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The Strain by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
3.0

This would have made a fun television show. As a novel, there are some compelling characters and some really cool scenes, like the opening airplane sequence.

I have to wonder how much time and effort was used to convert this from script to novel. There were times I felt I was reading a screen treatment due to the high level of description included. I personally would have liked a little bit more left to my imagination. That said, I'll finish the trilogy when released because I enjoy this sort of story.