Most of the book is 3 stars, while the end of it is definitely 4 stars. Holy crap there is some freaky stuff in here. For some reason, I thought this was more about aliens? And it wasn't at all about aliens. But it is definitely about zombies and the completely F***ED UP version of humanity that results. I did not enjoy the gore part of the book, especially when it's dogs being hurt (even if they are zombie dogs). I'm a baby though. The gore and slow beginning made it hard for me to get involved in the story, but it was kind of a cool twist to have (view spoiler)[superpowers!! well, sort of (hide spoiler)] in the story and the reasoning behind everything was interesting. Plus, the twists and turns at the end made it definitely worthwhile. I'm interested to read the next one.