I just finished this. I very much enjoyed it. The undead in this are some of the creepiest in the genre because of their utter silence. The character of Sam really drew me in. You feel very much for him and he manages to portray just about every human emotion there is extremely well while finding ways to survive alone in the desert of death, horror and loss around him. This survival is not just about food and ravenous flesh-eating zombies. There are some small and brilliant experimental music scenes created when Sam finds ingenious ways to relieve his boredom and loneliness. He's obviously a musician . He plays drums amazingly too.
There is a twist in there too. I don't want to give anything away except to say I didn't see it coming at all.
There were many sad scenes. Some achingly sad. And a few humorous ones.
Overall, this is an unexpected gem. Kudos!
Review of The Night Eats the World
