Down the Road
Down the Road tells of a tale of a man named George, and his trip down the road, hence the title. The book shows how a single man can survive in a world that is infested with the dangerous, living dead, which will do anything to devour him and any other living survivor. George makes his way through Texas while trying to find a place to live, and along the way, he runs into several things that can endanger him; FEMA, other survivors, love, and most importantly, the undead that walk the roads.
Ibarra shows us how an original tale can be done, and he shows us how good a literary mind can weave a tale of brilliance. Zombie tales can be mindless, or they can be well done, and Ibarra does just that. He shows us how a tale of survivor can be both beautiful and horrific at the same time. He creates a cast of characters that he uses to both drive the story and to show the way of several different people, and he does it in a well done manner. There is, and I quote, nothing wrong with this book, and I don’t think there could be anything that could ever be wrong. He wrote this in such a powerful way that it leaves an imprint in your mind, and makes it one of the tales of the zombie apocalypse that sticks in your head.
Violent, beautiful, and at the same time, emotional, Down the Road is a tale that needs to be read.
