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A review by dnandrews797
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
5.0
This was without a doubt the best apocalypse novel I’ve ever read. All the characters were unique and well developed and the chapters were direct, emotional, and well paced. Even though this book was almost a thousand pages, it felt like they just flew by while I was reading it.
Swan is an excellent protagonist, a literal and figurative symbol of hope, she is the perfect foil for our villain, the relentless and terrible incarnation of death itself.
The variation of the wasteland is excellent as well, the industrial destruction of big cities giving way to the extinction and skeletal remains of plant life in the rural sectors fleshes out the world and keeps it interesting as the characters journey from place to place.
The evil acts of our antagonists in the form of Colonel Macklin and Roland when they think they’re doing the “righteous thing” makes them much more believable and even gives them a sense of pity as the story grows and evolves.
Overall, an epic tale of life vs death, hope vs despair, and how to carry on in the face of adversity and insurmountable odds makes this book a beautiful epic of second chances and the perseverance of the human spirit. I’d recommend this to anyone
Swan is an excellent protagonist, a literal and figurative symbol of hope, she is the perfect foil for our villain, the relentless and terrible incarnation of death itself.
The variation of the wasteland is excellent as well, the industrial destruction of big cities giving way to the extinction and skeletal remains of plant life in the rural sectors fleshes out the world and keeps it interesting as the characters journey from place to place.
The evil acts of our antagonists in the form of Colonel Macklin and Roland when they think they’re doing the “righteous thing” makes them much more believable and even gives them a sense of pity as the story grows and evolves.
Overall, an epic tale of life vs death, hope vs despair, and how to carry on in the face of adversity and insurmountable odds makes this book a beautiful epic of second chances and the perseverance of the human spirit. I’d recommend this to anyone