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crytetra's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
autumn_wolf's review against another edition
3.0
Ich war sehr neugierig auf dieses Buch und sein Setting. Über weite Strecken war es auch tatsächlich spannend, aber alles in allem hat es mich enttäuscht. Vor allem das Ende war so antiklimatisch, dass ich momentan keine Motivation habe, mir den nächsten Teil vorzunehmen. Schade.
juushika's review against another edition
3.0
Two decades after nuclear war destroyed the surface world, life persists underground in the tunnels of Moscow Metro. Artyom leaves his childhood home to journey the metro, bringing warning of a new threat: dangerous, radiation-created telepathic mutants called Dark Ones. Fans of the game will find the book familiar, both in story and mechanics--the book was prime for adaptation, and makes one wonder what other books would make good games. But the book's Artyom is better fleshed out, an inexperienced and frustrating young man who nonetheless makes for a more personal guide to the metro. Metro 2033 is in many ways his travelogue, a collection of stations visited, people met, philosophies encountered. It's talky, overlong, and underwritten, but the contents are compelling. The metro is a grim and believable world, lived-in and detailed, suffused with horror and, sometimes unexpectedly, with creativity. In many ways it's extremely limited--such as the existence of only one named female character, Artyom's dead mother--and even more often it wants for tighter editing and a narrower purview. Metro 2033 is fatally flawed but its world is worth a visit, and I recommend it with reservation.
tracekerr's review against another edition
2.0
Took me a long time to get through this book, picking it up and putting it down. Metro 2033 is translated from Russian, the translations and edits are very rough at times.
If you haven't played Metro 2033 or Metro Last Light video game you might very well get lost in the weeds of Russian names. There is also no map or index to help you figure out where everything is happening in the complicated world of the Metro.
After I started playing Metro 2033, the book made a whole lot more sense.
Mystical, post apocalyptic, culturally different, it isn't a bad read. Metro 2033 has a HUGE cult following of fans in their teens to twenties (like my 18 yr old son who demanded that I read it). If you are interested in how society rebuilds after nuclear fallout...it might be for you.
If you haven't played Metro 2033 or Metro Last Light video game you might very well get lost in the weeds of Russian names. There is also no map or index to help you figure out where everything is happening in the complicated world of the Metro.
After I started playing Metro 2033, the book made a whole lot more sense.
Mystical, post apocalyptic, culturally different, it isn't a bad read. Metro 2033 has a HUGE cult following of fans in their teens to twenties (like my 18 yr old son who demanded that I read it). If you are interested in how society rebuilds after nuclear fallout...it might be for you.
annibunny's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
scotlandk's review against another edition
4.0
good science fiction/horror with a classic Russian existentialist flair
krisfort94's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0