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kimabill 's review for:
The Strain
by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
Sigh... this book started out pretty good, but by the end I just really wanted it to be over. It is the story of a vampire plague which begins when an airplane lands in New York and pretty much everyone on board is dead. A large, mysterious box in the cargo hold, unexplained small incisions on the necks of all the bodies, and no blood anywhere? - You've got yourself a vampire invasion! There were some good "Nononono, don't open that door!" moments toward the beginning, but then it started to drag. There was one scene in a hospital where a man was being chased by a vampire and went to attack it with some kind of surgical instrument. The author actually stopped the narrative in the middle of a fight scene to explain what the surgical instrument was. It was so awkward and clunky, I almost stopped right there. Oh well - not my cup of tea.