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The Zombies of Lake Woebegotten

By: Harrison Geillor
Narrated by: Phil Gigante
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The town of Lake Woebegotton, MN is a small town, filled with ordinary (yet above average) people, leading ordinary lives. Ordinary, that is, until the dead start coming back to life, with the intent to feast upon the living! Now this small town of above average citizens must overcome their petty rivalries and hidden secrets in order to survive an onslaught of the dead.

©2010 Harrison Geillor (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Adventure Dark Humour Fantasy Fiction Horror Literature & Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Scary Comedy Zombie
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This is the best book I’ve listened to so far in 2019.
Small town over run with zombies and the locals take it in their stride! First time I’ve ever came across an eighty year old serial killer. It’s just so funny and it reminds me of ‘Fargo’ which is one of my all time favorite movies. I really hope the author has written more like this ! Highly recommended :)

‘She slammed a pair of decaying noggings together....’. Ha ha ha ....so so funny and enjoyable.

So funny and entertaining!

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

Have a story line...

What will your next listen be?

Wheel of time probably

What about Phil Gigante’s performance did you like?

Just a great range of voices and he brings the story to life

Did The Zombies of Lake Woebegotton inspire you to do anything?

No

Any additional comments?

It started off fairly well but went down hill rapidly with no real purpose and no main character.

Was there a story line?

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I was a little dubious about this title but eventually decided to go ahead and buy it and I am so pleased I did.



Phil Gigante is a delight to listen to as always and the story itself is a satirical tale of stoic Minnesotans facing a zombie uprising alongside the 'usual' real life issues of serial killers and homicidal women. I was entranced throughout.



If you are looking for a zombie novel with a side of dark humour then this should entertain you for a few hours.

Unexpectedly awesome

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What did you like best about The Zombies of Lake Woebegotton? What did you like least?

I liked quite a few bits of the book, but hard to tell you which bits or what characters without giving away some of the plot.

I didn't like that some facts changed and some of the characters were so stupid it beggared belief. Cops that forget to read someone their rights and forget to search them etc. And a man who's age is eighty to begin with but is seventy later in the book.

I really hated the middle part of the book where the author put chapters in random order for no good reason that I could see. It was like he dropped the chapters on the floor and didn't bother to sort them out again. And so for the middle part of the book you jump forward and back in time and get stuff happening in an odd order. I didn't see the point in this and found it a little distracting. Others may find it fine, but I didn't.

What about Phil Gigante’s performance did you like?

The narration is very good overall, though I did find the beginning a bit annoying where he seems to either not be using a wind-guard, or is to close to the microphone. This lead to hearing every single in breath he took, and listening to it on headphones it was very annoying. Fortunately it only lasted a chapter or two otherwise I'd have given up on it.

Was The Zombies of Lake Woebegotton worth the listening time?

Yes, I found it enjoyable overall, even if I found the characters a little dumb and annoying. Certainly most of the male characters seemed to be idiots, and some of them having mental issues that bordered on crazy town.

Any additional comments?

I think the biggest thing that stood out to me was that in a whole town of people where the dead are raising - including people that have died long before - that no-one thinks about one of the most obvious dangers to them. It was the first thing I thought of when they learnt the dead were raising, and yet only one person in the whole town did. Didn't feel this was believable.

Some good parts, but average overall.

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