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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
535 pages in and I have decided to quit. I just can't do it anymore. After an intriguing and pacey start, the story has become bogged down by uninteresting characters and poor dialogue. The story has simply stagnated and has become bogged down by pages and pages of unnecessary, and at times confusing, dialogue between the characters.
It's pity as I really enjoyed the first 300 or so pages, but the idea of reading another 400 pages + 2 subsequent books no longer appeals to me.
So it goes.
It's pity as I really enjoyed the first 300 or so pages, but the idea of reading another 400 pages + 2 subsequent books no longer appeals to me.
So it goes.
Words can't begin to describe how amazing this book is and what an incredible gift for writing Cronin has. He has a way of mesmerizing the reader from the first sentence, so that it is very difficult to put this book down, and you begin to resent life for intruding on your awesome adventure. I can't wait until next Monday when I will have the honour of meeting this writer, who I now consider among my favourites!
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Great story and well written. It's dark and scary, I couldn't read it before bed, haha. I was thoroughly creeped out in certain parts, but it was really good!!
I really enjoyed this book!! It was a big one (766 pages) filled with great writing, good character development, and an amazing plot! I was pulled into the story rather quickly, and it continued to keep me guessing all the way to the end. I do have to say that the last 40 pages were my least favorite and I wasn't thrilled with the ending. It was kind of disappointing to read so many pages to not like the ending, but I would still recommend this book to my friends.
For some reason this one trudged along for me for a while. Without spoilers I'll just say there was a sudden change of course midway through and the whiplash was tough for me to adjust to. In the end it was entirely worth it and I intend to continue the series. Call me a sucker for a cliffhanger.
J'ai donné 5* (je dirais plus proche de 4*) principalement pour l'effet du premier tiers qui m'a fait osciller entre lecture compulsive et angoisse, terreur, toujours présentes face à l'approche de l’apocalypse, "man-made" évidemment, inévitable.
J'ai mis plus de temps à lire cette partie composée de l'histoire des protagonistes, du développement de l'expérience et de la fuite d'Amy, le tout très documenté et réaliste, que le reste du livre.
Et l'apocalypse... et les résultats de l'expérience interdite, je me suis dit "oooh yeah, des vrais vampires: pas beaux, sans conscience, sans cheveux, sans pitié, sans possibilité de rédemption... sans rien d'attachant". Bref, des vampires comme il en faudrait plus. Ben oui. Bref. (C'était le commentaire d'une lectrice qui fait une OD de vampires guimauves dénaturés. Retour au commentaire sérieux...)
Passé ce premier tiers riche, prenant, terrifiant par son écho (à part les vampires) trop proche de notre réalité, l'auteur fait un bond de 100 ans et prend un tournant très net dans la narration. On suit alors une communauté de survivants et leur vie quotidienne, leur survie, leurs batailles, exils, quêtes... bref, de l'épique.
Bien écrit certes et accrocheur, mais qui manque un peu d'originalité par trop de rappels de déjà écrit, en particulier The Stand (Le Fléau) de Stephen King (Auntie et Sister Lacey/Sister Abigail, les rêves, etc.).
Ce que j'ai apprécié dans la partie épique: l'idée du lien entre les 12 expériences et les infectés, la description des USA ravagés, la narration ponctuée d'extraits de journaux des personnages ou d'arrêtés de l'armée, de rapports, etc traités comme documents historiques dans un futur lointain, et la fin, le dernier extrait de journal, en particulier la légende qui créé, pour moi, la fin que l'on veut.
Je ne pense pas que je lirai la suite si elle parait un jour. Je préfère en rester là et ne pas gâcher une très bonne expérience.
J'ai mis plus de temps à lire cette partie composée de l'histoire des protagonistes, du développement de l'expérience et de la fuite d'Amy, le tout très documenté et réaliste, que le reste du livre.
Et l'apocalypse... et les résultats de l'expérience interdite, je me suis dit "oooh yeah, des vrais vampires: pas beaux, sans conscience, sans cheveux, sans pitié, sans possibilité de rédemption... sans rien d'attachant". Bref, des vampires comme il en faudrait plus. Ben oui. Bref. (C'était le commentaire d'une lectrice qui fait une OD de vampires guimauves dénaturés. Retour au commentaire sérieux...)
Passé ce premier tiers riche, prenant, terrifiant par son écho (à part les vampires) trop proche de notre réalité, l'auteur fait un bond de 100 ans et prend un tournant très net dans la narration. On suit alors une communauté de survivants et leur vie quotidienne, leur survie, leurs batailles, exils, quêtes... bref, de l'épique.
Bien écrit certes et accrocheur, mais qui manque un peu d'originalité par trop de rappels de déjà écrit, en particulier The Stand (Le Fléau) de Stephen King (Auntie et Sister Lacey/Sister Abigail, les rêves, etc.).
Ce que j'ai apprécié dans la partie épique: l'idée du lien entre les 12 expériences et les infectés, la description des USA ravagés, la narration ponctuée d'extraits de journaux des personnages ou d'arrêtés de l'armée, de rapports, etc traités comme documents historiques dans un futur lointain, et la fin, le dernier extrait de journal, en particulier la légende qui créé, pour moi, la fin que l'on veut.
Je ne pense pas que je lirai la suite si elle parait un jour. Je préfère en rester là et ne pas gâcher une très bonne expérience.
This is the first in a vampire apocalypse trilogy. The US army develops a virus forming vampires. These original 12 vampires eventually escape the army lab containment and wither kill or convert the vast majority of the US population. We don’t know what has happened in the rest of the world but the assumption is everyone is dead. The book follows a band of survivors who are on the search for clues as to how to kill the vampires with a young girl who is more than she appears.
I read this book because it had been described to me that the author wrote it because his young daughter wanted to read a book where a young girl is the hero. I have to say this author has a very strange view on hero’s. the young girl could have been replaced with either a mystical object or an animal and there would have been no change in the book. There was very little character development for anyone and it was far, far too long. At almost 800 pages and barely anything happens, I’m not sure what the editor was thinking.
When I started I had a very bad impression, we had a mother who was a sex worker, a nun who was raped as a child (this rape then driving her character’s choices), a man who’s daughter died (and who’s death drove his choices) and a male doctor who’s wife died (and who’s death drove his desire to create the vampire virus). I was thinking could this get anymore tropey.
It got a little better further on, but mainly because the author kind of gave up on female characters. There were a few in the main band, but they didn’t really meet any others.
Just lots of weird plot holes too, what was up with the train, did anyone else survive and what happened to them?
I read this book because it had been described to me that the author wrote it because his young daughter wanted to read a book where a young girl is the hero. I have to say this author has a very strange view on hero’s. the young girl could have been replaced with either a mystical object or an animal and there would have been no change in the book. There was very little character development for anyone and it was far, far too long. At almost 800 pages and barely anything happens, I’m not sure what the editor was thinking.
When I started I had a very bad impression, we had a mother who was a sex worker, a nun who was raped as a child (this rape then driving her character’s choices), a man who’s daughter died (and who’s death drove his choices) and a male doctor who’s wife died (and who’s death drove his desire to create the vampire virus). I was thinking could this get anymore tropey.
It got a little better further on, but mainly because the author kind of gave up on female characters. There were a few in the main band, but they didn’t really meet any others.
Just lots of weird plot holes too, what was up with the train, did anyone else survive and what happened to them?