[marsyao]

In this book,

 

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Lilly did exactly the opposite what Governor did, Governor Would let individual or small group of survivors in, but he was very suspicious about any large and close knit groups, because he knew such a group, if proved to be hostile, could easily destroy Woodbury which was a very small community with 50-60 people, this was the reason when Rick and his friends came to the town, Governor immediately pounced which lead to a tragic consequence for both Woodbury and the prison. Lilly was a much better person than Governor, she did not have to save the church group, but unlike Governor, instead of seeing the danger a large and close knit group could brought, she saw the help a large group could do for the town, sadly she was wrong too, she failed to put into count that, although was an evil person, Governor’s concern about the threat of large group is very much valid. Lilly simply trusted these outsiders too much, the result was the end of Woodbury and the death of most of her people. I guess she would not be that trustworthy in the next book.

[Salvatoor]

So, anyone read it yet? I just finished it, and I didn't like it very much. I liked Rise of the governor and even a big part of road to woodbury. I thought I was going to like it more, being again an original story and not a (bad and full of errors) retelling of the same story

 

Spoiler

In this book,

 

Spoiler

Lilly did exactly the opposite what Governor did, Governor Would let individual or small group of survivors in, but he was very suspicious about any large and close knit groups, because he knew such a group, if proved to be hostile, could easily destroy Woodbury which was a very small community with 50-60 people, this was the reason when Rick and his friends came to the town, Governor immediately pounced which lead to a tragic consequence for both Woodbury and the prison. Lilly was a much better person than Governor, she did not have to save the church group, but unlike Governor, instead of seeing the danger a large and close knit group could brought, she saw the help a large group could do for the town, sadly she was wrong too, she failed to put into count that, although was an evil person, Governor’s concern about the threat of large group is very much valid. Lilly simply trusted these outsiders too much, the result was the end of Woodbury and the death of most of her people. I guess she would not be that trustworthy in the next book.

 

I really like to think that if the governor would have kept running woodbury, it wouldn't have been destreoyed like that. The governor, as terrible as he was, would have kept his town secure. And it's good that not always the good people get the good results and bad people the bad results. I really like that, but I kind of hoped that woodbury would grow and prosper. Aaaanyway...

 

Biggest points I want to discuss:

 

• Zombies can swim now? Have they ever done that in any other medium? It seemed kind of weird, but it's also weird that dead people walk, so... why not?
• Lilly is now revealed to be claustrophobic. Didn't she get in closed trucks, and the tunnels under the racetrack with no problem before? That was really unnecessary for the story.
• Couldn't they have just divert the first herd by catching their attention from another place somehow? It worked for the church guys, and it seemed a pretty obvious tactic. Also, the woman did just that and on top of that blew most of them away with a bomb. Also, if the war at the prison is what gathered the herd, (and later they gather another really big one with just speakers) shouldn't the explosion have called thousands of zombies to woodbury?
• Jay keeps insisting that the outbreak was 2 years before when it was only 1 year before (and if you are picky(obsessive), the war with the prison should have been a couple of months later, and not before summer)
• There are lots of really cliché moments, like Calving getting shot at the last minute by his son (what was he doing there??), and other bad moments like Lilly surviving through a super thick herd with just a couple of bullets.
• The zombies turning an SUV downside-up?
• How didn't someone find the tunnels already in "2" years of living in woodbury? There is at least one entrance inside the safe zone (the one they take at the end), and you would think they would have fully explored every building by that point.

And there's probably some more things that I can't think of right now

 

[marsyao]

Here is a brief description about the next novel "Invasion", I would be interesting to know what kind of secrect weapon Reverend Jeremiah Garlitz would use agains Lilly's Woodbury survivors

 

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Out of the ashes of a devastated Woodbury, Georgia, two opposing camps of ragtag survivors develop - each one on a collision course with the other.

Underground, in the labyrinth of ancient tunnels and mine shafts, Lilly Caul and her motley crew of senior citizens, misfits, and children struggle to build a new life. But a secret ambition still burns in Lilly's heart and soul. She wants her beloved town of Woodbury back from the plague of walkers, and now the only thing that stands in her way currently roams the wasted backwaters of Georgia…

Way out in the hinterlands, amidst the rising tide of walkers that seem to be pushing in from all directions, the psychotic Reverend Jeremiah Garlitz rebuilds his army of followers with a diabolical secret weapon. He has designs on the destruction of Lilly and her crew - the very people who vanquished his cultish church - and now, for the first time, he has the means to bring a special brand of hell down upon the tunnel dwellers.

The final confrontation between these two human factions unleashes an unthinkable weapon - forged from the monstrous hordes of undead, perfected by a madman, and soaked in the blood of innocents.