Dashing: all good points concerning how the worst stuff that happens in this book, or the most dramatically interesting, really has nothing to do with the zombies. In fact, I really dig that as the story progresses and time goes on, the zombies just get sad: they evolve from the sort of bloated rotten monsters hiding in closets to sad sacks of bone that are still trying to eat you but are certainly not the most evil threat in the world. Here's a good look at one:
