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I Am Legend

Richard Matheson

I have read the book I am legend of Richard Matheson and I must say it’s one of the best book I ever have read in many ways.

Why did I choose this book?

After I had seen the movie in year 2008 I was had always want to read the book and because people always say the book is always better then the movie that’s why I wanted to read but never had a chance and time to do it.

Until now when we had to read a book for blogging in our course, that’s gave me a chance to do it.

The book is about a man name Robert Neville who thinks he and his dog is the last man living on earth after the virus that transfer people into vampires. He lost his wife and dotter when the virus spread and after that he always dreams and got flashback about them.

He live in a big house there he have it protected so the vampires can’t reach him. In the basement he has a liberation that he tries to figure out the cure to help the vampires to being human again. In some way Robert is immune against the virus that’s why he is not affected and being vampires like the other.

The vampires are afraid of the sun light so Robert is trying to get food and other thing he need in the day light and try to connect to other people who maybe have survived from the virus.

Till the end he found the cure for the virus and he gave it to a girl who saved him from the vampires, and let her can take it to the city there normal people are still living.

After gave her that he suicide together with the vampires for protecting the girl.

The book is very good and different from the movie, but I still like the movie better because I’m lazy and don’t want to read if it’s not necessary. But I like this book because it criticize the community we are living in now and what can happen if the research goes wrong.

And it also learns people that, if u have nothing left and loneliness are hunting your back. You always have hope left, fight until the end and don’t give up.

I truly recommend this book for everyone if you don’t like to read or don’t have time, than watch the movie it’s really good.  

Quang Dinh