It had grade-A humor and made me want to binge every zombie movie in my collection. Overall, I’m so happy I decided to read this book. Also, the adventure and heart-pounding action were well-balanced with the moments of reprieve. Just as I mentioned before, the satirical humor was well-balanced with the hard conversations.

The humor, the pacing, the adventure, all of it was very well balanced. To go along with this, the book was so well balanced. We see a lot of the satirical humor revolve around body image and being fat in general so, naturally, that’s also where the tough conversations were led.

I think it actually opened up the book to these conversations. At first, I was nervous the humor wouldn’t allow for some tough conversations and for the “real message” to bleed through, but that wasn’t true. I feel like this is the humor for the Gen-Z people out there. It is satirical and sarcastic and absolutely hilarious. Lemme just start with the amazing humor in this book. All my zombie-hunter friends need to read this one! This BOOK! It beautifully blended together the heavier topics of fatphobia and dieting with the humor of zombie fighting. What starts out as a mission to unravel the camp’s secrets turns into a desperate fight for survival–and not all of the Featherlite campers will make it out alive.Ī satirical blend of horror, body positivity, and humor, Kelly deVos’s witty, biting novel proves that everyone deserves to feel validated, and taking down the evil enterprise determined to dehumanize you is a good place to start. Of anything.Įven worse, it’s not long before Camp Featherlite’s luxurious bungalows are totally overrun with zombies. Plus, the camp’s supposed “miracle cure” for obesity just seems fishy, and Vee and her fellow campers know they don’t need to be cured. Then she spots something horrifying outside in the snow. Vee barely has a chance to meet the other members of her pod, all who seem as unhappy to be at Featherlite as she does, when a camper goes missing down by the lake. And when they arrive at Camp Featherlite at the start of the worst blizzard in the history of Flagstaff, Arizona, it’s clear that something isn’t right.

Vivian Ellenshaw is fat, but she knows she doesn’t need to lose weight, so she’s none too happy to find herself forced into a weight-loss camp’s van with her ex-best friend, Allie, a meathead jock who can barely drive, and the camp owner’s snobby son. In the next few hours, one of three things will happen.ģ–We’ll be eaten by thin and athletic zombies (odds: excellent) Shaun of the Dead meets Dumplin’ in this bitingly funny YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. Content Warnings: Fatphobia (challenged), gore and blood

Kelly devos eat your heart out