Gigantic waste of time
582295
This was awful. Way too long. Completely unlikeable characters except for the main character's best friend (who we see 3 times tops) and weirdly enough Elizabeth's mother, of all people (but she was!). At one point Mr Darcy (who is a complete snobbish classist PRICK in this and unattractive to boot) says he can't marry the main character because "she's not a maiden". Then five minutes later he decides to marry her after all and her lack of virginity is never brought up again. The plot doesn't make sense (and there are about a million different plots, all of them nonsensical), the characters and the way they behave doesn't make sense, the acting is AWFUL, the writing for the most part makes me cringe. The main character would have been locked into an asylum in less than a week with the way she acts in this. I *love* fanfiction,and I love fandom, so I don't understand why only the most s***ty fanfiction (and this is definitely self-insert Mary Sue stuff) is the stuff that gets attention from Hollywood or whatever England's equivalent would be. And I *wanted* to like this, is the thing, which is why I must adamantly give it only one star. Truly terrible.
3174887
Poor dialogue, paper thin characters, contrived and shallow plot, graphic, unimaginative, unending sex. All the main characters in this book are smart, attractive, sexually talented, come from good families, have lots of money, travel internationally, know several languages, have caring parents and siblings, and ideal relationships and kids. Perfect circumstances and people do not make for a good story! I couldn't relate to the characters in the book, the poor writing and the snooze inducing absurd plot didn't help. A total waste of time. Would have given 0 if I could.
2100997
This novel, in all of its 351 page glory, was an absolute waste of time. First of all, it takes the reader to have read over 150 pages of the novel, before the central conflict is even introduced.  It takes over 150 pages to describe an event in one single day.  The author uses many run-on sentences and loves to describe things to death.  I have to admit that the first couple of chapters were very well written and interesting.  After those first two chapters, the novel pretty much flatlined.  The worst was about 2/3 of the way into the novel, the ravages of war were described in too much detail and really took away from the romance of the novel.  Not to mention, there was hardly any dialogue during these parts of the novel-just banal, endless descriptions.  The most insufferable part was about the last six pages-I couldn't bring myself to finish the last six pages of it, I had to skim it and put the book down.  This is one of the few times you would be better off watching the movie-it was a little bit better than the book.  I honestly don't know what the hype is about!
2048170
I tried. I really, really tried first to like, then to have an open mind, and finally settled for simply enduring.  What a waste of my time reading this book was!  Like other reviewers, I was seduced by all the 5 star accolades.  I even found myself wondering if perhaps the fault was my own as I found myself wondering what in the world they were talking about when they said this was such a great book.  This book is terrible.  Nonsensical and quite simply a really big waste of time.
999208
A complete waste of time. Took way too long to demonstrate the main character finally had a heart and too much 'trash' in between. Just terrible, down hill slide for the main character++.
2878194
This was a total waste of my time.  Everything in this should be painfully obvious to anyone who takes the time to read it.  Also, the authors put there blinders on; if all you want to do is collection wealth, eat PB&Js and ramen,  While I still qualify as wealthy via their formula, I understand that quality needs to play into the mix and they do not seem to understand this concept.
3623365
What a complete waste of time. Here's what happens: You heft this big book with its mysterious looking photo on the front and start reading. Half way through you realize the plot has gone NOWHERE. All you've gotten is 250 pages of character development and dialog. Zero plot. Zero intrigue. Zero mystery. No excitement and not a clue where this story is heading. It's like Meltzer was writing and couldn't figure out where to take the story. Finally 3/4 of the way through the book you get a glimpse of the plot but it's not until the last 20-30 pages that you actually figure out what the hell is going on! Then it wraps itself up in the last two paragraphs almost instantly! The whole book could've been wrapped up in 150 pages.
1444561
Though compared to some truly great fantasy in the description and despite all the glowing reviews I read, this book is, at best, a total waste of time. It reads like a really bad piece of fanfiction. Characters are 1 dimensional at best, the plot is contrived and mediocre, and the universe is a hodgepodge of meaningless cliches wrapped in a bundle of banality. I'd like to get my money back and then some for the pain and suffering of having sat and read this entire "book".
1441471
Terrible waste of time. Description says it's a continuation of the series, which is stretching the truth.  Yes, there are additional elements added, but there is no story.  it's a summation of events. "I'm James and here's the stuff that happened after she was shot through the baby and oh there were a couple more kids, too"  The description also says it's told from the viewpoints of James, Stephan, Tristan, and Akira.  Well, Tristan has a bit part in a couple of chapters but nothing is told from his perspective.  Akira and Lana aren't even mentioned.  I just don't understand what the point of this book is.  if it were an actual fleshed out story, it would be good. Instead, it's a beefed up outline of a story that could be told.  It feels unfinished and is ultimately unsatisfying.
4153758
What a waste of time. This novel was "written" purely to generate revenue. This was the best zombie series ever. Non-stop action until this book. Now it is as if someone totally different has written this book. For anyone reading this series, you can skip this book altogether. Nothing is accomplished. Nothing is resolved. It is full of snooze-inducing filler. The same ole same over and over again. This series was so great that I read Book 5 twice . . completely. Book Zero was also excellent. Book 6 was borderline but at least moved at a decent pace. This Book Seven was a complete and total waste of my time. I found myself skimming the paragraphs of lengthy useless information and military jargon just to get thru it. Come on guys, your excellent action series deserves better. If you want to generate more revenue, just start a new series. Don't ruin this one. I can't tell you how many people I recommended this series to and now this book ruins it and is, quite frankly, an embarrassment. I will read Book 8 only because I have already purchased it. However, if it is full of filler and drag-on like this one, I am done with the series and will bid Mr. James & company a sad farewell. Many E-book authors of zombie novels do this. They drag it on and on and on. There comes a point where the story is over. End it and start a new one. There should be no more than 3 more books to this series and the world should either be all dead or on the mend.

There are a few (very few) excellent authors who write know how to write zombie novels. Sadly Glynn James has lost his place among the great ones in my opinion. Awful, just awful
1613894
If I could give it less than one star I would. Huge waste of time to watch this movie.
2086516
This book is a gigantic waste of time.  I shouldn't have bought the second or third books.  They're clearly both written by an author who's either contractually committed to writing a certain amount of books for his publisher or is just interested in doing the least amount of effort to get a paycheck.

The first book in the series was ok, but the author never fleshed out the characters, the world or the conflict.  The author relies on a bunch short stories that have no added context and cliff hangers to get people to keep buying his books.  You'd get half of a semi-coherent novel if you combined the 3 books in this series together.  At a $5 a piece, this series is a rip off.  At $1 a book, it'd still be a rip off.

Do yourself a favor, go read Sanderson's Mistborn or Rothfuss's In the Name of the Wind instead.
2761270
I mostly read sci-fi and I have noticed that more than one author has turned out a lame novel late in their career. That is what happened here. It is really a pathetic excuse for a novel and not worthy of even a second year lit major. And the publisher stretches out the torture by using preposterously large print and you really cannot get even a short thought onto one line, it is annoying to attempt to read.

The plot and the plot devices are childish. The premise of some spontaneous worldwide animal revolt is idiotic and not well presented. The attempt at gratuitous sexuality is on a middle school level. Thong undies bought at a dollar store, right. This book is two grade levels below the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew.

Do not waste your time on this book.
2637226
Absolutely one of the worst books I've ever read.  I really gave it a valiant effort and finished a third of the book.  It's complete nonsense. No plot development,  no character depth,  no time-line of any sort.  The author tried entirely too hard to make some semblance of sci-fi and failed miserably.  I had to put it down at the part where 2 characters were set in year 1100 AD and were eating venison raw and bloody, carrying axes but had their  "proxies" (best described as futuristic somehow created artificial intelligence representation of themselves) bring them horses.  But no one else can see these "proxies".  To say the book is convoluted is a nice statement. Just so glad it was on kindle unlimited  and didn't waste money on it.
4112255
There is a huge vacancy in character development. The whole book is put forth in such a way that I found it impossible to suspend disbelief. The copy editing was flawless, but someone surely should have recognized that there seriously needed to be more time spent fleshing out  the details to make this a real story. I downloaded this title for free with no stipulations and consider it to be a waste of time and storage space.. I will place this author on my personal do not read list. At his age one would think that he would be capable of reading his own work and realize when it is as half baked as this is and withhold it from publication.
2789884
A waste and an insult. The author spends thousands of words stating the obvious: that people are maxed out.
This laborious introduction is a complete insult to busy readers who don't have the time to slog through lots of excess verbiage.
Note to Mr. Allen:

GET TO THE POINT!
LEARN HOW TO WRITE!
STOP WASTING OUR TIME!

I wouldn't pay this guy a nickel to consult at my company.
He obviously has no respect for people's time.

This book is a farce
3111857
I'm PO'd at myself for reading the whole thing. An utter waste of time. The author never explains how his America hero is qualified, by reason of education and/or experience, to be a "consultant" hired by New Scotland Yard. He ineptly stumbles into ludicrous situations. He doesn't find the culprits so much as they find him. In one notable scene, the villain stabs him and he nearly bleeds to death, but 2 hours later he slips out of the hospital to confront the killer singlehandedly. If you like this genre then I suggest Lee Child, Michael Connelly, John Sandford or any of a dozen other authors. This story is soooo bogus.