It feels to me that this book is a satire on globalisation and the role of the fast food giants in our ever shrinking world of messaging and control. This does detract a little from the main character Marlow Willard and those he meets along the way, as well as the world as a whole, but with the absurdity of the situation and the plot that develops along the way, I felt like it was acceptable for these to take a backseat and let the fun elements shine through. Anybody with a sense of dark humour would find this book highly amusing. I have gone through and highlighted many that I liked.
There is a good build up to many of the jokes and they often end in a great one-liner or a great take on a pop-culture reference. There is so much in this book that I loved and I found myself laughing throughout. The author's bio and the book's blurb give just a snapshot of the more hysterical content you can find inside. However, nitpicking aside, this book is a surreal mash up gem that is highly entertaining.Īpocalypse Cow is a gory and funny tale about what happens when experimenting goes too far and we end up with zombie cows roaming the wilds of British Columbia. If Conrad’s Heart of Darkness criticized European colonialism, and Coppola’s Apocalypse Now took on American Interventionism, what is Aaron saying with this book? Is she hitting at fast food and global chains turning people into zombies? It certainly isn’t a stretch to read that meaning into this book, but I would have loved if she’d abandoned some of the, albeit funny, direct retelling of Apocalypse Now and developed her own genius idea just a bit more. Mostly, I’m left wondering about the deeper meaning of the book. The fast food wars idea was clever, but again a little more development of what this meant in the story world would have been nice. I was surprised to discover that the whole book was set in the future, because it felt very like the 1960’s and I struggled to reconcile the action with Canada in the 21st century.
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The zip liners were too bizarre, as presented, to be enjoyable.
I think this is a great concept for a novel, but I wish the world building had been developed a bit more. Some parts read a little like a Mad Libs of Apocalypse Now, with Chef or Cook subbed in for soldier or kill. It was entertaining the first couple of times and then it became repetitive. What I didn’t like: There’s too many incidents of Marlowe eating something disgusting and vomiting. There are a couple of things in this novella that I won’t mention because of spoilers, but they’re very clever puns and they filled me with glee. The heart of darkness lies along the Fraser River in British Columbia. I liked the touch of the humorous chapter titles. While the conceit didn’t land every time, I think this is a brilliant idea. The idea of a rogue Michelin star chef pleased me to no end. Inventive and original, bound to entertain zombie fans. There’s some great gore and really good use of zombies in this book. Well worth reading for the craziness, the gore and the bit at the end that’ll make you stop and wonder what exactly you are eating next time you stop somewhere for a burger. This book is part Apocalypse Now, part Heart of Darkness, and it shines a light on the fast-food industry with all the competitiveness one can expect from an industry that wants its customers addicted to its brand. When he gets to Hope (another great place to visit) he meets his nemesis and discovers exactly what the chef invented. I’ve been along the Fraser River, and I’ve been to Harrison Hot Springs-a lovely place with no zombie soup, thankfully. Along the way he stops at Harrison Hot Springs and discovers zombie soup and worst, or maybe best of all, zombie cows. To do this he travels by boat up the river to Hope where the chef of darkness has his lair. Set during the fast-food wars, Marlow Willard is an industrial spy and it is his job to locate and steal the secret recipe perfected by Colonel Saunders that is turning everyone into zombies. Apocalypse Cow: Chef of Darkness by Kim Aaron is a crazy, mad, gore-splattered journey up the Fraser River in British Columbia.
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