A review by robreadsbooksalot
I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
4.0
Well, to start I really liked this book.
It was very fun to read start to finish. First half started well and gave Robert Neville a regular joe outline. Just a dude who had a family but lost them to the virus and began exploring lots of alcohol and other pass-time activities.
This book is about loneliness and there is one particular chapter that genuinely made me sob at a train station in public on the way to work (it was vv sad).
The main character is a very pent up angry man smashing things for most of the book but then calms down and figures out bascic carpentry and science. He is not fully unlikeable but he is definitely very messed up. Lots of the descriptions of his thoughts made me feel very off but the story was held together with it. I don't really know if i'd go for a pint with this guy.
Ending was not expected.
Good book.
**** / *****
- Rob
It was very fun to read start to finish. First half started well and gave Robert Neville a regular joe outline. Just a dude who had a family but lost them to the virus and began exploring lots of alcohol and other pass-time activities.
This book is about loneliness and there is one particular chapter that genuinely made me sob at a train station in public on the way to work (it was vv sad).
The main character is a very pent up angry man smashing things for most of the book but then calms down and figures out bascic carpentry and science. He is not fully unlikeable but he is definitely very messed up. Lots of the descriptions of his thoughts made me feel very off but the story was held together with it. I don't really know if i'd go for a pint with this guy.
Ending was not expected.
Good book.
**** / *****
- Rob