Metro 2035

Not as good as the original (2033). There wasn't any hair raising moments as metro 2033. Felt too dragging. Was looking for a great conclusion and got a slightly disappointing one.

excellent

Great book. Happy to complete the main metro series of books. Keep in mind though this book is from a different publisher, so the size of the book itself is much different than the size of the metro 2033 & 34 books.

After finishing this series, it came to me that if Glukhovsky can keep this quality up, he will be seen as one of the faces of science fiction literature in the next few decades. Metro 2035 is raw, emotional, and throughout the final two hundred pages creates a roller coaster of emotions I have not felt in a long time. The book gives you new hope just to rip it away, and makes hope appear out of what seems like nothing but darkness, it shows a protagonist struggling with what he has become and trying to reclaim what he was. Filled with characters you will love, hate, hate then love, and love then hate. The charismatic Nazi, the fallen hero, the broken commander, the blood thirsty communist, the starry eyed writers, and the brain washed teacher. The strength of this book comes from Glukhovsky being a master at suspense, Artyom is thrust into many situations that don't seem survivable. Arytom himself is a pillar of strength in the Metro series, and the lack of him I believe is the reason 2034 is the weakest of the series. Arytom is a heavily flawed character, who has no political alliances but is driven by his sense of morality, who tries to do what he sees at the right thing and learn from mistakes like us all. Because of this, I see Artyom as one of the best written protagonists in modern literature, he is smart, naive, acts on impulse, and is controlled by his emotions even though he tries to be logical. Glukovsky also shows he is a master at crafting an ending, where while you know the protagonist is going to accomplish what he set out to do, it will never turn out exactly how you wanted. A touch of reality in a fantastically crafted world. Now for the cons, for some reason the English translation of this book is a mess, I don't understand why, as the same person who translated 2033 translated 2035. I don't know if he got lazy, or had a lack of focus, or what, but it is impossible to not notice all the grammatical errors and random capitalized letters throughout. Next, I believe the lack of the mutants and paranormal made 2035 lose something special 2033 had. In 2033 the mutants, while not everywhere, were a looming threat, the stalking apes of Moscow, the Librarians, the Demons, the unknown Dark Ones, they made the surface an almost alien world. In 2035, there are only a couple of mutants noticed by Artyom and none are really seen as a threat at any point, I believe the world lost a touch of its identity due to the lack of these creatures. Despite these flaws though, I recommend anyone who is a fan of science fiction or the post apocalyptic setting to read these books. And if you have played the games they are more than worth a read as well as you get more depth and intrigue from the novels then the games which are great in their own right. This series has cemented itself as one of my favorite of all time and may have made Glukhovsky my favorite author.

Great book in the series. A little slow going with reading it just trying to figure out where the events are taking place and what events had taken place already in the Metro universe, both in the previous books and in the video games 2033 and Last Light but overall a great book for fans of the Metro universe.

Excelente calidad!

Overall I am happy with purchase but book came scratched and damaged a bit but it dosent change product itself so still a very great gift for my fiance!