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  1. kattrox
    Indiana
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Imaginative and Creative!
    June 14, 2012
    kattrox
    Indiana
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Do you really know who your neighbor is?

    With werewolves, zombies and vampires on the loose is anyone safe? Matt, Hibbs and Culbetron are trying to find the perfect gadget to scare off monsters but while doing so they encounter challenges and obstacles they had never thought of. With insightful words from the werewolf Luther, his thoughts on life and religion he embarks on a quest to finding the one truth we all search for.

    A novel that will cause you to ponder "What if?" At the start of reading Night of the Living Dead Christian I got into the right frame of mind to appreciate the books style. I pictured myself watching monsters on the TV and superheroes dressed like normal people in combat against them. I was glued to the pages and as I kept turning them I discovered how drawn I became into the storyline and the more I felt as if I were a "part of the movie" being played.

    Extremely imaginative and creative, with serious moments intertwined with humor, this book quickly became impossible to put down! Dialogue and scenery worked well together creating the books originality. Challenging my faith I found this book to be inspiring and would highly recommend this well written book to others! 5 Stars!!!
  2. Beckie Burnham
    Georgia
    Age: 45-54
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Fun look at the monsters we just might be.
    June 3, 2012
    Beckie Burnham
    Georgia
    Age: 45-54
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    There are monsters next door and down the block and maybe in your own house! Matt Mikalatos has uncovered the secret we as Christians have fought so hard to keep – we can be simply monstrous. In Night of The Living Dead Christian zombies, werewolves, vampires and other assorted creatures are alive and well in our cities' churches. No you don't have to contact the CDC about their plans for a Zombie Apocalypse (they really have a post about that), but you may want to read Matt's book to find out if you resemble any of the monsters portrayed in his book.

    There are two narrators in Night of The Living Dead Christian. Matt's fictional alter ego is the silly, slightly clueless voice of the neighborhood watch commander on the patrol to keep the peace in his little bit of suburbia. The second narrator, Luther (Ann) Martin (really!?), is a lousy husband and a werewolf. He is also not a fan of organized religion or his Lutheran pastor father (hence his sad name). But Luther really doesn't want to be a werewolf, and many of the other monsters depicted want to become human again as well. But the transformation from his baser self won't come without help from God. I found Luther's voice to be real in its helplessness and hopelessness.

    Night of The Living Dead Christian is an allegory, so don't expect real monsters. But maybe the monsters Matt brings to life and light are the truly scary ones. At the end of the book, there is an appendix detailing the habitats, symptoms, common enemies, etc. of the monsters found in today's church. Read it only if you want to be enlightened. It is not pretty to be shown your true self.

    You may recognize yourself in the pages of this book. You may also recognize one of the characters. Dr. van Pelt is Matt's counselor. Why he decided to use someone who as a girl used to pull footballs away from clueless boys just wanting to kick is beyond me! But I guess it is good to know that childhood dreams do come true.

    Night of The Living Dead Christian is a book for anyone looking to be entertained, challenged and perhaps transformed.

    Recommended.

    (I received this book in conjunction with the CSFF Blog tour in return for an honest review. The opinions expressed are mine alone.)
  3. jglass
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    July 28, 2012
    jglass
    I think that after reading this book that I will be looking for werewolves and zombies more closely in my own church! A funny and interesting read.
  4. Bible Chick
    Portland, OR
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    What kind of Monster are you?
    December 15, 2011
    Bible Chick
    Portland, OR
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    I was recently asked by a brother in my church how I could be obsessed with zombies. He couldn't understand that a child of light could love something so truly dark. I fell in love with Night of the Living Dead Christian by Matt Mikalatos because he wrote a book explaining the reason for my obsession. There is a direct correlation between monsters in fiction and monsters in reality, and as scary as zombies and werewolves are, they are nothing compared to the monsters we face in real life every day or the ones who live within us.

    Night of the Living Dead Christian is filled with zombies, vampires, an android, a mad scientist, and Luther, a werewolf who suffers from a rage so terrible that it drove his family away. The author finds himself in the midst of a group of these monsters, and they set off on an adventure to help Luther find the answers to the most deep seeded questions of his being so he can learn change for the better. Questions they face are the same parallel questions most of us have about Christianity.

    As you follow the hilarious bumblings of this monster mash, you are forced to take a step back and ask yourself, "What kind of monster am I? How did it come to this? How do I change it?"

    Although the journey is filled with light hearted comedy, it takes us all to that place in the center of our core where our inner self hides. Mikalatos did a wonderful job of breaking the news to us that if we don't go through a complete transformation, we're simply a zombie wearing makeup and trying to look alive, or a ravenous werewolf struggling to maintain human form, or a vampire sucking the life out of everyone around us. Joining a church, following a self-help guru, or wearing the right clothes will not help your soul when you stand before God. If you don't make the transformation, your actions are futile.

    Mikalatos grasped my inner monster lover and kept me riveted from page 1 until the end, which we won't discuss at this time. You'll have to read that for yourself. Night of the Living Dead Christian is brilliant because it uses subject matter that people don't take seriously and applies it to the most serious issues in Christianity. I loved it, and I'll add it to my shelf of favorite books.

    Matt Mikalatos and his wife live near Portland, Oregon where he is very active in Campus Crusade for Christ. Night of the Living Dead Christian is his second book.
  5. Paul Emery
    Magnolia, TX
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    A book of good fiction, and spiritual examination
    December 15, 2011
    Paul Emery
    Magnolia, TX
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: male
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Before You Go Monster Hunting; Look in the Mirror!

    A Review of "The Night of the Living Dead"

    Monsters are all around us. Everywhere you look you may see them and not even know. Some of them are your best friend from high school, your teacher or professor, the neighbor down the street, or maybe even that old lady you just helped across the street. The truth of the matter is monsters have learned how to live among us, and we have become so desensitized that we don't even realize..., the monster may be ourselves.

    In his newest book, "Night of the Living Dead Christian", Matt Mikalatos takes us on a fictional journey as he comes into contact with a werewolf named Luther. In this book we see Matt take on the challenge of helping his newfound friend break free of the curse of the beast. Through many strange turns and events we see this journey take shape as Matt is joined with a Mad Scientist, an Android, a half zombie, and a vampire names Lara. The mission is to find out the cure for Luther's lycanthrope transformation, if it is possible.

    Relevant Magazine offers this praise for the book, "Think Monty Python meets C.S. Lewis." While Relevant Magazine may well be right that Matt's book is like C.S. Lewis in my opinion Matt's writing style is completely different than C.S. Lewis. C.S. Lewis was more of a philosopher and had a more established reputation writing fiction and Christian literature than does Matt. With that said the praise offered by Relevant Magazine is well deserved in the sense that this book is a great spiritual allegory.

    "Night of the Living Dead Christian" was a book I found myself immersed in. I, too, have always had a fascination with monsters and to see them used as representations of spiritual behavior not only hooked me, but kept me latched to every page. As I read through the chapters and was introduced to the various monsters I kept asking myself, "Which one am I?"

    Amongst the chapters Matt weaved in interludes, which served as a brief distraction from the story. Each of the interludes was on a spiritual topic from the perspective of the werewolf. Some of these issues addressed were Fathers, Transformation, and Love. Although each raised some questions for me on the purpose of the author, especially transformation, these were all a good break from the story line, and allowed the reader to look at some important topics and how they are viewed by the world.

    I give this book 5 monsters out of 5. In this world of post-Twilight I think this book serves as a great way of reaching friends who might not be so keen on Christian fiction, and especially Christian allegory. I have already recommended this book to some of my close friends, and I certainly recommend it for you. Matt Mikalatos is a name I now know, and I look forward to any additional books he may write.

    Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Tyndale House Publishers as part of their Blogger Review Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commision's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
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