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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
The Strain wants to be a vampire movie SO BADLY…
many of the elements here that could be amazing on screen (i.e. the vampire “stingers”) seem kinda silly in this context. also, constantly found myself asking ‘who is that again?’ about all of the MANY inconsequential side characters/eventual vampire victims whose sidequests inflate this book ~100 pages longer than it needs to be.
alas, not invested enough to continue this trilogy beyond the first installment.
many of the elements here that could be amazing on screen (i.e. the vampire “stingers”) seem kinda silly in this context. also, constantly found myself asking ‘who is that again?’ about all of the MANY inconsequential side characters/eventual vampire victims whose sidequests inflate this book ~100 pages longer than it needs to be.
alas, not invested enough to continue this trilogy beyond the first installment.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was pretty hesitant to read a vampire book after being completely traumatized with the True Blood, Twilight, Anita Blake crap out there. However, Pan's Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies... so I was willing to give Del Toro a chance with this book. I'm glad I did.
The storyline? nothing new... strange species threatening to take over the world... but what sets this book apart is the writing... the characters are brilliantly created. the best part? the vampires are not romanticized who can fall in love with humans. Seriously? please. They're evil and need to be killed. my kind of book. :-D
The storyline? nothing new... strange species threatening to take over the world... but what sets this book apart is the writing... the characters are brilliantly created. the best part? the vampires are not romanticized who can fall in love with humans. Seriously? please. They're evil and need to be killed. my kind of book. :-D
3 stars. First of all I would like to just take a moment to gush over this cover. Look at it! It’s the freakiest thing I think I’ve ever seen and I love it so much. It’s honestly what drew me to it. That and the fact that it’s co-written by Guillermo del Toro.
I remember watching a couple of episodes of the show years ago and not being all that impressed and then I proceeded to forget about it until I saw this badass cover on amazon and I was instantly intrigued. This was a lot of fun. It’s vampires in their true raw, murderous, and terrifying form. There’s a lot of body horror and gore in this and I don’t get freaked out easily but damn did this book make my skin itch. It’s absolutely disgusting but it was fun. I don't know what that says about me and I don't want to know. The world building was great and I thought the writing was good. It follows a shit ton of characters but the main characters, Eph and Nora were pretty interesting.
I will say that the only thing for me that I didn’t like was that the pacing was terribly uneven and it messed up the flow of the story. It just felt too unbalanced. Also, there are way too many characters and none of them except for a few really stood out or had any personality to them. But other than that I thought this was great. It’s very spooky and gross and entertaining. The vampires are terrifying and how people become vampires gave me the creeps. Fun times. I definitely recommend this if you’re into horror but if you have a bit of a weak stomach, this isn’t going to be for you. I’m looking forward to getting to book two.
I remember watching a couple of episodes of the show years ago and not being all that impressed and then I proceeded to forget about it until I saw this badass cover on amazon and I was instantly intrigued. This was a lot of fun. It’s vampires in their true raw, murderous, and terrifying form. There’s a lot of body horror and gore in this and I don’t get freaked out easily but damn did this book make my skin itch. It’s absolutely disgusting but it was fun. I don't know what that says about me and I don't want to know. The world building was great and I thought the writing was good. It follows a shit ton of characters but the main characters, Eph and Nora were pretty interesting.
I will say that the only thing for me that I didn’t like was that the pacing was terribly uneven and it messed up the flow of the story. It just felt too unbalanced. Also, there are way too many characters and none of them except for a few really stood out or had any personality to them. But other than that I thought this was great. It’s very spooky and gross and entertaining. The vampires are terrifying and how people become vampires gave me the creeps. Fun times. I definitely recommend this if you’re into horror but if you have a bit of a weak stomach, this isn’t going to be for you. I’m looking forward to getting to book two.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Entretenido, es una historia diferente de vampiros, mas acorde al siglo XXI
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5 Interesting. Good characters. Kind of smart. If you like disturbing scenarios and vampires, this is your book.
Me ha parecido un libro muy entretenido y muy bueno. Pero cuando se habla de un virus que crea vampiros lo primero que me viene a la mente es EL PASAJE, de JUSTIN CRONIN, uno de mis libros favoritos de todos los tiempos y que además es una historia súper completa e increíble (no solo lo digo yo eh? Lo dicen las estadísticas!!! XD) . Entonces los estuve comparando bastante.
Debo decir que Nocturna tiene lo suyo, tiene un muy buen suspenso y misterio. Y la historia se ve desde varios puntos de vista que te dan una idea más amplia de lo que esta sucediendo. El libro hace un gran trabajo atrapándote en los primeros capítulos con todo el rollo de la llegada del avión con los pasajeros muertos. Haciendo que tu mismo de hagas ideas de lo que pudo haber pasado, además muchas cosas que suceden tienen toques muy realistas (todo lo relacionado con la CDC, los médicos, etc.). Hubo otras cosas que no se explicaron, o se dieron por sentado como que así son y ya pero no hay que olvidar que la mayoría del tiempo los vampiros son mas Fantasy que Ciencia ficción, salvo en raras excepciones.
Los personajes son buenos, pero no hubo ninguno que destacara lo suficiente para mi, y eso es uno de sus fallos a mi punto de vista, los personajes son los que te tocan la fibra sentimental y si no logran hacerlo todo se queda a un montón de reseña critica objetiva que desaparece de tu mente. La mejor forma de atrapar al lector es hacer que se encariñe con un personaje, y yo no me encariñe con nadie. Eso no hace que el libro sea malo, ni mucho menos, leeré la continuación, pero espero que se trabaje un poco mas con los personajes.
La acción no se queda atrás, es ágil y fácil de leer, las descripciones pueden ser un poco oscuras y hasta asquerosas pero hablando como alguien a la que no le afecta mucho eso me han parecido bien y hasta interesantes.
Al final, la trama es pequeña, pero buena, como un primer libro de saga debe ser. Y termina con la promesa de hacerse grande. No hay mucho que se le pueda criticar al libro, es de esos que o te gusta el tema o no te gusta y ya. Y a mi me gusta, el problema es que no es mi primera lectura donde un virus y el vampirismo son la temática central. Dejémoslo en llego alguien antes que tu.
Recomendable si quieres algo maduro y oscuro.
PD: No tengo idea de como este la versión en ingles que es la original (yo lo leí en español) pero Gus y toda su palabrería mexicana me sacaron muchas risas XD
Me ha parecido un libro muy entretenido y muy bueno. Pero cuando se habla de un virus que crea vampiros lo primero que me viene a la mente es EL PASAJE, de JUSTIN CRONIN, uno de mis libros favoritos de todos los tiempos y que además es una historia súper completa e increíble (no solo lo digo yo eh? Lo dicen las estadísticas!!! XD) . Entonces los estuve comparando bastante.
Debo decir que Nocturna tiene lo suyo, tiene un muy buen suspenso y misterio. Y la historia se ve desde varios puntos de vista que te dan una idea más amplia de lo que esta sucediendo. El libro hace un gran trabajo atrapándote en los primeros capítulos con todo el rollo de la llegada del avión con los pasajeros muertos. Haciendo que tu mismo de hagas ideas de lo que pudo haber pasado, además muchas cosas que suceden tienen toques muy realistas (todo lo relacionado con la CDC, los médicos, etc.). Hubo otras cosas que no se explicaron, o se dieron por sentado como que así son y ya pero no hay que olvidar que la mayoría del tiempo los vampiros son mas Fantasy que Ciencia ficción, salvo en raras excepciones.
Los personajes son buenos, pero no hubo ninguno que destacara lo suficiente para mi, y eso es uno de sus fallos a mi punto de vista, los personajes son los que te tocan la fibra sentimental y si no logran hacerlo todo se queda a un montón de reseña critica objetiva que desaparece de tu mente. La mejor forma de atrapar al lector es hacer que se encariñe con un personaje, y yo no me encariñe con nadie. Eso no hace que el libro sea malo, ni mucho menos, leeré la continuación, pero espero que se trabaje un poco mas con los personajes.
La acción no se queda atrás, es ágil y fácil de leer, las descripciones pueden ser un poco oscuras y hasta asquerosas pero hablando como alguien a la que no le afecta mucho eso me han parecido bien y hasta interesantes.
Al final, la trama es pequeña, pero buena, como un primer libro de saga debe ser. Y termina con la promesa de hacerse grande. No hay mucho que se le pueda criticar al libro, es de esos que o te gusta el tema o no te gusta y ya. Y a mi me gusta, el problema es que no es mi primera lectura donde un virus y el vampirismo son la temática central. Dejémoslo en llego alguien antes que tu.
Recomendable si quieres algo maduro y oscuro.
PD: No tengo idea de como este la versión en ingles que es la original (yo lo leí en español) pero Gus y toda su palabrería mexicana me sacaron muchas risas XD
Being a fan of Del Toro films, I was eager to read this book. In general, I've enjoyed this book, despite a few flaws. I would give it three-and-a-half stars, if possible.
De view Del Toro has on vampires is interesting: finally - vampires as scary and otherworldly creatures instead of the beautiful and romantic vampires prevalent in the paranormal romances. Del Toro also makes good use of the decor of the city of New York.
You can easily spot this book has been written by a filmmaker. It seems to be cut in scenes from different perspectives and seems not so difficult to make into a movie.
Why I didn't 'love' this book? Difficult question, it has me pondering the last few hours, because it has so much that I do like. Thinking back on my reading experience I think it has something to do with 'flow' or 'intensity' of this book. It was not very difficult to put down. The storyline contains lots of repetition, which has a certain purpose but has de backdraw that for a good part of the book, the story lacks in building of climax.
Fortunately, it has an exciting ending which makes me very interested in de sequels.
De view Del Toro has on vampires is interesting: finally - vampires as scary and otherworldly creatures instead of the beautiful and romantic vampires prevalent in the paranormal romances. Del Toro also makes good use of the decor of the city of New York.
You can easily spot this book has been written by a filmmaker. It seems to be cut in scenes from different perspectives and seems not so difficult to make into a movie.
Why I didn't 'love' this book? Difficult question, it has me pondering the last few hours, because it has so much that I do like. Thinking back on my reading experience I think it has something to do with 'flow' or 'intensity' of this book. It was not very difficult to put down. The storyline contains lots of repetition, which has a certain purpose but has de backdraw that for a good part of the book, the story lacks in building of climax.
Fortunately, it has an exciting ending which makes me very interested in de sequels.