I Am Legend by Richard Matheson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of I Am Legend
Book Review: over-rated, but not unworth reading
Summary: 3 Stars
I Am Legend was compelling enough that I finished it at a moderate pace, but it wasn't as great as many people think. The story line, though probably impressive in the 50s, is a little simple by today's standards. Of the short stories that followed, two were great, a few were ok/good, and the rest were pathetic. If you are a true lover of the horror genre then this is a classic that you probably don't want to overlook, but it's not the greatest
Book Review: still one of the best ever, look forward to the movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I revisited this book I first read about 10 years ago upon hearing that they plan to make a movie of it for release this year (starring Will Smith). I Am Legend was also the inspiration for Last Man on Earth (Vincent Price) and Omega Man (Charleton Heston). Some say it inspired George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" series, as well. I read the screenplay for this latest version and it's MUCH closer to Matheson's original vision than Omega Man. Can't wait!
Even though it's a novella (140 pages or so) and not a novel, it's the quality of the story that draws you in and makes you feel Neville's pain, loneliness and despair. It does the most important thing a good story does in engaging the reader as one is constantly asking, "how would I behave in this situation?"
Book Review: vampires yay!
Summary: 5 Stars
The quintessential "last man on earth" novel. Highly recommended for fans of the horror genre, a clever take on a subject that has been ground into the horror of tritenessBook Review: yuck!
Summary: 2 Stars
this book did not intrest me at all!Yeah it was scary but not the good kind
of scare if you know what I mean.
I do not recommend this book.
Book Review: zombieTREASURES/fozzils from the sixties
Summary: 4 Stars
survival, inWITHIN againstYOURSELF a NITEMARE/NITETIME ONSLAUGHT, delerious tremors alcholic ACCOUNT OF flesh feasting familiar nEIGHbors, NOT MR ROGERS, turns fiendish..FAMILAR SIXTIES, black and white GRAYaccount;as your formeveryday familar turnS freakISH,nevillle the strong silent everyMANsilent type majority wakes up FAMILARly too hung overto cope. imagineyourTOPSY TURVY grainy,VERY matter of fact grimness... ONCE FAMILIAR THE omnipresent narator told in the third person present glorificationUNRAVELS.AND blows apart this readers preconcieved ZOMBIE IN COLOR[DAWN OF THE DEAD] MALL THE EIGHTIES...notions