Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller
Written by Ben Tripp
Narrated by Kirsten Potter
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About this audiobook
Ben Tripp
After attending the Rhode Island School of Design for illustration, Ben Tripp worked as an experiential designer for more than twenty years, creating theme parks, resorts, museums, and attractions worldwide. He is the author of the horror novels Rise Again, Rise Again: Below Zero, and The Accidental Highwayman, his first book for young adults. He lives with his family in Los Angeles.
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Reviews for Rise Again
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Absolutely fantastic. A female lead in which it’s not stressed all the time.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Could have been shorter. I found my self skimming through the more drawn out areas of the story.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5looking forward to number 2. not a mind
bender. ok. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5awesome book! wish it was longer. i think I'm addicted
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I probably would have given it 3.5 stars but I rolled back because I didn't like it enough for 4.
What I really liked was that it was gory and violent and that the main character was a bad ass woman Marine. I have a soft spot for bad ass women Marines... - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This zombie apocalypse novel starts out slow and meanders a bit before it really hits a groove. I felt parts could have been edited down a bit. Rise Again's apocalypse is a biological attack that causes death then reanimation. These zombies are a little original in that they evolve throughout the novel. Our major character, Danny, is a flawed individual. She is a Veteran with PTSD. What I can say about her is that she takes a lick and keeps on going. I would call her a bad ass as she survives being blown up, set on fire, zombies constantly going after her, being shot at and surviving car wrecks. Leading her group of survivors, she tries to keep everyone alive while trying to fight her own demons. Decent novel with a few original ideas.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So... you're thinking, yet another zombie book. Well, yes and no. It is another zombie book and zombies are bad, and people are bad when the world falls apart - at least many of them are... but... this one is actually better written than a lot of the more recent zombie schlock out there - particularly in how well the people are written. Of course, there is the standard zombie gore and hack-n-slash, and this part is not very different or unique, but... the characters are distinct and real, and they behave in mostly normal ways. They don't suddenly become super heroes, and the women are not just there to be raped then rescued (or rescued then raped)...Sure, the women are rescued then raped - it is still a genre novel and the author relies heavily on the stereotype behaviour of humankind (dare I say "men"?) post-apocalypse - but the women are not ONLY there for that. The main character is a strong woman (non-lesbian too, nice change to see a female lead that isn't portrayed as a pseudo-man). Sure, she is flawed and damaged, but most male protagonists are as well... The author actually made me care what happened to the people in the story - this doesn't happen very often in zombie books; normally I just read them for the action and zombie bashing and don't really care which of the "survivors" survive until the end of the book because we aren't usually able to tell them apart. In this case, however, we want at least the main character and her original entourage to survive... because... well, we like them.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Well, it was a zombie story. Pretty typical as far as zombie stories go: confusion during initial infection, a hearty band of survivors make it out and find a safe-sh place to hang out, another band of people show up and are worse than the undead. There are a few less typical elements, but I won't mention them. It's not brilliantly written. I think the editor might have been slacking off a bit, but you don't read a zombie thriller for eloquent prose. A few awkward sentences and grammatical errors probably only bother me.
If you like zombie books, read this. If you don't, leave it. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a thrilling, adventurous story Tripp takes us on. The dark, mysterious, gory, and violent travels of Sheriff Danielle Adelman will have you at the edge of your seat. So strap yourself in because, this fast paced ride is one you will never forget!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I know, I know, I'm reading another apocalyptic book, with zombies now. It's wrong, but it's like dystopian candy to me. I'm on a roll. So this feels like the "before" pic for The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Danny's a ex-soldier (and a woman) with PTSD and a bit of a drinking problem, and is a small town cop in California. Her little sister has just run away, in Danny's cherry red Mustang. Before she can go find her, all hell breaks loose in town as refugees from the city come to town running and screaming and dropping dead. Turns out to be some sort of plague, and before we know it most of the town is dead. Danny is just getting a handle on things, when it turns out the dead rise again and turn into dangerous zombies. Danny and a small troop of survivors band together to survive and exit the town for somewhere safer. Most of the US seems to be dead. Or undead I guess. Danny's a rather compelling character, and the relationships built among the survivors and the nonstop mayhem and action certainly kept me interested. The book's actually a pretty good zombie thriller, classic tropes and all. I don't think it will have the legs that Day of the Triffids or Matheson's I Am Legend have, but that's ok. It was fun. The last line's a killer too. What?! Next book please!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the perfect zombie book. Rated 4 1/2 stars from me. Would have been 5 if it didn't ruin every other zombie book I plan on reading. The removal of the cooks face from the stove with a spatula is my favorite moment. Will forever scar me... Awesome!!!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A friend of mine recently pointed out that my obsession with zombies has become something of a cliche... An idea with which I am both pleased and in agreement.A small town sheriff, still suffering from post-traumatic stress from her three tours in Iraq, must pull herself and a band of survivors together and out of harm's way when a massive viral outbreak turns the majority of the world into flesh-eating zombies. Desperate to find her sister, Sheriff Danny Adelman gets her group somewhat secured, then takes off towards San Francisco, hoping to find her sister there. What she finds is the breakdown of society, and a new kind of zombie.While this is a typical zombie story - small group of survivors, lead by a strong-willed, yet clearly damaged person of authority, getting into trouble with other groups of survivors - it's no less compelling for its similarities. Rise Again is very brutal and gory, but this is to be expected: zombies plus humans driven to survival by any means equals a lot of violence3 and a certain lack of compassion.Danny is a truly broken individual, and makes a lot of bad decisions (and I'm not sure she really learns a lesson there, but that's okay by me, actually), but takes responsibility for all of it, which is refreshing. She's a heroic figure and a total badass. She makes me want to get into the gym and beef up a bit...Exciting, scary and intense, this is a great read for anyone craving a creepy thriller involving zombies!Recommended.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Quick review: thrills, chills, and some mighty smart writing.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Danny Adelman is a veteran of the Iraq war suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. She is working as the Sheriff in the quiet town of Forest Peak (which is about an hour outside of LA). She knows she's not going to have a good day when she wakes with a hangover, realizes her young sister Kelly has run away in none other than her car and dreads dealing with the crowds at the town's Independence Day gathering. What more could go wrong right? She definitely wasn't expecting for people to grip their heads, screaming at the top of their lungs, run off and eventually drop dead, and rise as flesh-eating corpses.This book scared me to death. I don't know what my infatuation with zombies is... I'm not a fan of scary movies nor do I read a lot of horror, but tell me it's a zombie book and I just MUST read it. Thus was the case with Rise Again, and although it did scare me to death, I could not put it down.Mr. Tripp created one bad-ass heroine in Danny. She is not perfect - far from it - but her strength, perseverance, the need to protect the civilians that have remarkably put their trust in her to help save them as well as her unstoppable need to find her missing sister were something that I was in awe of. She grew on me and I found myself cringing and more than once not wanting to turn the page in fear that something would happen to her or some of the other characters. As with all zombie books, I'm always afraid to love a character for fear of them getting killed off. I truly think this is what up's the fear factor in these books for me. Some of the supporting characters were awesome as well, and some were just the type that you love to hate. I love how humanity always turns against itself at one point or another in these type of books. Sometimes the zombies are the least of the worries.In the end, I loved this book! It was not overly gory nor overly violent, although there is both, yet it was done in a tasteful manner. I mean it is a zombie book - blood, guts and brains are expected. But what I found refreshing were its rich characters, great action and tight, well-paced story. Horror and, especially, zombie lovers will find a gem in this one.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Danielle Adelman, known to most as Danny, is an ex Marine struggling with a bad case of post-traumatic stress disorder. Working as the sheriff in the small town of Forest Peak, California, and drowning her nightmares in pills and alcohol. She is also responsible for the care of her younger sister who decided the 4th of July was a good day to run away. Danny wakes up with a wicked hangover to find her sister, and beloved Ford Mustang gone. Thinking the worst thing she’d have to do that day is suffer silently through the small town’s Independence Day festivities while waiting for word Kelley has turned up. She soon discovers she’ll be fighting more than a hangover when people start behaving strangely.Let me start by saying this book was scary as hell. I don’t read a lot of horror or watch many scary flicks, but I have a strange love of all things zombie. Rise Again was the perfect combination of flesh eating undead, and human response when things start to fall apart.Main character Danny isn’t like any female protag you’ve met before. She isn’t beautiful, nor is she brilliant. She’s a hard ass and street smart. As the plot progresses she deals with flashbacks of her time in Iraq, while trying to cope with the zombie invasion happening in her present. She is described in the book as “the unstoppable alpha female”. I found that to be the perfect description for Danny. She’s flawed, and doesn’t realize how badly until her only family takes off leaving just a brutally honest letter behind. She’s left feeling compelled to find her missing sister, Kelley, and save the civilians who have put their faith in her as their savior from the madness taking over the country. I loved reading about Danny’s journey.Not only does this book have a great main character, but the secondary characters are perfect additions to the story line. I loved watching them grow as characters throughout the novel. At least those lucky enough to survive ;) Parts of this novel gave me chills. Especially when they’re listening to the reports from the weather channel on the radio. Super creepy!Gruesome and intense, but I loved every minute! I devoured this novel like the undead did their human prey. The perfect addition to my Halloween reading list!