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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This could be an original take on the vampire tale....but it isn't. For as creative as del Toro's movies can be, this does not seem to have that. This was a slight improvement on the tv series, but it is a pretty dull read, even just listening to it. It could easily be a DNF, I just don't care if I walk out of the room with it playing for a few minutes. ( ) 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.
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 BerlÃn, 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 aquÃ. 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 paÃs. En seis meses, el mundo entero. Belongs to SeriesThe Strain (book 1) Is contained inHas the adaptation
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HTML: "A high-tech vampire epic....Terrifying." "Part The Andromeda Strain, part Night of the Living Dead." "Chuck Hogan is known for his taut thrillers, Guillermo del Toro for his surreal horror films...The Strain brings out the best of each." An epic battle for survival begins between man and vampire in The Strainâ??the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy from one of Hollywood's most inventive storytellers and a critically acclaimed thriller writer. Guillermo del Toro, the genius director of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy, and Hammett Award-winning author Chuck Hogan have joined forces to boldly reinvent the vampire novel. Brilliant, blood-chilling, and unputdownable, The Strain is a nightmare of the first order No library descriptions found.
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