A review by daleywhaley
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

2.0

I’m really disappointed with this book. It had been on my TBR since finishing The Stand a few years back. Finally had the time to read such a doorstop but I just found it fell a bit flat. 

The characters were mostly one note after the first couple of chapters with each. After that the plot kind of dragged along and was fairly predictable

(bad guys vs good guys).

There was quite a few more action heavy scenes which I think some people like but, personally, I don’t find that interesting. 

A lot of it was a bit OTT as well, like

Swan is absolute perfection and the bad guy has a skull head…

There were also plot points I struggled with

such as there still being enough tinned food out and about to sustain an army of thousands on the march, then enough working cars and fuel to drive through a wasteland, what was with the animals…I don’t think bobcats do that, only one man was bright enough to use a bicycle in all of America, everyone was clamouring to get to a lake yet they didn’t just walk down the shore a bit, and then the religious army people being unable to fight off the bad guys with all their stuff yet the ice wall nearly stops them, weird?

There were just so many little things that took me out of this book. 

All in all, not that satisfying. I get the comparison to The Stand but the thin characters pale in comparison to what King can do. 

If you’re more into the plot and like a bit of action, I think you’ll get along well with this.