Parents' Guide to

The End Games

By Michael Berry, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 14+

Zombie adventure with a twist is a cut above most.

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age 13+

Based on 1 parent review

age 13+

Very dumb zombie apocalypse book.

This book tries to mix weird things into a zombie apocalypse book.

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There's no shortage of zombie novels these days, but THE END GAMES finds an interesting new wrinkle in the subgenre. Michael's attempt to protect his beloved brother by insisting that the end of civilization is a game that they can ultimately "win" gives the events in the novel a greater poignancy than is usually found in this kind of horror novel. Although the dialogue sometimes becomes repetitive, the action is relentless, and there are plot twists that most readers will not see coming.

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