Metro 2033
The cult international bestseller and inspiration behind the METRO video game franchise
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4.5 • 185 Ratings
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
A chilling piece of Russian dystopian fiction by Dmitry Glukhovsky and the basis of the bestselling computer games Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, Metro: Exodus, and the highly-anticipated Metro 2039
A WORLD IN DARKNESS. A SINGLE HOPE.
The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. A few thousand live on, not knowing if they are the only survivors on the planet. They live in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is humanity's last refuge. It is a world without a tomorrow, with no room for dreams, plans, hopes. Feelings have given way to instinct - the most important of which is survival. Survival at any price.
VDNKh is the northernmost inhabited station on its line and still remains secure. But now a new and terrible threat has appeared. Artyom, a young man living in VDNKh, is given the task of penetrating to the heart of the Metro to alert everyone to the awful danger. He holds the future of his native station in his hands, the future of the Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity.
Readers are hooked on Metro 2033 . . .
'Real survival, real struggle, and a very elaborated setting take Metro 2033 to new levels of "things went wrong here"' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'It is the best post-apocalyptic sci-fi I have ever read' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Dystopian, post-apocalyptic, creepy horror . . . a fantastic, immersive read' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A gripping story that unfolds in the claustrophobic, dangerous tunnels of a human realm descending into chaos' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Customer Reviews
Amazing!
Amazing!!!!
Interesting, but flawed.
Overall, the Metro 2033 book was an interesting and at times thought provoking adventure into a dark and uncomfortable future.
However the experience is at times brought down by long winded and uninteresting ramblings of the author as well as poor translation leading to confusion of some of the events in the books.
Overall I would still recommend it, especially for those that played the games. But at the same time I don’t think I will continue the series with the next book.
Interesting Read
I read the book out of curiosity, to see how closely it matched the games.
I haven’t read in many years so it was a hard book to get back into reading but satisfying.