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thewisefox 's review for:
Metro 2033
by Dmitry Glukhovsky
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A Boring Genius!
It took me almost a year to finish this book! That’s how boring and slow it was. The series of events that the protagonist experiences has been written in a way that eradicates any doubt that they were there to fill in the pages. His journey starts from VDKN station and ends (almost) there with lots of things changed, himself included. During his journey he encounters many irrelevant characters that are put there by the author to either help him move forward and reach his goals or are simply there to be a testament to “human evilness” or to elicit the pity in the reader and this makes them unnecessary and forced and renders the whole story contrived. To be more specific, the encounter with the “Great Worm Worshipers” is by far the worst! The story suddenly derails into a boring/philosophical pages of monologue of that manipulating priest about the creation of the universe. And I think this long long section was only there to feed us the author’s thoughts and beliefs and I honestly couldn’t care less. Just move on with the story! We all can understand the metaphors.
The positive points of this book are the genius in designing the closed ecological system of the metro and the trade mechanism and the protectionism. The fact that various factions have set up defence systems how they are cultivating mushrooms and feeding on pigs and how the class difference also exists in the post apocalyptic world.
Unfortunately, non of the characters, protagonist included, are relatable. They feel distant and shallow like the objective he seeks. Worth mentioning that the plot twist at the end was really good!
Anyways, I will listen to the audiobook for the second volume since I think it will be a boring stretch like this one!
It took me almost a year to finish this book! That’s how boring and slow it was. The series of events that the protagonist experiences has been written in a way that eradicates any doubt that they were there to fill in the pages. His journey starts from VDKN station and ends (almost) there with lots of things changed, himself included. During his journey he encounters many irrelevant characters that are put there by the author to either help him move forward and reach his goals or are simply there to be a testament to “human evilness” or to elicit the pity in the reader and this makes them unnecessary and forced and renders the whole story contrived. To be more specific, the encounter with the “Great Worm Worshipers” is by far the worst! The story suddenly derails into a boring/philosophical pages of monologue of that manipulating priest about the creation of the universe. And I think this long long section was only there to feed us the author’s thoughts and beliefs and I honestly couldn’t care less. Just move on with the story! We all can understand the metaphors.
The positive points of this book are the genius in designing the closed ecological system of the metro and the trade mechanism and the protectionism. The fact that various factions have set up defence systems how they are cultivating mushrooms and feeding on pigs and how the class difference also exists in the post apocalyptic world.
Unfortunately, non of the characters, protagonist included, are relatable. They feel distant and shallow like the objective he seeks. Worth mentioning that the plot twist at the end was really good!
Anyways, I will listen to the audiobook for the second volume since I think it will be a boring stretch like this one!