The Enemy by Charlie Higson is a story of true friendship, hierarchy and disease-ridden, zombie adults. The novel is set in the streets of London and every one over the age of fourteen has died or been infected. The Morrison crew and the Waitrose crew are both trying to find shelter from the ravenous “grown-ups”. They are at constant risk of being caught by the infected that roam the streets ridden with a disease that zombifies them.
The group, where children can be a maximum age of 14, are constantly on the alert to evade the ubiquitous adults; else they’ll die, or worse, begin a new life as blood sucking, demonic creatures that eat their own kind. As the crews join forces and try to make their way to safety in Buckingham Palace they realise that it won’t be as easy as they think. As the novel progresses characters die and friendships break. But… there is a twist! Not all over fourteens turn into flesh-eating zombies… To find out who escapes the gory fate, read the book; maybe it will satisfy your cravings for fresh flesh.
Read the sequel: The Dead.
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Maisie Cook
First Review! Well done Maisie.
Great book review, it’s interesting that the children call the walking undead ‘grown-ups’ instead of the generic term of ‘zombie’ nonetheless it’s great book and I wish to continue reading the other books in the series.
Wow this seems like a really adventureous book, I really want to read this book now!
I really enjoyed this book. I also enjoyed how the Waitrose gang went on the way to Buckingham palace and met people on the way.