Pavlov’s Dogs by D.L. Snell, Thom Brannan
My rating: 4/5 cats
zombies.
werewolves.
armageddon.
that is the tag line along the top of this book.
THERE IS NO SEQUENCE OF WORDS THAT COULD MAKE ME WANT TO READ A BOOK MORE THAN THOSE.
just, wow.
this book is about a seeecret government facility on an island where soldiers are being turned into werewolf (well, actually, dog, but the cover says “werewolves,” so i am going to say werewolves because the cover doesn’t listen to me when i gently correct it) anyway, so “werewolf” fighting machines. right?? and they battle each other for dominance in this fighting ring and they growl and they spar, but when they turn back into humans, they are pretty nice guys, mostly. OH AND ALSO when they are in dog form, they have super healing abilities which can come in useful.
BUT THEN OH NO ZOMBIES!!!
WHO COULD HAVE FORSEEN ZOMBIES?????
so the scientists and administrators have to make a decision. do we send out these dogs to fight the zombies? or do we cower in here and protect our investment?
HOLY SHIT OF COURSE YOU SEND THEM OUT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE FREAKING AWESOME!!!!
there are many details that i am not going to go into, because you are going to read this book BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT WEREWOLVES (koff – dogs) ATTACKING ZOMBIES!!! AND PEOPLE!! AND EACH OTHER!! OOPS SPOILER ALERT!!!! but not really.
there is a lot of blood. and cage-fighting. and essplosions. and amateur brain surgery. and other stuff like badassery:
“I’m a realist, Miss Randall. If you show me a glass, I see it as neither half-empty nor half-full. I see enough water to drown a man, if I can find a way to put it in his lungs.”
wonderful imagery:
a zombie falls from a greater height onto a surging horde of other zombies “like a crowd surfer at a wake.”
ZOMG, and did i mention??
zombie. clowns.
seriously, this book is so much fun. is it the best-written book i have ever read?? welll….no. but it might be the best-written book i have ever read by two people. so stick that in your pie-hole and smoke it.
HOW DID MO YAN WIN THE NOBEL WHEN THIS BOOK EXISTS???
