This is the first book in a trilogy and it does leave things on a cliff-hanger. There’s some eerie stuff in Metro 2033 but it doesn’t always pay off which is regrettable.
There are some passages on Metro 2033 that are generally creepy and unsettling as Artyom traverses the dark tunnel between stations. Metro 2033 also has horror and sci-fi elements as there’s rumours of creatures who have been mutated by the radiation, lurking on the surface and readying themselves to enter the tunnels. It was those moments where you really got the dystopian aspect of the novel. There memories were often rose-tinted but it was good to see Artyom compare it to what he knows as he was only a toddler when everyone had to hide out in the tunnels. My favourites were those who are old enough to remember life outside the Metro, and everyday normal life in the cities. The people Artyom meets on his journey are all very different. That being said, I felt Artyom was a character who actually reacted to the mad and dangerous situations he found himself in and, as the story progressed, he became more proactive and confident in his decision making and abilities. The whole book is quite exposition heavy really and in some ways, it reminded me of American Gods by Neil Gaiman – both are quite slow reads, with a lot of world-building and main characters who seem to go from A to B without being an active participant in the situations they’re in. It wasn’t till I was about halfway through the book and I felt that I had a fairly good understanding that the story picked up speed. It’s interesting to see what life’s like underground and how it differs from station to station. Each of the different train stations in the Metro have become their own mini society, some have become Communist, some are Fascist while many others have their own capitalist democracy. It’s quite slow to start with as there is a lot of world-building to do. Artyom is given the task to traverse the complex metro system to search for help and to warn every one of the new threat bearing down on his native station, and the whole Metro.
Artyom lives in VDNKh, the north most inhabited station on its line, life there is good, until the station becomes endangered by outside forces. There they’re safe from radiation in the city above and societies have formed across the metro system and its many stations. Possibly the last of the worlds survivors live in Moscow’s Metro system. It’s 2033, the world is ruined and humanity is almost extinct. Leave a comment READ THE WORLD – Russia: Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky Posted in Books, Tags and Awards and tagged Blogtober, book tag, Finally Fall Book Tag, Harry Potter, Love Street, Metro 2033, The Good Immigrant, The Gunslinger, The Language of Dying, The Martian, The Shadow of the Wind on Octoby elenasquareeyes. I learnt so much about what it’s like being a person of colour in Britain today, and no matter how much I read up on it I’ll probably never understand it because I’m white. The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla. It’s a great look at family connections and how they can break so easily while also being about how hard it is to see someone you love slip away.ģ.Fall is back to school season: share a non-fiction book that taught you something new. It’s very sad as a woman is basically with her father, in the family home, waiting for him to die as her siblings briefly visit them. This is a short story about death, grief and the ties that binds a family until they don’t anymore and it’s beautiful.
The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinsborough. Nature is beautiful… but also dying: name a book that is beautifully written, but also deals with a heavy topic like loss or grief. It’s like a desert in a dying world, and it feels incredibly lifeless and harsh.Ģ.
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This is the first book in The Dark Tower series and not a lot really happens in it but you definitely get a vivid description of this place that the Gunslinger roams. In fall, the air is crisp and clear: name a book with a vivid setting! And look what I found that puts two of my favourite things (books and autumn) together – the Finally Fall Book Tag! This tag was created by Tall Tales, it features 11 questions and I’m just going to get stuck right in.ġ. As I’ve said quite recently, I love Autumn.
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