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The Strain
by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
My friend recommended this book to me as she knows I like the horror/vampires/whatever supernatural things and I loved it. It was written so it was incredibly creepy without like really creepy things happening. I tried reading some in a dark room late at night and had to put it aside cause...it was just getting to me which normally I do not get scared like that. That in and of itself was enough to make me love it! The story itself is also really intriguing - it is vampires, but not normal vampires - more like aliens. The whole time it is just building up and it is written kind of like screenplay where I could just visualize this as a movie and I would love to watch that.
Updated 7/14/14
In celebration of The Strain TV show premiering tonight I thought I would re-read the book. I remember the first time I read it I loved it! The first and only book I have read that creeped me out. I remember trying to read in bed one night, but I didn't want to get up and turn on the light, so book light it was. Well that lasted like 2 paragraphs before I was like nope, this is not going to work. Need more light, too creepy. Awesome.
I had forgotten a lot of the details of the story. A plane lands at JFK and then is found just sitting out on the tarmac completely dark. No lights, no noise, nothing. All the shades are drawn on the windows, everything is still and silent. Very strange. So what happened? What is going on? Why is no one moving? Why have there been no phone calls or anything? The way it is written is just so perfect. Everything is just so intense, makes you so on the edge of your seat waiting to see what will happen. So great.
Ephraim is the lead CDC person in charge. Him and his team are trying to figure out what is happening. What killed the people aboard the flight. The first part of the book is pretty detailed about them trying to figure everything out. Quarantining the survivors, looking at the deceased, etc. All of it was so cool! Looking at the autopsies of the dead bodies was so interesting! I loved the details of what is happening and how it works. Yes, from the synopsis you know it is vampires, but these are not like any vampires you have seen before. Yes, they drink blood but man...they are so much worse than normal vampires! They are so cool! I love it. I love how everything is just so different from what I have read before.
Ephraim collects a bunch of misfits to help him fight out this vampire attack. There is one in his group who knows what is going on which is good for all involved. His back story was quite interesting and was a great addition. I loved seeing how different people reacted to what was happening, and seeing everything just spiral out of control quickly. I can't wait to re-read the second book to see what happens next! One of the best creepy books I have read.
This review was originally posted to Jen in Bookland
Updated 7/14/14
In celebration of The Strain TV show premiering tonight I thought I would re-read the book. I remember the first time I read it I loved it! The first and only book I have read that creeped me out. I remember trying to read in bed one night, but I didn't want to get up and turn on the light, so book light it was. Well that lasted like 2 paragraphs before I was like nope, this is not going to work. Need more light, too creepy. Awesome.
I had forgotten a lot of the details of the story. A plane lands at JFK and then is found just sitting out on the tarmac completely dark. No lights, no noise, nothing. All the shades are drawn on the windows, everything is still and silent. Very strange. So what happened? What is going on? Why is no one moving? Why have there been no phone calls or anything? The way it is written is just so perfect. Everything is just so intense, makes you so on the edge of your seat waiting to see what will happen. So great.
Ephraim is the lead CDC person in charge. Him and his team are trying to figure out what is happening. What killed the people aboard the flight. The first part of the book is pretty detailed about them trying to figure everything out. Quarantining the survivors, looking at the deceased, etc. All of it was so cool! Looking at the autopsies of the dead bodies was so interesting! I loved the details of what is happening and how it works. Yes, from the synopsis you know it is vampires, but these are not like any vampires you have seen before. Yes, they drink blood but man...they are so much worse than normal vampires! They are so cool! I love it. I love how everything is just so different from what I have read before.
Ephraim collects a bunch of misfits to help him fight out this vampire attack. There is one in his group who knows what is going on which is good for all involved. His back story was quite interesting and was a great addition. I loved seeing how different people reacted to what was happening, and seeing everything just spiral out of control quickly. I can't wait to re-read the second book to see what happens next! One of the best creepy books I have read.
This review was originally posted to Jen in Bookland