Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #426527 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Customer Reviews

Interesting addition to the films
I'm a big fan of '28 Days Later' and I bought this a couple of hours after seeing '28 Weeks Later' as it sounded like some interesting background material. Firstly, I should point out that it's a graphic novel, so if you're not a fan of the genre and/or the films then I would look elsewhere.

The book is divided into four short stories, charting the progress of the outbreak seen in the first film. Each one is entertaining enough in its own right, but none of them have enough time to go into much character development or anything of that nature. I also felt that they didn't add much to the story that we don't already know from the films, so don't expect any of the questions raised in the films to be answered. Also note that none of the characters featured in either of the films are in this book, which I don't think is a problem, but that might be a disappointment to some readers.

The blurb on the back of the book suggests that some sort of shock revelation will be revealed, but I didn't find any surprises at all. I also found that the tension and horror experienced in the films is almost completely absent as a graphic novel simply can't be very scarey, and doesn't capture the aggression of the Infected.

In short, the style of the artwork and the stories are good and in the spirit of the films, but the book isn't very long and doesn't contain anything shocking. That said, if you're a fan you'll probably like it.

28 Days Later: The Aftermath
Only for hardcore fans of 28 Days/Weeks Later. It covers the events between the two films but it's very brief as they try to cover too much in it's 105 pages. Not any of the characters from the films are in there either and there's hardly any character development either. Like previously stated; hardcore fans only.

Not worth it.
I guess if you enjoyed 28 weeks later more than 28 days later you might find this an interesting book. There is very little to recommend this book of short stories (there are not even many zombies!) but I did enjoy one story about a sniper, which is why I gave the book 2 stars