Short Take: “Trudge,” Shawn Chesser

Pros: Some decent material
Cons: Bland, familiar ground; appropriate title
Rating: 2.5 out of 5

Shawn Chesser’s Trudge: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse (Volume 1) is an aptly-named book. It felt like trudging through the fairly standard zombie tale. The characters didn’t appeal to me. The action scenes were better than other parts, but otherwise felt standard at best. There was the introduction of IEDs to the mix, which was interesting. But nothing else set it apart from other books of its kind. It felt familiar and bland.