erika_is_reading 's review for:

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan

3.0

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Yet another novel that takes the dark approach to vampires (see, e.g., The Passage), i.e., the Anti-Twilight (and Thank God for that, I say). And, again, similarly, vampire as virus, or something along those lines. The premise was interesting, but I think not compelling in its novelty. Characters were . . . thin, too thin. Scenes were too drawn out. It made for an acceptable read in the passenger seat on a 4-hour trip to the mountains -- and that's about as long as it took. But it ain't literature, and it ain't The Passage.