Check out the following excerpts from Diane Donovan’s review:
“Below entices horror readers with a special brand of intrigue. It depicts a zombie pandemic that hits modern society, adding realistic elements of street crime, drugs, and illegal activities to set the new threat of apocalypse within a bigger picture of social disintegration and modern unrest.
Alaric Cabiling’s use of the first person viewpoint places the narrator’s readers smack in the middle of this environment, offering a bird’s-eye view of unfolding events as well as a personal connection to the ghetto life that birthed them.
Cabiling’s ability to cultivate both lines of insight within the context of a gripping horror story of how an already-malignant society faces its deadliest invasion creates food for thought, revealing not just survival tactics, but the cost of maintaining civilization on the backs of so much suffering.
Readers well versed in the horror genre will find this approach stands out from the crowd in many unexpected ways. Cabiling’s approach moves the plot from a survivor’s story to an examination of how zombies and life-challenging events reflect the greater divide between rich and poor and different strata of life in the Philippines.
The result is a powerful apocalyptic zombie story that moves well away from any hint of formulaic writing, immersing its readers in scenarios that are startling, socially revealing, filled with exquisite tension, and hard to predict.”
The full review will appear on the December 2024 edition of Midwest Book Review. Stay tuned.
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