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highvoltagegrrl 's review for:
The Strain
by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
This vampire story is one of the most detailed I have read. It is one of the most detailed books of any kind I have ever read. The authors have a great understanding of allowing the reader into their world by having complete characters and settings. There is nothing left to the imagination on who these people are, what they look like, how they feel, and how they live. The story is completely immersive.
When I finished the first 50 pages, my thoughts were that I was going to have nightmares when I slept that night. (Lucky for me I didn’t.) Throughout the book I was disgusted and appalled, in a good way, at the events they were describing. These are NOT the vampires that sparkle. Days after I was done reading the book, while renovating the patio, I got the heebie-jeebies as a little milk white worm was wiggling around trying to make its way to me. I shiver just thinking about it again, that is how under the skin this story can get.
While parts of the book are dizzying, like trying to keep straight the loads of characters in the beginning, it is justified once their paths all cross. The book is part of a trilogy, so the story is open ended with a war of vampires on the way. I think the second book will be even more interesting once we get to meet more of the supernatural creatures instead of focusing on the beginning of the parasitic infection. Book 2, The Fall, will be released September 21, 2010.
When I finished the first 50 pages, my thoughts were that I was going to have nightmares when I slept that night. (Lucky for me I didn’t.) Throughout the book I was disgusted and appalled, in a good way, at the events they were describing. These are NOT the vampires that sparkle. Days after I was done reading the book, while renovating the patio, I got the heebie-jeebies as a little milk white worm was wiggling around trying to make its way to me. I shiver just thinking about it again, that is how under the skin this story can get.
While parts of the book are dizzying, like trying to keep straight the loads of characters in the beginning, it is justified once their paths all cross. The book is part of a trilogy, so the story is open ended with a war of vampires on the way. I think the second book will be even more interesting once we get to meet more of the supernatural creatures instead of focusing on the beginning of the parasitic infection. Book 2, The Fall, will be released September 21, 2010.