METRO 2034. The sequel to Metro 2033.: American edition Paperback – July 5, 2016

Hardcover looks amazing, pristine! The story is phenomenal! Love this series 😁

So unlike the last book, this one will jump around with mainly just three characters most of the time, which can be a little confusing to some, I didn't find it very hard to follow, but it might turn some people off with this book. As for the story, I felt it was great, now I have played both of the games, and read the first book. The two characters Sasha and Hunter, there's just times were you think this is gonna happen, because that's life in the metro, but it doesn't, and it just plays with your heart strings more than a few times with all the characters you meet. You could just jump into this book without reading the first one, or without playing the games, the author is very good at telling the reader about how life in the metro works at each station, but I think at the very least, you should read metro 2033 first, because it's a good book :) . As a final note, you should try and print out a map for the metro, it makes it easier to follow where they as they go to each station.

Remember, it's not the game. I think some people are disappointed that it's not the same action-packed story line as the game. The games are actually more similar to Roadside Picnic or it's 1979 movie, Stalker.Like 2033, it explores the thoughts of people surviving in a dark, claustrophobic nightmare world exaggerated but not too different to what life behind the iron curtain may have been like.The translation to English is much better in this book than 2033. That's both good and bad. While it gives more accuracy, it's not quite as... human. In 2033, because of the occasional errors, while reading I could hear the narrator. He was an older gentleman with a thick Russian accent. It was clear he was the protagonist telling his own story in third person. 2034 is narrated and focused mainly around an old man who had lived a wonderful life in pre-war Moscow and was now living day-to-day in a new existencewhere he'd lost everything when the bombs dropped. But, the precision of the translation makes it a bit antiseptic and definitely 3rd person.While in my opinion it's not as good as the first book, it's still outstanding. I'd rate it at 4.75 stars but that rounds to 5

This review is for Metro 2034 written by Dmitry Glukhovsky.I loved Metro 2033 and the video games based on these novels.First off I should say that if you played the video games, this book has nothing to do with those video games other than it is set in the same Universe and in the same Moscow Metro underground a year after the events of Metro 2033.The events of the second video game, 'Metro 2033' are based on the novel 'Metro 2035.'PLOT: Homer is an aging man who used to work in the subway's before the war. He is stationed in a troubled section of the Metro. A few stations away, strange things are happening and communications have been lost. Soldiers sent out do not return.A large stranger has recently shown up to defend the station and he seems to defer to nobody. Half of his face is badly mutilated and he seems to be an almost inhuman killing machine. He is cold and distant to everyone. We find out that this person is 'Hunter'...the very same person who gives Artyom his mission in 'Metro 2033'. Hunter is also believed to be dead.For reasons known to himself, he chooses Homer to go with him on a scouting mission to find out what is going on in the Metro.Homer, who has named himself after the Greek writer, believes it his job to write the story of Hunter and a teenage girl they come across during their mission. The teenage girl believes that Hunter needs her to help bring him back to humanity. Hunter believes it his job to save Metro from total destruction.COMMENTS: 'Metro 2034' is shorter than 'Metro 2033.'The scope is much smaller and the story is confined to a much smaller area of the Metro. It basically takes place in a southern part in an area of about a half dozen or so stations.The story slows a bit in the second half as the author likes to philosophize from time to time. I actually enjoyed the first half at least as much as the first book. The first half is very mysterious and until I understood what was going on I didn't want to put it down.I liked that 'Hunter' was chosen as a main character. He is far more interesting than Artyom was in 'Metro 2033.' The stalkers are naturally more interesting characters as they are the ones that go out exploring. Artyom is just your basic fantasy story innocent boy who turns hero.Artyom doesn't do a whole lot in this book. In fact, instead of being a hero, he is actually looked down upon as nobody believes his story about what happened in the previous book.COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS: I'm giving this book 4 stars. It's not as good as Metro 2033 nor is it as detailed but it is still a good story.If you are like me and despise today's politically correct world, then the Metro series is for you. This is a story written by a Russian that takes place in Russia. There is no diversity for the sake of diversity. There are no 100 pound little girl superheros who can beat the .... out of any man two to three times her size. There are no LBGT characters just to prove the writer believes in tolerance. Not every white male is a villain or despicable character. You get the picture. OK....so maybe it's late and I'm writing this after a bad day.

Awesome sequel to the first book. Highly recommended.

I bought it for my son. Now it's a collection

Right off the bat, I didn't finish this book. It was going nowhere, and I didn't care for any of these characters at all! It started at a good start, but when the book introduced Sasha, that was the moment It started going downhill. It was going back and forth between the characters that I was getting annoyed. If it were just Hunter and Homer, it would be fine, but that wasn't the case. Shame to be perfectly honest, coming from the masterfully crafted 2033, I expected better.2033 had multiple things that 2034 doesn't have; it doesn't have mystery, atmosphere, characters, and moments to be a decent book. If you like these series, you might get some enjoyment, but if you love 2033 like I do, don't touch this.

Metro 2033 is a must read before this book as it sets up the main character of 2034 who was a character in 2033.2034 doesn't follow Artyom like in 2033, it follows what happened to Hunter after the events in 2033, along with a few other new characters from the metro. However this is supposed to be set between the events of 2033 and 2035 (2035 is the Last Light game basically)I don't think this book is as good as 2033 is but it is very suspenseful and action packed. A great read for anyone who loves the metro games and loved the book 2033 since Hunter is talked about quite a bit but you don't see much of what happens to him.