* {{Squick}}: Some of the descriptions of the Unconsecrated are downright [[NauseaFuel disgusting]].
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: A common criticism of the book is that instead of focusing on the really interesting questions the society poses (for example, the idea of the Sisterhood and their rituals seems tailor-made for exploring religion during a zombie apocalypse), it's mostly just a love triangle with some background zombies shambling.