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malinowy 's review for:
Metro 2034
by Dmitry Glukhovsky
I was thinking this would be a sequel to Metro 2033 and while there are few mentions of the events that occurred in the previous book, this can be read as a stand-alone too. I can't help but compare the two books. I think I might have said Metro 2033 felt like a collection of short stories with all the stations and characters. This on the other hand feels more like a proper book, but the story isn't as compelling. Yes, there is a threat to the station, yes, there are characters looking for a way to eliminate that threat. But there's also a lot of philosophical thinking and much less characters. In a way I liked this more with the studies of trust and truth and moral and ethics, but I truly wish the story had had more drive. It got better towards the end, but then the conclusion felt rushed and I'm not sure leaving the ending open worked this time. Leonid as a character was probably the best thing in this book which is surprising because when he was first introduced he annoyed me. Now having read the whole book I almost wish he'd gotten a book of his own because it feels like his could have been a better story than Sasha's. It's not a bad book, but I was hoping for more.