Paulo "paper books only"'s Reviews > Swan Song

In my 100 rating I would rate this 97. I won't dwell much on this because there are some great reviews here but let me add something, if you are looking at a book dealing with survival, with good vs evil, with good characterization and something for you to lose and immerse yourself then this book is for you. If you want a book focus on action scenes and such then this book may not be for you. The comparisons between The Stand and Swan Song are there and I've yet to finish The Stand (I started 2 times) and although there are similarities I think they are handled differently.

I will miss Swan, Josh, Sister and even the not-so-good kind of characters. It was interesting to see how the world ends, how people try to survive and the effects of nuclear winter and reaffirming that even in Death there is Hope, even with Death there is Rebirth and although , no matter how dark things get, hope must prevail.

My only complain, if you can call it that was the handling of the evil one and the ending was a bit rushed. If he can write 850 to then climax in the last 100 he probably could have flesh out more things. But that's okay.

Love it. Advisable. Book of the year material.