My journal notes on The Strain.
Post 2.
(finally got a new ereader, and set it up just so)
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The Strain. My journal notes. Post 1
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
Category : Horror, Paranormal, Vampires, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Paranormal, Supernatural, Suspense, Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction
Series : Book 1 of The Strain (Book 1 of a trilogy)
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The Gates notes; chapters 28 to 33 and my closing thoughts
Chapter 28; In Which Nurd Makes a New Friend and Meets Some Old Acquaintances
Nurd is starting to realise the massive predicament his is in and he has the common sense to be more than a little afraid and quite concerned that he may end up being target practise.
only one being was inclined to go around summoning brigands and murderers from the grave, which suggested to Nurd that a personal appearance by the Great Malevolence was imminent.
As he quite rightly points out, being immortal means you can be punished & made to suffer for a heck of a long time! ’tis enough to give Nurd pause for thought and re-think his own plans to take over the Earth. After all, it does not bode well for a persons physical or mental well-being to start a fight doomed to failure. Best to just circumvent the issue if at all possible.
His plan, if you could call it that, was to find the portal and sneak back through it to Hell…
The Gates notes; chapters 25 to 27
Chapter 25; In Which Bishop Bernard the Bad Makes His Presence Felt, and the Dead Rise from Their Graves, but Only the Nasty Ones
For the first time since his dad had left, Samuel was starting to feel that, if necessary, he could look after both his mother and himself
I’m glad for Samuel, but I suppose circumstances have left him with little choice and really, his mom would be wise to understand that she has a better man in her life – Samuel, who is coping extremely well given the circumstances. It’s all hands on deck with bug spray and cricket bats at the ready!
As for Reverend Ussher and Mr. Berkeley, sounds like the vicar and verger have got their hands full and it isn’t going to go away fast.
Why, oh why, did they have to go and lock themselves inside the church! Continue Reading →
