Review: Breathers by S.G. Browne

Andy is at rock bottom. He lives in his parents’ wine cellar, has no social life other than weekly support group meeting and appointments with a therapist who can’t be bothered to care. Worse, because he’s dead he has no rights to reclaim any semblance of a life. While it has threads of zombie apocalypse, Breathers is remarkably different because of its lead. First, Andy spends most of the book mute. Second, being an intelligent and overall nice guy it makes his journey to reclaim his life and deal with the seriously impairing injuries left behind by his death (including the mental ones and a few nasty revelations about his relationship with his parents, even before his death) means this zombie is an easy to relate to Everyman on a journey.

Breathers is a deeper read than your average zombie tale, but doesn’t forget its genre roots. Fun at times, terrifying at others and absolutely compelling. Highly recommended for public collections and an essential addition to modern zombie collections.

Contains: Sex, gore, language