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Loading... The Strain: Book One of The Strain Trilogy (original 2009; edition 2009)by Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan
Work InformationThe Strain by Guillermo del Toro (2009)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Started well, was extremely filmic in style (which is suspect is wherer Del Toro comes in) reads like and episode of the X files. But is too long. Could have been edited better, the sheer amount of words begins to drag on the otherwise addictive narrative. It's the first novel with an actual clear cut narrative I've read in a while and this actually came as a welcome relief. ( ) Por este libro sus autores no ganarán un premio Nobel de literatura, pero cumple sobradamente con la función de entretener. Aunque previsible en algunas ocasiones y con un argumento y narración que parecen prepararlo para una serie de televisión, logra mantener el interés de forma continua durante todo el libro, haciéndote querer leer siempre una página más antes de tener que parar. Eph torno’ ad avvicinarsi e stavolta passo’ il raggio luminoso sulla faccia di Redfern. La chiazza subcutanea formo’ una sorta di maschera. Come una seconda persona nascosta sotto il viso del pilota di aviolinee, invecchiata e deforme. Un volto sinistro, un male ben sveglio dentro l’uomo malato che dormiva. Eph spinse piu’ vicino la lampada… e di nuovo l’ombra interna s’increspo’, quasi in una smorfia, e cerco’ di ritrarsi. (145) La notte non e’ un’assenza di luce; in realta’ e’ il giorno a essere un breve momento di sollievo dalle tenebri incombenti… (218) Il Padrone continuo’ a fissare il vuoto, impassibile, diabolicamente regale, gli occhi simili a due morte lune in nubi di sangue. (324)
I am torn about The Strain. I like it for all of its blood-sucking charms, but in order to do so, I’ve got to overlook some fairly major shortcomings in its mechanics. And I’ve got to do it all while somehow managing to avoid blaming Guillermo for anything. It's so creepy that when I told my wife and daughter about it *they* got creeped out just from my description. The Strain is a breakneck thrill ride chronicling only the first four days of the vampire plague that may destroy civilization. The cinematic quality really comes though, making the book feel more like a action blockbuster than a thought-provoking horror novel. The publisher is hyping the heck out of this book, and it will sell like a Dan Brown of the Undead. It has some dopey parts, but is also pretty entertaining and scary. This would be an excellent vacation read, although I would not recommend reading the first fifty pages on an airplane if you are a nervous flier. Save it for the beach soaking up the UV rays. Un Boeing 777 aterriza en el aeropuerto John F. Kennedy de Nueva York proveniente de Berlín, y cuando se dirige a la puerta para que los pasajeros empiecen a desembarcar, de repente se oscurece. La torre de control pierde contacto con el piloto y toda la actividad eléctrica del aparato se corta. No se escuchan móviles, ni BlackBerries, ni la radio, nada. Las cortinas de las ventanillas están bajadas y no se ve a nadie dentro. Se reúne un equipo de emergencias y todos observan al avión silencioso ahora bañado por las luces del aeropuerto, en completo silencio. Parece una gigantesca lápida blanca que brilla contra el oscuro cielo de la noche. Entonces una brecha negra aparece en el fuselaje: es una puerta que se abre desde dentro con una lentitud glacial… Siempre han estado aquí. Vampiros. Anidando y alimentándose. En secreto y oscuridad. A la espera. Ahora ha llegado su momento. En una semana, Manhattan habrá desaparecido. En tres meses, todo el país. En seis meses, el mundo entero. Belongs to SeriesThe Strain (book 1) Is contained inHas the adaptation
Abraham Setrakian, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust, joins forces with CDC specialist Eph Goodweather to battle a vampiric virus that has infected New York in this first installment in a thrilling trilogy about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity. No library descriptions found.
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