I Am Legend

I want to begin this review by saying that I really lost count of the times the author used the word ‘jerked' in this book.

Now that I've put that out of my mind, the book felt monotonous. I do have the notion that the repetitive pattern of descriptions of what the character did could be a way of emphasizing and transmitting to the reader the feeling that the man is living a pretty boring life.

However, there were too many drinking glasses broken... or too many descriptions of the drinks he had. Some things were left out, like how the sickness of his daughter progressed (and there are only some descriptions here and there about his wife...).

The book also had little action, besides one or another walk out of the house that the character had.

One point I would like to address is the dog. At least in this part of the story, the main character felt very human and its situation very real. I really pitied and rooted for him.

In the end, the book forced me to think about how stubborn the main character is. Come on... Get out of there already! Oh.. Now you're having regrets... (Yes, I know that this made him very human and this is a positive point of the book. I can see myself having many of the attitudes the man had if I were in his situation).

All in all, I recommend this book. Probably, it is best to read it in one go.