So I recently finished Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist; author of Let the Right One In. If are not familiar with Lindqvist work he tends to take traditional horror subjects and places them into a personal setting. My reaction to this style has been one of personal interest into the characters and how they react to new developments.
Handling the Undead is no different, following several families after for unexplained reasons the dead reawaken in Stockholm. The main questioned asked is how does one handle death when there seems to be a cure? And as the story develops, these families learn that the 'reliving' are now a shell of their former selves.
Deeply personal, with very exciting moments. Lindqvist uses Zombies as a way to explore how we handle a death to someone close to us, and how it changes our lives. He also shows how different the reactions are from a death that is personal to one that is distant, as in something you hear on the news.
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