We were having dinner one night and my friend, I'll call him Piano Man, started telling me about this fictional book called World War Z. It follows a journalist's records about "the human experience" that took place during a zombie apocalypse. Piano Man's description of it captivated me so much that I think about reading it for another month. I didn't investigate it further, because I assumed that the content of the book would be fairly clean because of the nature of my friend.
Disclaimer: I am the type to watch PG-13 movies, not so much rated R. I do watch movies where the content isn't the most edifying, but there is a point when the content or language is stronger than I care for.
If you want a book that will give you nightmares, World War Z is for you! It has been 3 weeks since I stopped reading it and I'll still imagine Zombies traipsing across the parking lot, slowly coming towards me. Just imagine a mob of undead, decaying beings with perhaps their limbs missing, they might even be crawling (as you can only kill them by decapitation or blowing their brains out), and you see these creatures slowly making their way towards you through a big picture window at a restaurant you're eating at. Now imagine one of them reaching through said window and grabbing your significant other with every intention of eating them. Even if that loved one gets away with only a bite mark, they will be infected and will eventually turn I to a zombie anyway.
These are the thoughts that creep up when I'm not thinking about anything else!
I was only able to read the first 100 pages of this book because I didn't like how I felt after I would finish a chapter. Granted, the book is written from a post-war standpoint, and the accounts are narratives from victims of different classes and professions, which means I knew how it would end from the get go. I am a practicing Christian, and one of my leaders once told me that if I ever doubted if something was from God or not, I should ask myself "does it edify? Nope. Then it isn't from God."
Now I don't mean to sound self-righteous, I just try to not watch, read, or participate in anything that could be considered less than "edifying".
All in all, I can't do the zombie thing! What are some things you try to avoid because they make you feel less than comfortable?
--Ryan
