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The Strain - Community Reviews back

by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
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fablejack
fablejack rated it 13 years ago
This story takes a long time to get moving. Around page 100, I was wondering when things were going to start picking up. Ultimately, I think it suffers from being book 1 of a trilogy. There's no pressure to resolve the story. Plus, there are a lot of side scenes that are kind of interesting, but the...
MizNikki
MizNikki rated it 13 years ago
I obviously wasn't in the mood for this read. It took so long to getsuffer through. A solid tale of vampirism that I would most likely enjoy more on the big-screen.
TheBecks
TheBecks rated it 13 years ago
3.5 stars, with a slight nudge toward 4.I have had this book on my To-Read list for a while, but never got around to reading it until now. I'm glad that I read it because it was pretty good, and parts were very creepy. I didn't find it scary and had no problem sleeping or anything reading it, but th...
Book Ramblings
Book Ramblings rated it 14 years ago
A nice and breezy read though nice isn't quite the right word and the breeze is a bit fetid! The Strain is an increasingly rare (ahem) strain of badass vampire novels. There are no well coiffed, sexy, maudlin vampires in this book, they just "vant to suck your blood" (without the Lugosi style Euro a...
Danielle's Reading Adventures
Danielle's Reading Adventures rated it 14 years ago
This was probably a 3.5 star read for me. It was good, but it could have been better. I think the writing lacked a certain polish, although I did like some of the imagery. And it definitely was scary!Story:The vampires in this book were both disgusting and fearsome. I admit that thinking about th...
Kari@ From the TBR Pile
Kari@ From the TBR Pile rated it 14 years ago
Wow! What a wild ride. I really enjoyed this one. I gave it 4 stars because the beginning was a bit dull. I'm glad I stuck with it because once the horror begins, it is awesome. I rarely get creeped out by horror books any more, but this one gave me the chills. These are no beautiful, sexy vampi...
beishir
beishir rated it 14 years ago
This book just kept getting worse and worse. I finally had to give up on it.
All the Time in the World
All the Time in the World rated it 14 years ago
This was such an uneven book - at times the writing was beautiful and evocative, and then suddenly there'd be some clunky, ungrammatical sentence that kicked me right out of the story... plus there's almost NO recovery time between the protagonist being told that vampires are real, and his almost ca...
Gregor Xane
Gregor Xane rated it 14 years ago
I would have given this 2.5 stars, if that were possible. Although very fast-paced and entertaining, there were some gaping consistency problems throughout. However, these problems weren't enough to prevent me from picking up the next one in the series. This is some good "junk food" reading.
Allison Moore's Blog
Allison Moore's Blog rated it 14 years ago
Hard to read the next sentence it was so nerve wracking. Great entertainment! This book would make a great movie but I need to take a break before reading the sequel The Fallen.Horror/Science Fiction genre
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