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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
I almost never read this book. I absolutely LOATHED the television series and could not imagine that the book could be any good at all if the adaptation was that horrid.
I was wrong, this book was awesome and I am totally looking forward to the rest of the series!
I was wrong, this book was awesome and I am totally looking forward to the rest of the series!
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I read this book after seeing the TV series based on the book. I rarely do this, but there were enough questions raised by the series that I thought might be explored further in the book that I thought it was worth a try. Amazingly, the series stays pretty true to the book. There is the obligatory tinkering when transitioning from one medium to another, but overall I was very pleased with both. Knowing the outcome did not tarnish the quality of the story or storytelling at all. Looking forward to the next book (and Season 2)!
Del Toro and Chuck Hogan join hands to revamp the vampire genre of storytelling. Vampires are not suave and sparkly and they they're most certainly not interested in dating you.
I'm terribly confused and on the fence about The Strain. if you've read Carrion Comfort, the Jewish old man Setrakian, determined to exterminate the vampire plague, will remind you of Saul. Entire scenes give you a sense of deja vu.
Quite a few sequences are zombie/vampire cliches we've been exposed to in a hundred movies. not necessarily a bad thing, but just nothing new.
The other major problem is that the whole book reads like a movie. This is just a well written account of a story we've heard before. I will probably not be reading the rest of the trilogy. Scenes and dialogues are straight out of, say, a Guillermo Del Toro movie. Wait what? He what? oh, wow...then I guess that explains it!
I'm terribly confused and on the fence about The Strain. if you've read Carrion Comfort, the Jewish old man Setrakian, determined to exterminate the vampire plague, will remind you of Saul. Entire scenes give you a sense of deja vu.
Quite a few sequences are zombie/vampire cliches we've been exposed to in a hundred movies. not necessarily a bad thing, but just nothing new.
The other major problem is that the whole book reads like a movie. This is just a well written account of a story we've heard before. I will probably not be reading the rest of the trilogy. Scenes and dialogues are straight out of, say, a Guillermo Del Toro movie. Wait what? He what? oh, wow...then I guess that explains it!
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Disgustingly great! I can't wait to read the next in the trilogy!