Anthony Burgess reviewed Metro 2035 by Dmitry Glukhovsky (Metro, #3)
Better than Metro 2034, worse than Metro 2033
3 stars
Yeah, it took me forever to read this book. I listened to this as an audio book, which is why it took me so long.
I'm glad that this one is better than Metro 2034, but sadly not by a huge margin. This book is filled with monologues by Artyom, seriously stupid decisions and unnecessary and predictable plot points. It's sad to see that the author seems to have reached his peak with the first book.
Seriously, the amount of monologues from Artyom, where he preaches to some people, how this and that is important, them listening intensely and whatnot is just plain stupid.
Also: As soon as I read that certain characters from Metro 2034 appeared, I almost didn't want to read any further. That and other characters from the last book weren't as annoying as I thought, though they still didn't help much.
The whole idea of this …
Yeah, it took me forever to read this book. I listened to this as an audio book, which is why it took me so long.
I'm glad that this one is better than Metro 2034, but sadly not by a huge margin. This book is filled with monologues by Artyom, seriously stupid decisions and unnecessary and predictable plot points. It's sad to see that the author seems to have reached his peak with the first book.
Seriously, the amount of monologues from Artyom, where he preaches to some people, how this and that is important, them listening intensely and whatnot is just plain stupid.
Also: As soon as I read that certain characters from Metro 2034 appeared, I almost didn't want to read any further. That and other characters from the last book weren't as annoying as I thought, though they still didn't help much.
The whole idea of this series was good, but it's often executed badly. Wouldn't recommend the whole series, maybe just the first book.