The New Kind

by Chris G.

 In a similar world, a human Jessie, gets in a car crash, and passes away. After she is buried, she arises from the ground, reborn a zombie. The Indiana woods are crawling with gangs of zombies what are appearing. Jessie is part of a gang, the Fly-By-Nights. They go about all of the things that gangs do, only undead. Then one day, the gang stumbles across a strange new creature, which is neither human nor zombie. A plague spreads. and the human race is diminishing to these creatures. Jessie must choose to run, or to stay and fight….

The novel Dust by Joan Frances Turner is a new look on the mythology of zombies. The book is a clear cross between creepy and interesting. It sheds a light on the true light on a story of the undead, and overall causes the reader to think about the mystery of the undead.

I found the book very thrilling at some points. Starting off reading it, I thought that it would be a story of classic zombies, an army of them storming a city and challenging the human living race. The plot is very interesting, how the humans are challenged by a plague, and not directly the zombies themselves. I think that this is a way to convey a new plot, being the zombies fighting the strange new race, and add more suspense and conflict to the reading.

I would recommend this novel to people who enjoy a book about the mysteries of life and death, or a book of intrigue. It is very interesting to read because of the inclusion of zombies being a race and acting in behaviour that we might or might not think they do. It is nice to see other people’s portrayal of the undead, and what Turner’s portrayal of zombies is. If you like to read books that address seemingly unreal entities, then this is the book for you.