Outbreak

Great Bitten, Book 1

By: Dawn Peers

Narrated by: Ian Gordon

Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

You're walking down the street in the early hours of the morning, in one of the most densely populated cities in the world, when you see something that makes the rational side of your brain itch. It has mortal wounds and shouldn't be walking, but it is, and if you hang around for too long, it will be heading towards you. How would you react? You survive the initial throes of civil unrest and the collapse of law and order. The world has become your playground. What kind of person do you become? You have never lived for anyone else except yourself. You are selfish. You like being alive. But you do have a conscience, and a soul. Who do you save first?

Warren is not a likeable man. Warren doesn't even like himself. But he does like existing, and he wants to continue doing it, no matter what hell is emerging around him. Being pragmatic and a bit of a git to boot, he doesn't find making the hard decisions difficult. What he does find out, is that the hard decisions are not necessarily the right ones. And being a bastard in life does not prepare you for the clashes that will ensue once the edges of society begin to blur and fade out. It isn't just the infected and the resurrected that Warren needs to be wary of, as he negotiates his way around the post-infection south coast in a haphazard attempt to keep himself and his family alive.

©2013 Permuted Press (P)2016 Dawn Peers

ok book

it was an ok read I like the characters and story line
let's see what the next book has in store

A Big Bite of Snarky Survivor

Any additional comments?

All in all a pretty good effort in a very overly crowded and well chewed genre. Zombies in the UK introduce a different level of challenges for survivors as evidenced here. The challenges of survival in a relatively gun free environment introduce new twists and difficulties. I think some of the choices made and mental blocks encountered are cultural and gives the story a different take that one sees in US based apocalyptic fiction.
This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBlast dot com.

Zombies take over the UK

well written story with a good take on the zombie apocalypse striking the UK. Good character and story development. Sticks to the standard zombie types and was a good listen. The narrator delivers on the voices, accents and lends life to the characters. Will look for the rest of the series as it comes out. I received this audiobook from the author narrator or publisher for free via audiobookboom in exchange for an unbiased review

👍👍WoW I'm Very Impressed 👍😁

1st Free book I recieved in which I REALLY like the story, characters, writing & narrator!!👍👍

Great amount of gore, creepy, humor, action, zombie kills, survival & a dash of sadness without utter depression!👍

Normally if/or when I get a free book more often then not even IF the story is well written, sadly the narrator would absolutely KILL the story. If I can not take the narrator (due to poor ability & obviously little practice in voice acting or reading allowed😢)


Great job on the narration Ian & very well written & characters development Dawn!! 🎉🎉
I WILL be looking for books by Dawn & narrations by Ian. 😉😃
I will also feel 100% comfortable paying for the books, as I know I whilst enjoy it & it will be worth the money.

5 stars all the way across the board.

By the way I left my review for free & it is completely voluntarily done by myself.

Snarky with some gore for flavor

~Disclaimer: I received a free audiobook copy of this book.~

“Remember, dear readers, I am not a storyteller and I am not a hero. This may not be the prettiest, nor the most eloquent tale you have ever read. I am a journalist, and I find the answers to the questions that people never thought to ask. This is what I am doing now; finding those answers for us all, so the world can be restored to some vague semblance of normality. But what I did first? There are nights I wake in a cold sweat in fear and shame at how I went through the first weeks of my survival. This is what I remember. This is what I did next when the UK fell down.” (Pg. 23)

I do love a main character who knows they aren’t the best human in the world. I like a flawed main character and Warren delivers that in spades. I found his perspective to be amusing and sometimes even relatable (because who among us never has had mean thoughts).

As I said in my last zombie review, I like zombie stories that aren’t centered in the USA. I’ve just oversaturated myself with them, and therefore find books set in other countries to be much more compelling.

The narrator does a good job. His voice is easy to listen to for long periods of time (I’ll admit I listened to this book in one day).

It does fall into some old tropes. Humanity is the real monster and the whole women are good for trade. I did find the gender divide of responsibilities to be a bit overdone.

I’ll probably continue the story, as the next book is available on KU. Is it a perfect zombie story? No. Does it entertain and have a lot of snark with gore thrown in? Yes. I give it a solid 3 stars overall. Not bad, and if you are looking for a new series worth a look-see. It doesn’t look like the other books in the series have an audiobook yet. The series is on KU, so if you have it already, picking up the first book costs you nothing, but time.

I will note a quick first aid thing. Don’t remove things that are piercing folks. When Warren rips a shard of glass that had impaled someone, and then bound the injury, I was like that is a huge NO-NO. Better to leave it in and not have someone bleed out.

Lots of fun

This story follows your typical zombie apocalypse story line. To some that may make it less interesting, but I really enjoy the genre. The narrator does a great job, and the story moves at a good pace. I enjoyed this and look forward to the next part (if there is one).

Overall, I enjoyed listening to this book

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes, to those that enjoy zombie books.

Any additional comments?

The protagonist was kind of an A-hole. It was a little refreshing from all the "I must save everyone" protagonist. I look forward to the next book in the series. The narrator did an okay job. I think he could have done a better job with differentiating the characters. I received this audiobook for free through Audiobook Boom for my unbiased review.

Worth a Listen

Overall this is a decent book. It is a typical and fairly realistic interpretation of how some people would act during a zpoc. Check it out.

Zombies across the pond

Any additional comments?

Entertaining, enjoyable and interesting. The zombie apocalypse unfolding in Great Britain.

During a zombie outbreak would you really turn over a weapon you had, even if the government ordered it? That's a no. Any government that would make the request is out of their mind.

When the story begins it's 40 months after the zombie apocalypse has started. Warren a former journalist is writing a journal recounting the events that have happened to his group up to the present. He states right at the start he is going to recount the events in the minutest detail he can. There is not a lot of action until the last half of the story.

Warren Fielding his sister Carla and his brother-in-law Rick are trying to survive the best way they can.
Warren is full of sarcasm and snark, he tends to speak before he thinks at times. He's doing the best he can to keep them all safe. It's a learn as you go scenario(obviously) which adds to the different situations they find themselves in. Warren and his family are in no way "preppers" so they use what they have to survive. In the search for safety they end up in a situation they never could have imagined.

While there is humor and sarcasm through out the story, for me it was not the laugh out loud sarcasm/humor that fills the Zombie Fallout series by Mark Tufo. Warren may however be the British distant cousin version of that series MC Mike Talbot. There is a distinct difference between British and American humor, as well as the phrases they use. I think this effects how well each person enjoys the story.

Some things that didn't make sense to me. Why did they wait so long to board up their house? Where is any kind of authority? Things like electricity, internet etc. seemed to last longer than you would think.

Ian Gordon did a pretty good job with the narration. Pleasant voice. Smooth even pace. Not much difference between male character voices. His female voices were believable. I think a little more difference in the character voices would have really helped the sarcasm come through better. While he was able to convey the different emotions of the characters he needed more emotion in the action parts of the story.
The audio has a bit of a "hollow" sound to me in the beginning. I got used to it easily and it had no effect the overall enjoyment of the story. This just may be the difference in studio styles.

Dawn Peers aka Warren Fielding has written a pretty darn good offering in the zombie genre. It was good enough that it kept me listening in one sitting and I will continue with the series to find out what happens next.

This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBoom

Zombie mayhem in the U.K.

It was an enjoyable story.

I liked that the characters had a bit of an absurdist sense of humor as the world caved in around them. It made a serious story not so serious at times which I enjoyed. It may simply have been British humor, but the way it was written reminded me a bit of Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide series.

The ending left me wanting more.