So glad I revisited Timothy Long's "Among the Living" - The 1st in a 2 book series. I did not remember all the details as I went to re-listen. Timothy Long's work has always stood out for me, and as a result am always looking to see if he has any new releases. He just struck a chord with me from the very first book. I enjoyed this one more the second time and developed a deeper appreciation for the characters. Lots of intensity (not knowing who would and wouldn't make it to the next episode) The...

Dear Library of the Living Dead:I say this as a fan of the Post-Apocalyptic genre, and zombies in particular.Please stop. Please stop putting out sub-par material, thereby making the genre a laughing stock among everyone else. Failing that, since I'm sure you want to jump on the "Walking Dead" bandwagon: Please publish writers who have some semblance of a plot and know what research is. Please don't publish writers whose maturity level peaked in tenth grade. Please hire a proofreader, or an edit...

This story was gory, disgusting and terrifying, everything a zombie novel should be. I loved it! The descriptions painted a very vivid picture. I'll have nightmares for weeks, but I can't wait until the next installment comes out! A number of reviewers seem to have issues with the grammar and spelling. I can't say I really noticed the errors as I was reading, but I might be more forgiving than some readers. If you are someone who is offended by those type of errors, this might not be the book (o...

I have mixed feelings about this one. In a lot of ways it's a pretty typical zombie outbreak story, and although it has some interesting points the proof reading and editing is terrible. The story follows several groups of people in Seattle over a period of a couple of days as they begin to realise what's going on, and then do something to survive it.The story itself isn't bad for the genre. It kept me reading and although it wasn't massively original it did have some fun and exciting parts. How...

What do a depressed newspaper reporter, a death metal vocalist, a hedonistic drug dealer and a female serial killer/samurai have in common? They're about to have a front row seat for the end of the world. These Seattle residents are all going about their lives as usual when a strange new virus outbreak hits, causing painful death, instant reanimation and an insatiable hunger for human flesh and blood to all who come in contact with it. In Timothy Long's Among the Living, we get a somewhat differ...

A solid zombie novel, but nothing that makes it really stand out in such a large genre other than the location. If you are from or familiar with Seattle and the surrounding area it definitely enhances the quality of this read.I listened to it as an audio book, which seems to be a good thing. Reading some other reviews there was a lot of writing quirks that I didn't notice too much as an audio book. I'm not sure if this is Long's first novel, but it has that feeling of an early book that isn't al...

Thank god I didn't pay for this.This is an absolutely awful, juvenile, amateur attempt at a zombie novel - quite possibly the worst I've ever read. I should have put it down when I read this line:...reaches the fence but keeps trying to walk forward like a retarded kid.Then I read this line:He slams it back home and jerks the barrel back so there is one in the chamber...and decided I'd keep reading for the laughs. I made quite a few more notations on my Kindle, but I won't bother to transcribe t...

First off, I'm a big fan of Timothy W. Long's work. He submitted a short story to the witches anthology I am editing and I was instantaneously hooked on his writing. I then became a fan of his completely hilarious and gruesome online blog called “The Zombie-Wilson Diaries.” It has been snatched up for publication by the Library of the Living Dead Press and I am thrilled to be the editor.But despite my great love for Timothy Long’s work, I had yet to read “Among the Living.” When I found out I wo...

This book had the potential for more stars, but fell short with some lack of substance and too many characters. The apocalypse unfolds nicely, as word of a "gas leak" and a government coverup. Totally believable even if you get a little frustrated with the refusal of many to believe it. The main heroes are explored very well- with the exception of Ginder- who is absolutely useless to the whole plot. Mike, who has suffered his own loss of his young son some year prior, adds a component of loss be...

Among The Living takes place in Seattle and starts out sharing with the reading audience the lives of four different people in the city. The author uses both third and first person perspectives as we go through the routines of their days. Hints of the start of an undead uprising are sprinkled throughout the story but much of the early part of the book keeps that as background noise for most of the characters...there is a gas leak in a neighborhood, it is cordoned off, there are strange stories o...

This review is also on My Book Addiction as part of #zOctober2013! Holy. Crap. Among the Living is all kinds of mess-you-up-in-the-head goodness! This story is strange and wonderful, and I couldn’t stop reading it.This is a story about the first days of the apocalypse. The residents of Seattle are informed of a “gas leak,” an obvious cover up to keep people from panicking. The scenario is presented from several different POV’s, all very interesting and peculiar characters that took me by surpris...

Imagine a world crammed tight to its undead gills with lifeless souls who would happily feast upon your brains.. actually scrub that - we're already there right?So anyways, Among The Living by Timothy Long is that rarest of gems in the sea of Zombie fiction in that it's excellent.I wont give any spoilers here other than to say Timothy has breathed depth and life into the stars of his novel. I actually cared about the people whose lives were being turned upside down in a world gone insane.So if z...

The plot and story that surrounds it is excellent, I just have a tremendously hard time with the present tense style.I kept getting caught up in it and to me it detracted from the story itself.Long is a great zombie author, and he deserves all his good reviews. The tense style is just not for me.

Somewhat dated, standard zombie fare, this time in Seattle.

Among the Living is a US-based horror story, set in Seattle. This is a review of the unabridged audio version of the book.I *really* liked this work. Set in first and third person perspectives and showing us the lives of four different protagonists, it gives us a glimpse in to their lives and personalities (mostly) before the outbreak sets in. The characters are very different people, and the building-work for each of them is dealt with effectively by Long. I found myself disliking two of them i...

I can understand now why so many people had issues with the reactions and thoughts of the characters. However, I find it so refreshing to have anti-heroes. I think too many books, about post apocalyptic life, are filled with survivors that are morally superior. In reality, we would have a wider variety of survivors, if not a larger number of street-smart, morally ambiguous people. I loved the rawness of Kate and Lester...despite the fact that they are written as the dregs of society.If anything,...

I was not going to read this book. I am glad I did. the characters were vivid. There were a lot of different characters to keep reading interesting - you just have to keep up with who everyone is and where they are.I liked the take on the zombies - actually thinking about them, their families, how others reacted to them. Truthfully - I slept with the light on for a while, and avoided my neighbors. ( I have a overactive imagination, okay).

Fabulous zombie novel with some of the most interesting characters ive read about in a long while. Wrote from the perspective of several different characters from day one of the zombie apocalypse. Can not wait for the next!!

Among the Living is a story that follows four people in Seattle at the beginning of a virus outbreak that turns people into "deaders". The four main characters are very different from each other (see book description above for most of their details) and their viewpoints of the outbreak and how they handle the emotional aspects of it are very interesting. The story is told in third person with three of the characters, but changes to first person with Mike for some reason. I'm not sure why this is...