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mslauraeb 's review for:
The Strain
by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
Del Toro said he was sick of teen-pop romantic vampires. So, he sat down to make (not write, note) a scary, realistic vampire novel. First of a trilogy, it succeeds in realism (weird to read a novel referring to the credit meltdown and foreclosures already) and non-cuteness (lots of fecal matter etc). I just wouldn't call it scary. The idea's there (I assume that's Del Toro's contribution) but the writing is lacking (I assume that's Hogan's part) never really taking off. Still, I'll read the next one to see it where it goes and it really is very nice to have vampirism as a rampant disease instead of a sexy (or worse, sparkly) romance.