Helpful Score: 3
In a word- epic. This is one of the best books I've ever read. It's a post apocalyptic masterpiece. The characters are unforgettable. The plot is fascinating. It's horrifying and bleak and desolate yet uplifting and beautiful at the same time. To mention 'The Stand' and 'Swan Song' in the same sentence is laughable and insulting. 'Swan Song' absolutely blows 'The Stand' out of the water.
Helpful Score: 3
This book is a keeper! I have gone through several of the paperbacks over the years, rereading it, recommending and loaning it and finally would just like to find one in hardback to keep forever!
If you are a fan of The Stand, this may be a book you would enjoy. A Good and Evil story, end of the world/apocolypse/life-as-you-know-it is over story. One of my all time favorite books!
If you are a fan of The Stand, this may be a book you would enjoy. A Good and Evil story, end of the world/apocolypse/life-as-you-know-it is over story. One of my all time favorite books!
Helpful Score: 2
This book was recommended to me based on the fact that I liked Stephen King's The Stand. It was readable, but went on a little too long for me with its 956 pages. I just wasn't engrossed in the reading. It was a lot like The Stand, but the horror genre is really not one I'm too fond of. I do know people who LOVED Swan Song, so don't let my review keep you from reading it.
Helpful Score: 1
I really liked this book,great end of the world type. It had good characters, good writing and kept you on the edge of your seat. Chewed a few fingernails I did.
Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book! This book has everything in it: terror, romance, the end of the world, a new beginning, unlikely friendships. There is nothing bad I could say about this book. It is similar to "The Stand" by Stephen King, but I thought Swan Song was even better! I read it when it first came out and it is one of those that I revisit every few years... I don't think I will ever get tired of it.
