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A review by vitiumthevampire
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I really enjoyed the first half or so of this novel but as you go from the more mystery part of the story to the more vampiric virus apocalypse part of the story, I found myself less interested. A story needs more than just action to stay interesting for me and I felt like the end didn't have much to offer besides that. I would have preferred if there had been more emotional character interaction but the character relations tend to feel sidelined. There was so much potential for extra tension. I feel like the son's role was too small and should have been better utilized.
The vampires in this are definitely different from what you usually see in vampire media and I think it's an interesting take, though not my favourite as it leans too much into the usual overdone zombie apocalypse stuff.
Also this series is written in a way that I feel would work better in film rather than book form. You get to see a lot of perspectives of random people who get caught up innthe events and in a movie this makes sense, but as a book I feel like it just took me out of it when the pov changed so much.
The Fall suffers from the same issues. Not gonna read The Night Eternal for now but may pick up this series again later just to see how it ends and if they explain some of the very questionable story choices made in The Fall.
The vampires in this are definitely different from what you usually see in vampire media and I think it's an interesting take, though not my favourite as it leans too much into the usual overdone zombie apocalypse stuff.
Also this series is written in a way that I feel would work better in film rather than book form. You get to see a lot of perspectives of random people who get caught up innthe events and in a movie this makes sense, but as a book I feel like it just took me out of it when the pov changed so much.
The Fall suffers from the same issues. Not gonna read The Night Eternal for now but may pick up this series again later just to see how it ends and if they explain some of the very questionable story choices made in The Fall.