At least, that seems to be the theme of new book ‘Married with Zombies’ by Jesse Petersen:

Sarah and David have hit a rut. They fight all the time; neither enjoys the other’s company; and the most trivial of issues sets their teeth to grinding. After six tortuous months of couples’ counseling, the pair has just about reached the end of its rope.

But then something wonderful happens: the couple’s therapist gets eaten. And I mean cannibal-style. That’s right, folks. The proverbial zombie apocalypse has struck again. Only this time around it’s testing more than the mere fabric of our society. It’s going after the very bonds of marriage.

Not to worry though; the plucky, typical couple soon finds that the Zombie Apocalypse helps bring them back together, rah-rah, they have to work together to survive, etc.

Once again we have a ‘Zombie’ story that is all about the Living people. I wonder if any of these authors ever realize the very unfortunate implications of this premise. Isn’t it just a tad like those action movies where the only people who matter are Americans, even as some scenic foreign locale blows up in fiery carnage around them, and some muscley all-American antihero chomps on a cigar between gun battles?

Feh. Get back to me when someone writes a book about a Zombie’s marriage – oh wait, Dead Eyes Open did just that, and several years ago too.

I think I’ll re-read that if I want to see a work deal with marriage and the Differently Animated, rather than marriage and a Zombie-like plot substitute.

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