I Am Legend by Richard Matheson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of I Am Legend
Book Review: A Fantastic Read, Worthy Among the Great Horror Stories
Summary: 5 Stars
A few months ago I watched the fairly entertaining movie, however hadn't considered reading the book until a friend highly recommended it. What I found was a profoundly dark, dreary, and at time sadistic horror story that I believe ranks amongst the greatest ever written. If you weren't a fan of the all-too-typical Hollywood ending found in the book, you shouldn't pass up the original story's disturbing alternative!Book Review: A Legend
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the book because of the movie. I thought it might have extra detail into the depth of the character Robert Neville, a character I really I liked. However, while the book is quite good as literature, it is quite different from the movie; a fact I knew but I just did not know how different. In the book, our Robert is not a scientist or in the Army and the true origin of the vampire-creating disease is not given. He does however try to figure out as best he can what has happened. He also grapples with his loneliness and the human side of being alone, more so than in the movie. In the book he is not accompanied by a his trusting dog Sam. Robert Neville is essentially not the same as in the movie; which is fine because that was the way the movie makers wanted it. So even though the movie is based on the book, you have to look at each work different, and don't judge one by the other. With the version of the book I received there were also some short stories by the author which I did not expect. I liked the book and it was/is good but I preferred the movie. After you read and see you might think different.Book Review: A Little Disappointed In The Movie Now.
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw "I Am Legend" the movie with my fiancee at the theater in January. We both liked the movie, and after watching it, we went across the street to the video store to rent a couple of movies for the night. The clerk there was very informative and told us that the movie was "Somewhat" based on the book of the same name. Being the curious type, I bought the book, and read it.
The differences are very obvious, and I won't point them out for those of you that want to read the book if you've seen the movie or see the movie if you've read the book.
I will say that I think the book is superior (Aren't they always?) to the movie. There were some times in the movie that gave me the creeps, but the book gave me the creeps all the way through. It's a very psychological thriller of a book.
The book is short as well. In my copy, the story "I Am Legend" only runs 159 pages, and is an easy read. My copy also has several short stories by Matheson after "I Am Legend", and these stories are entertaining too.
Book Review: A Taut Latter-day Vampire Thriller
Summary: 3 Stars
Richard Matheson has crafted a clever (relatively) modern-day tale of the undead. I have not yet seen the recent DVD movie which was based on the book, but I suspect there are many dissimilarities.
Caveat for those picking up the paperback version -- be aware that much of the book consists of unrelated short stones by Matheson. This is not made clear to readers or buyers of the book up front, which can be confusing when you transition from "I Am Legend" to "Buried Talents."
Book Review: A deceiving title
Summary: 2 Stars
I know that not all movies are gonna resemble the book. Sometimes the movie is far from the book. This book is far far far from the movie. I dont know how they made a movie from this book but it's 100% different. And there are all these different stories that have nothing to do with what I am Legend was supposed to be about. There is nothing that states there are different stories mixed in which I may also add make no sense. I wish I could return this, it was a big disappointment.