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The Strain

Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan

3.62 AVERAGE

slknight13's review against another edition

4.0

Fairly decent book and it kept my attention.

ire91's review against another edition

DNF

megandia's review against another edition

4.0

Ok. The only reason it's not five stars for me is because of the writing. I don't like it's stilted tone sometimes. But I really love the new take on vampires! Living viruses! Fantastic! So if you're tired of sparkly love sick brooding vampires, this is a nice reprieve from all that.

monte666's review against another edition

5.0

Połączenie Draculi z historią katastroficzną. Genialne.
Pierw otrzymujemy tajemniczy przypadek. Następuje dochodzenie. CDC, lekarze i patolodzy próbują odnaleźć potrzebne ślady. W sprawę mieszają się media. Po czym następuje przełom i coraz więcej masakry i grozy i elementów gore. Szerzy się strach i moje uwielbienie.

melissacombs's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Excellent storytelling. This was a reread for me.

joanne84's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

seattlefraggle's review against another edition

2.0

For the past few months I've been intensely focused on studying for the JLPT. I needed some extremely light fare in my leisure reading, just something to occupy my mind while riding on trains. My expectation of the The Strain was low impact, B-horror schlock and it definitely lives up to that standard. The "problem" is that it isn't very good. Instead, the novel reads like a padded out screenplay (which is essentially what it is). The opening premise is excellent, and deliciously creepy, but the plot is wispy, the characters are barely sketched out stereotypes and the prose is laughably poor. I still kinda weirdly enjoyed it though. I don't know, perhaps it was just the sort of simple airplane novel I needed during to relax my mind during study breaks. So far though, I'm disappointed in the TV series. With some good writing to flesh out the bones of this story I thought it would make a pretty good Walking Dead style show. Maybe not.