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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
Guillermo del Toro is a filmaking genius, make no mistake about that. He made two of my all-time favourite films. Unfortunately it turns out his novel writing is kind of average. Not terrible, just distinctly average.
I really enjoyed the book. A different take on the vampire which was refreshing. Eager to start the next book.
Excellent!! I decided to read this because I have been watching the tv show and it is basically one of the best book to tv show adaptations I have seen. That is probably because the author wanted it to be a tv show first and the way the book is set out you can tell that but not in a bad way. It breaks the book up into locations instead of chapters which I found helpful if I only have ten minutes or so to read. The plot is quick off the mark and straight away you can tell something isn't right which draws you into the crazy world whilst keeping an excellent scientific spin on the old vampire lore. The main characters are developed well and you can really feel eph love for his son and even for his ex wife. A very good read especially if you like vampire stories but are bored with the general format of them being sexy
this book was so much more than i expected - it is so much more than just a 'vampire' book. vampires here are like they are 'supposed' to be (imho): terrifying creatures who see us only as a food source. not that i don't love anne rice's vampires, but these touchy-feely undead things that we see pop up in just about every corner of pop culture these days just don't do it for me. i love the forensic approach to figuring out the 'epidemic', and the (partial) explanation of how something like this could exist. it messed with my head because the creatures are so imagined that they require quite a suspension of disbelief...yet that very same attitude is what is causing them to rampage so successfully throughout NYC. much respect for the story also adding its own flair to existing vampire lore, most notably through the 'stingers', which are pretty terrifying to imagine. it gives a freshness to what has become a very cliche and overused trope.
the characters are a bit cliched - but work well together. a formula seems to be emerging in post-apocalyptic fiction, much as it exists in fantasy...or maybe its just always been there and i haven't read enough of it yet. the writing, too, was less than i expected, but didn't take away from the plot or the pacing.
altogether, thoroughly enjoyable. a great october read and i can't wait to see where the next two books lead.
the characters are a bit cliched - but work well together. a formula seems to be emerging in post-apocalyptic fiction, much as it exists in fantasy...or maybe its just always been there and i haven't read enough of it yet. the writing, too, was less than i expected, but didn't take away from the plot or the pacing.
altogether, thoroughly enjoyable. a great october read and i can't wait to see where the next two books lead.
Pretty scary stuff...I'm uncertain if I'm up to reading the second installment. However, the fact that this was co-written is intriguing! I am very much used to the romanticized vampire stories---this is nothing like it! Keep the lights on!
A pretty fun page-turner that kept me invested despite some pretty flat, uninteresting characters. I like the lore building here quite a bit--the more horrific vampires are much more interesting than the usual fare of them being seductive that's so popular with most fiction involving them.
I enjoyed this book, the pace was good, and I really wanted to keep reading it, but I felt a bit let down by the ending. I think it had a lot of potential, but just didn't quite deliver. I think perhaps because they intended it to be a series, they held back to keep some stuff for the next book. It was a nice change from all the sexy, sensitive vampires out there, and I'll read the second book.
Good story and there were several very scary moments, but overall it fell a little bit short for me.
It seems a trend in movies and books that the writer does a poor job of actually getting us to CARE about the people in the book. I had more feelings for some of the minor characters than I did for the protagonist.
I wonder if it is the mark of someone over-dependent on the visual storytelling medium that makes this seem a little hollow? Not really sure.
I am looking forward to reading the other books, and it is a great vacation read, but I was expecting more from the name del Toro.
It seems a trend in movies and books that the writer does a poor job of actually getting us to CARE about the people in the book. I had more feelings for some of the minor characters than I did for the protagonist.
I wonder if it is the mark of someone over-dependent on the visual storytelling medium that makes this seem a little hollow? Not really sure.
I am looking forward to reading the other books, and it is a great vacation read, but I was expecting more from the name del Toro.