Since I’ve had so much commuting time on my hands, I’d had the opportunity to read five books in two months - Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Fall and The Night Eternal, Doctor Who’s Apollo 23, Chris Hardwick’s The Nerdist Way, and now S.G. Browne’s Breathers.

Being Meg’s favourite novel - I knew that I had to give it a read and figure out what all the fuss was about. The novel imagines a world where re-animation is possible, and people come back from the dead all the time and are treated poorly by the government and community. These zombies are slowly decaying, but their brains still function properly and they even have a sense of humour. 

I thought the book was okay, it’s not really my style of book (I’m not as crazy about zombies as some people I know) but I was still engrossed enough to want to finish the novel and see what happened to these people who have been tossed aside by society for being undead, regardless of their ability to speak, formulate thought and otherwise be normal aside from decomposing. 

I also kept thinking about how the novel seemed to draw parallels between the struggles of the undead and that of the minorities currently facing the same issues in our society - but I was probably reading too much into it. 

It’s a decent book, and it comes highly recommended by Meg, and now I too can say that if you like zombies, romance, drama and carnage - check it out (before it becomes a movie).

Buy it on Amazon.ca:
Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament