HarperCollins The Strain, Fiction, Paperback, Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
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Author: ZeitGhoul (music is my sanctuary)
Rating: 5
Review: Steeped in the traditions of vampiric lore yet also interesting to see del Toro's cinematic ideas sometimes pop up in the story....think Cronos and Blade 2 mashup!! The Strain is a very well written modern take on vampires. For me there are very few team up books that are actually more than just ok, a book like Good Omens for example is a perfect matchup and so great from Gaiman and Pratchett. You can add Chuck Close and Del Toro to that list of quality team writers as having nearly finished the 2nd book, The Fall, I'm having a great time still! The Strain is truly creepy from the start, and keeps that momentum for most of the way. The beginning reminds me of one of the scariest intros I've read, Perdido St. Station by China M Mieville... which I highly recommend. If it does become a little less scary by the time more is revealed in the 2nd book, this is not at the expense of the quality of writing. It does start to feel more of a dark adventure than a creepy horror later, but I enjoy the pace, the close shaves, the twists and turns and the lore revelations all the way through. All that commentary aside I know I will quickly read this fun trilogy all the way through, so for that reason alone it is worth the 5 star rating. Highly recommended if you are a Del Toro movie fan.
Author: Ken Mooney
Rating: 1
Review: StartedStarted this book three or four times over the years, and committed to reading/finishing the series before I finished watching the associated TV show. I'm not entirely sure what I expected from this book, but it was definitely more than I got. The first two books involved a lot of head-hopping, but I found them forgivable in a huge world-building experience. This book, however, reads like it was written by completely different people. As a matter of fact, this book reads so (relatively) poorly that I'm pretty sure I've read fan-fiction that flows better. I'm not entirely sure what happened in this book, as if there were three basic scenes/settings that lasted far longer than they should. It proved incredibly frustrating when compared with singular beats in those scenes that were important, not just for the individual characters in this world, but also for the massive world-building that I adored in the previous book. The mythology established in The Fall gets acknowledged here, but rather than building on this and developing, things are acknowledged and forgotten in the space of a breath. The book continues the same head-hopping I experienced in the first two books, and in the process of doing so, manages to undermine any growth and development within the characters. And when it comes to those characters...well, characters or assets of those characters that I might have found likeable are undone by rushing towards a quirky comedic (or "bad-ass") beat for that character. I don't often regret reading a book, definitely not three books. But, given that I'll never get the time that I invested into those three books back, I think I was wrong about that one... this book three or four times over the years, and committed to reading/finishing the series before I finished watching the associated TV show. It's entertaining enough, even if it has frustrating levels of head-hopping throughout. Despite that, this is a book showing significant promise as the first book in a trilogy.
