First of all, if you're going to use a word to refer to what everyone already knows as a zombie, and if you're going to use that word 5581384604 times, try not to make it a mouthful. Five syllables just do not roll off the tongue. The author could have used synonyms from time to time, maybe invent a slang word that young folks in the village use for them, something. Anything. But it got to the point I started cringing at every mention of the "unconsecrated" in every other sentence of every other page. 
 In any case, I'm not sure how I came across this book. I read a description somewhere and I was intrigued, then I read a review that said it was clever and original, which made me eager to get started. But as the pages went on I realized how lifeless the narration was. Words and phrases repeated ad nauseum, as if the author's vocabulary and imagery started running thin halfway through. 
 What's worse, the characters were rather obnoxious, especially the protagonist, who was insufferably selfish. 
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 Countless things bothered me about this novel: 
 - Travis's death at the end was only there for the sake of the plot, to pull at the reader's heartstrings. Dramatic as it was, it felt cheap in how easily it could have been avoided. They were stuck in that village for days, maybe even weeks, and all they did was play house and pretend there wasn't a horde of zombies trying to kill them 24/7. How about spending all that time figuring out how to get out?Hell, even hunting a few zombies every day might have dwindled their numbers enough to make them negligible. They had plenty of weapons. But no, that's too logical. Instead let's have Mary ponder for days about whether she's more obsessed with the ocean or this boy with no discernible personality. Or the ocean. Or the boy. 
 - All that time spent developing a mystery around the Sisterhood and at the end it was for nothing. 
 - Mary seems to rationalize at the end that everyone would be proud of her for reaching the ocean. How self-centered do you have to be to leave your friends to possibly die in the forest while you run off to "chase after a dream?"