The Strain, Book One (The Strain, Volumes 1-2)

author: David Lapham

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.80

book published: 2014

rating: 4

read at: 2014/07/26

date added: 2014/07/26

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'The Strain Book 1' collects volume 1 and 2 of the graphic novel series. It's a good story, although the character names are all a little strange, and the art is good. I'm not familiar with the book or television series, but I believe this is the same plot and I liked it.



When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK and is dark on the runway, CDC specialist Ephraim Goodweather (see what I mean about the strange names?) is called in. The plane is dark and all shades are drawn except one. When he boards the plane, all the passengers are dead except for three, but none have any particular trauma. As he unravels this mystery, he finds he is not alone. He soon begins assembling a group of people to fight this new menace as it reveals itself, including a holocaust survivor named Professor Abraham Setrakian, a pest control specialist named Vasiliy Fet and his partner Dr. Nora Martinez. There are also different people discovering things along the way, and I think most of them will all team up against this threat.



I found it to be an engaging story. I do want to read the books at some point and they are on my reading list, so I don't know how faithful the adaptation is. I also have the advantage of not picturing what the characters should look like, and then being disappointed by the artist renditions. The art is good. The covers are terrifying. The parasites are just gross and I found this to be a good way to create a truly terrifying version of the creature. Good stuff.



I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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