Book two of the Oblivion Song had pretty much wrapped the story up, but Kirkman wasn’t just going to let it be, not him, not the man who has once proclaimed Walking Dead as the story that would never end. Which it did. And now the show’s ending too. And there will probably be Daryl withdrawals to follow.
But anyway, back to this book, back to Oblivion. A few years passed and much has changed. There’s still a giant extradimensional area of wild megafauna where once a sh*tty city used to be, but people are coming to accept it now. Nathan and his ladylove have been jailed for their role in events of book two, but now there are back on the streets, in fact, Nathan can’t wait to hit the streets on both side of the divide and visit his Oblivion happy bro. But something’s been brewing in the already unquiet Oblivion territories, something menacing, something intelligent, something very, very dangerous. What is it? Read and find out. It’s fun, it really is. When you don’t think about how derivative the entire thing is of VanderMeer’s Area X, when you don’t think about the weird faces of the characters, it’s just fun. It doesn’t have to be great to entertain. Not in this form, anyway. Not when the books go by so quickly. And so, yes, I’d absolutely read more volumes, should our library kindly acquire them. It’s no Walking Dead, it just doesn’t have the same terrific characters, but then again Walking Dead isn’t Walking Dead either, the show’s best and most constant character (Daryl) isn’t even in the books. Judged on its own merit The Oblivion Song is appealing enough for a pop tune.
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