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Alisa S' Book Review
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The title of this book, Generation Dead, may seem pretty weird when you first look at it. Or the cover, which is a picture of a cheerleader, people may think it looks stupid, but as many people say, "Don't judge a book by it's cover." and that is very true when it comes to this story.When you pick up Generation Dead you may be surprised. The story starts off immediately with threats, fights, and many more exciting features. Daniel Waters also captures the world of today's teens and mixes it with a science-fictional feel with other teens coming back from the dead. He helps put the reader in the characters shoes, so during the story it’s not hard to feel the same emotions that the characters in the book are feeling.When most people think of zombies they think of things with limbs torn off, a hunger for human flesh, and the weird shuffle/walk. But, the "Living-Impaired”, as they are called in this book, are different than the zombies that we usually think of. They are a light blue color due to the lack of blood in them, they actually don’t eat anything, and they are like most teens other than the fact that they may seem a bit “slower” than others, literally The ones in this book have to learn to walk and talk all over again. Also unlike other zombies these zombies have the ability to love people, they have emotions and feelings. That is one of the factors that helps them be more like normal people. The ones who have any kind of human love in their lives then they are more like normal humans.Water's has also filled this book with many themes such as love, jealously, hate, horror, suspense, and humor all rolled into one. This book keeps you on the edge of your seat constantly wondering what will happen to the characters on the next page. It’s very exciting and it will keep you reading until the very end because there are many exciting plots and you never know when another fight will break out or if the people that like each other will finally get to be together.If you are tired of not being able to find a good book or you’re tired of always having to read boring books, I highly recommend this book to teen girls who love to read and even some guys might like it as well. It's a good book with easy reading that will never leave questions unanswered and it definitely will not leave you wishing you had picked a different book.