Reviews

METRO 2035 by Dmitry Glukhovsky

psoglav's review against another edition

4.0

UKUPNA OCENA (overall rating) - 7/10
Radnja (story) - 7/10
Likovi (characters) - 7/10
Pripovedanje (writing style) - 7/10
Okruženje (setting) - 7/10

Nažalost Metro 2035 nije ispunio moja očekivanja. Kako se radnja razvija, knjiga obećava mnogo, posebno odgovore na pregršt neodgovorenih pitanja iz Metro univerzuma, ali na kraju sam imao utisak kao da sam čitao neku drugačiju Životinjsku farmu ili gledao novi serijal "The Walking Dead". Sam pisac je rekao da se u trećem delu fokusirao samo na ljude, da nema ni trunke natprirodnog, i to je ujedno i najveća slabost romana. Politika, manipulacija masama i hronični nedostatak morala kod likova je tema koja je isuviše puta obrađena, a ovaj put je samo smeštena u drugačije okruženje tj. u postnuklearni ruski metro. Kraj ostavlja gorku plilulu u ustima, kako zbog nekoliko neodgovorenih pitanja, tako i zbog same radnje.

Metro 2033 je imao tu magiju gde je bio izmešan osećaj teskobe, natprirodnog, straha od mraka i čudovišta. Ovoga nema u Metrou 2035, a umesto toga smo dobili fokus na fašiste, komuniste, kapitaliste i generalno "svakodnevne" ljude koji gaze preko leševa za "opšte dobro" i koji prodaju ideale za šaku metaka. Tema je ok, ali mi nažalost nije legla u ovom okruženju...

tgreen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

tsayadel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

Doesn't reach the quality of the first book, while being a step-up from the second. Good twists, style and characters I found were more lively and fleshed out than in the first. Very suspenseful, but I would have loved to see the author lean more into the horror aspects.

luckylikesreading's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

regionalearth's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

perco_tempo's review

2.0

Este livro foi incrivelmente desapontante.
Tendo lido os dois primeiros livros desta mesma trilogia o fim algo amargo. Amargo pois o último livro não só revela uma natureza triste dos humanos que vivem num metro de um mundo pós apocalíptico nuclear, tal como o fim desta trilogia revela um autor desgastado de uma ideia.
Eu sou da opinião que Glukhovsky para lá de não dar espaço para o seu mundo pós apocalíptico respirar, também não deixou o mundo expandir-se no fim da trilogia. É claramente um livro político, uma fraca analogia ao sistema russo, e tudo usando uma ideia que tão bem tinha sido descrita no primeiro livro.
O meu conselho é ler os dois primeiros livros. O primeiro trata muito bem os temas da relação do humano com o mundo estranho do metro em que se encontra. O segundo revela como a natureza humana perde-se num mundo selvagem. O terceiro é apenas político e fraco com várias incoerências.

eidamgo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

l1br0cubiclarist's review

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

lalavi's review against another edition

1.0

If you enjoyed Metro 2033, don't bother reading this. Everything likeable about the first book is gone; no monsters, no mystery, no sense of danger coming from the metro or the surface. Everyone is able to travel anywhere easily without breaking a sweat.

Spoiler

This deserves nothing but a 1★ for all these horrendous characters. Artyom was already boring in the first book but it somehow gets worse in this one. One top of that, every single female character has either a sex scene or gets raped/sexually abused. I understand sexual violence is used as a plot device to show how bad the baddies are but the frequency of it and the amount of unnecessary details makes you wonder if the author used one hand to write this shit.

Metro 2033 should've remained a stand-alone release with "The Gospel According to Artyom" being enough as a sequel.

tavetzuigel's review

dark hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5