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No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Just finished this first volume. The book is short sweet and to the point. No filler to be found. It is well written and loose, which gives it a good flow. There are some truly horrific moments. If I would have read this book as a teenager I would have been terrified. Case in point. The strigoi looking through the letter opener. That was very well written. The story has been critiqued as reading too much like a screenplay. Well..that is ok. The characters are well developed move well with each other. The writers really bring EPH into his own and show his conflict and despair concerning his wife. I was hoping to see the evil NAZI from the series make an appearance and I am glad the hacker hippie was not part of it. Was a little disappointed with the brief intro of the elders. I am sure they will be brought to further life later. It would be nice to see more of them. She is too much of a distraction. Good read. Looking forward to the second book. (  ) Joe73 | Feb 25, 2022 |  This was good horror. It wasn't good horror that would keep me up at night or infest my thinking pattern, but it was a nice summer read (in April). That said, there were some POV problems which actually made me read some passages twice. I'm looking forward to starting the second book (THE FALL)...right now. ( ) bxwretlind | Dec 10, 2021 | I can certainly see why this will (hopefully) work very well as a TV show. Compelling plot, episodically written, dramatic, bantery dialogue, and archetypal characterizations. It's got all the hallmarks of a suspense novel with the added bonus of horror. But, as a book, it didn't work so well for me. Or, well, the first part worked really well, the middle act less well, and, like so many of the other reviews I've read, by the third part, I was over it. My major complaint is with the "main" character (I'm calling him the main character; I'm 99% sure he would be the main character). He's a brilliant epidemiologist with the CDC whose set up this amazing unit that's going to save (American) humanity from pandemic infections. And, as soon as he comes across a "virus" that, truly, can wipe out humanity, he, apparently, completely forgets that he's a brilliant doctor. I mean, he goes astonishingly fast from "we have to save these people" to "nope, just gonna kill 'em." I would have liked to see more science. Maybe that comes in the next books? This was, clearly, my sticking point. If you can get past that (and a few other plot holes I can only assume will be mended in the other books) it is a speedy, creepy, suspenseful read. The first part with the whole plane thing is really great. Really. (  ) JessicaReadsThings | Dec 2, 2021 | An interesting take on the vampire mythos and one I look forward to reading more about, if not eagerly. The male characters are varied and interesting but it really underdevelops the femal characters. ( ) nosborm | Oct 10, 2021 | Interesting idea but ultimately unsatisfying for me. ( ) Septima | Aug 21, 2021 |
 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. Pertany a aquestes sèriesThe Strain (book 1) Contingut aTé l'adaptació
UNA NISSAGA MALEÏDA ES PROPAGA PEL MÓN. I TU TENS UNA COSA SOTA LA PELL QUE ELS TORNA BOJOS. TRILOGIA DE LA FOSCOR. Un avió procedent de Berlin aterra a Nova York. Però, des que pren terra, alguna cosa no va bé. Totes les llums de l#avió estan apagats, ningú respon a les trucades de la torre de control, ningú contesta als telèfons mòbils. Sembla com si l#avió estigués mort... El que al principi consideren un virus molt contagiós, aviat es revela com quelcom aterrador. Els #infectats# tenen molta sed i només volen beure# sang. L#epidèmia es propaga a una velocitat de vertigen, i al cap de pocs dies envaïx tota l#illa de Manhattan. Només és el començament. Hi ha un pla sinistre per conquerir ràpidament tot el planeta. Els vells vampirs han regressat. La lluita entre el bé i el mal torna a encarnar-se en aquestes criatures tan antigues com actuals. El combat desigual entre aquests éssers sobrenaturals i una patuleia d#herois humans ens arrossega a una història plena d#acció, aliances, traïcions i batalles que ens fan reflexionar sobre la condició humana, en la millor tradició de les pel·lícules del seu autor, Guillermo del Toro. DESITJARÀS QUE NOMÉS SIGUI UN CONTE. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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