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A review by aftab_khan
Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
4.0
Metro 2033 is a slow paced nuclear post apocalyptic horror thriller. The world is only the shadow of its former self. Now the year is 2033, 20 years after the war and the last remains of humanity has only survived in underground. A few score thousand people now call the underground Metro network their new home.
So all they have to do is live together and make the most of the Metro, right?
However, when has things been so easy?
Now, several factions and sects have been created with most of them being violent and unfriendly.
There are right wing fascists who believe in the Russian supremacy and wants to kill non-Russians.
There are factions fighting for more land.
There are sects believing whatever crap is told to them.
Some religious sects believe the final battle between good and evil has already taken place with the Nuclear war and the survivors are the "chosen" ones who were chosen by God to live.
Then there's a cannibalistic sect who believes in "The Great Worm" who dug the entire underground Metro network and gave birth to all life.
Crazy all of this, right?
I think this is what really will happen. People are terrible and they will find new ways of hating others and new religions will prop up to replace the old ones.
Talking about the plot of the book, The protagonist, Artyom lives in the Northern Station of the Metro network called VDNKh who is now under a terrible danger of being attacked by mutated monsters from the surface.
So he's been assigned a mission by a stranger we know nothing about to travel to the heart of the Metro to Polis and inform them of the upcoming danger.
The first 300 pages of the book is just him travelling to Polis. Boring right? Cuz it is. He meets many different types of people believing all sorts of crap. We learn the lore behind the Metro.
The Metro is a mysterious thing. It's almost like the Metro itself is a living thing. And the writing style really highlights it. It almost makes us feel the creepiness, and the spookiness and the mysteriousness of the Metro.
The best thing about this book is the writing style. It's feels like we are there alongside Artyom going on a mission to save the Metro and the remaining Humanity from doom.
The unsettling feeling I got from the tunnels can't be described here. All I can say is that I'm glad I don't live in the Metro.
The ending is amazing. The revelation was so sudden and depressing. The dark ones aren't the enemies of mankind but looking for partnership to overcome adversities.
And Artyom is the chosen one who could use telepathy to communicate with them.
This just made sense Artyom having such kind of powers.
But seeing Artyom figure it out too late and the nest being destroyed by the missiles was no doubt depressing.
Now, What will Artyom do? Will he find other Dark Ones present in other areas? Will he be successful in being the middle man and helping humans and dark ones be allies?
Can't wait to read the next installment in the trilogy.
So all they have to do is live together and make the most of the Metro, right?
However, when has things been so easy?
Now, several factions and sects have been created with most of them being violent and unfriendly.
There are right wing fascists who believe in the Russian supremacy and wants to kill non-Russians.
There are factions fighting for more land.
There are sects believing whatever crap is told to them.
Some religious sects believe the final battle between good and evil has already taken place with the Nuclear war and the survivors are the "chosen" ones who were chosen by God to live.
Then there's a cannibalistic sect who believes in "The Great Worm" who dug the entire underground Metro network and gave birth to all life.
Crazy all of this, right?
I think this is what really will happen. People are terrible and they will find new ways of hating others and new religions will prop up to replace the old ones.
Talking about the plot of the book, The protagonist, Artyom lives in the Northern Station of the Metro network called VDNKh who is now under a terrible danger of being attacked by mutated monsters from the surface.
So he's been assigned a mission by a stranger we know nothing about to travel to the heart of the Metro to Polis and inform them of the upcoming danger.
The first 300 pages of the book is just him travelling to Polis. Boring right? Cuz it is. He meets many different types of people believing all sorts of crap. We learn the lore behind the Metro.
The Metro is a mysterious thing. It's almost like the Metro itself is a living thing. And the writing style really highlights it. It almost makes us feel the creepiness, and the spookiness and the mysteriousness of the Metro.
The best thing about this book is the writing style. It's feels like we are there alongside Artyom going on a mission to save the Metro and the remaining Humanity from doom.
The unsettling feeling I got from the tunnels can't be described here. All I can say is that I'm glad I don't live in the Metro.
The ending is amazing. The revelation was so sudden and depressing. The dark ones aren't the enemies of mankind but looking for partnership to overcome adversities.
And Artyom is the chosen one who could use telepathy to communicate with them.
This just made sense Artyom having such kind of powers.
But seeing Artyom figure it out too late and the nest being destroyed by the missiles was no doubt depressing.
Now, What will Artyom do? Will he find other Dark Ones present in other areas? Will he be successful in being the middle man and helping humans and dark ones be allies?
Can't wait to read the next installment in the trilogy.