Pretty much what you said.

"I'm all over the place and read a lot of different books, though mostly fiction. Some of my favorite books are fantasy novels and some are collection of very literary short stories and some are neither of those things."

This is a great example of "you were the wrong audience"

The book you seem to have wished it was is not one I would like or read, because I don't like horror and action books.

I liked this book. It's essentially dystopian speculative fiction just using the zombie framework in a grounded way. It's clever and well crafted and was a great read.

It's a good book for people who don't read much. Everyone else seems to dislike it. I certainly won't even try reading it...