and the Author does a pretty good job of getting that across... Almost to a fault though.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

Following Benny's admiration change from Charlie to his Brother is both interesting and odd at times. It seems forced at some points and then other times happens exactly how I would expect it.

Which character – as performed by Brian Hutchison – was your favorite?

Tom Imura was spot on an older Brother and performed excellently by the narrator .

Could you see Rot & Ruin being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Honestly it seems more like a TV Series to me, and one I would most likely watch.

A bit childish but...still worth a read/listen

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Would you consider the audio edition of Rot & Ruin to be better than the print version?

The narrator developed a personality with each character. Not sure if I would be that precise reading it

What other book might you compare Rot & Ruin to and why?

I'm reading the rest of the series & looking to read other from Mayberry

What does Brian Hutchison bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Emotional

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes but didn't have the time

Great story & narration

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This book was great it never got boring and the story was very good and I bet I’ll like the other books

Very good book

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This was fun and different. A little too wordy. Characters seem to speechify when they should be fighting, and they take chances for no reason other than to add drama. Cartoonish, but fun.

Fun read.

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